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1879 In Australian Literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1879. Books * Ada Cambridge — ''In Two Years Time'' * John Boyle O'Reilly – ''Moondyne'' * Catherine Helen Spence – ''Handfasted'' Poetry * Adam Lindsay Gordon ** ''Poems of the Late Adam Lindsay Gordon'' ** " To My Sister" * Henry Kendall ** " Araluen" ** "Hy-Brasil" ** " On a Street" ** "Orara" ** " The Sydney International Exhibition" Non-fiction * Ned Kelly – ''The Jerilderie Letter'' Births A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1879 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death. * 22 February – Norman Lindsay, novelist and artist (died 1969) * 8 June — Nita Kibble, librarian (died 1962) * 14 October – Miles Franklin, novelist (died 1954) Deaths A list, ordered by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ada Cambridge
Ada Cambridge (21 November 1844 – 19 July 1926), later known as Ada Cross, was an English-born Australian writer. She wrote more than 25 works of fiction, three volumes of poetry and two autobiographical works.Cato (1989) p. v Many of her novels were serialised in Australian newspapers but never published in book form. While she was known to friends and family by her married name, Ada Cross, her newspaper readers knew her as ''A.C.'' She later reverted to her maiden name, Ada Cambridge, and that is how she is known today. Life Ada was born at Wiggenhall St Germans, St Germans, Norfolk, the second child of Thomasine and Henry Cambridge, a gentleman farmer. She was educated by governesses, an experience she abhorred. She wrote in a book of reminiscences: "I can truthfully affirm that I never learned anything which would now be considered worth learning until I had done with them all and started foraging for myself. I did have a few months of boarding-school at the end, and went ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nita Kibble
Nita Kibble (1879–1962) was the first woman to be a librarian with the State Library of New South Wales. She held the position of Principal Research Librarian from 1919 until her retirement in 1943. Kibble was a founding member of the Australian Institute of Librarians. The '' Nita B. Kibble Literary Awards'' (the Kibble Awards) for Australian women writers are named in her honour. Early life Nita Bernice Kibble was born on 8 June 1879 at Denman, New South Wales, the younger daughter of George Augustus Frederick Kibble, Scottish postmaster, and his wife Eliza, née McDermott. Kibble was educated at Denman Public School and St Vincent's College, Potts Point, Sydney. Career The first female librarian to be appointed to the State Library of New South Wales, Kibble began her career at the library on probation as a junior attendant in the lending branch on 29 November 1899. In an era when women in Australia did not often receive equal pay for equal work and were excluded fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Literature By Year
Australian(s) may refer to: Australia * Australia, a country * Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia ** European Australians ** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists ** Aboriginal Australians, indigenous peoples of Australia as identified and defined within Australian law * Australia (continent) ** Indigenous Australians * Australian English, the dialect of the English language spoken in Australia * Australian Aboriginal languages * ''The Australian'', a newspaper * Australiana, things of Australian origins Other uses * Australian (horse), a racehorse * Australian, British Columbia, an unincorporated community in Canada See also * The Australian (other) * Australia (other) * * * Austrian (other) Austrian may refer to: * Austrians, someone from Austria or of Austrian descent ** Someone who is considered an Austrian citizen, see Austrian nationality law * Austrian German dialect * Someth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Years In Literature
This article gives a chronological list of years in literature (descending order), with notable publications listed with their respective years and a small selection of notable events. The time covered in individual years covers Renaissance, Baroque and Modern literature, while Medieval literature is resolved by century. Note: List of years in poetry exists specifically for poetry. See Table of years in literature for an overview of all "year in literature" pages. Several attempts have been made to create a list of world literature. Among these are the great books project including the book series '' Great Books of the Western World'', now containing 60 volumes. In 1998 Modern Library, an American publishing company, polled its editorial board to find the best 100 novels of the 20th century: Modern Library 100 Best Novels. These attempts have been criticized for their anglophone bias and disregard of other literary traditions. Ancient times * Ancient literature – ''Epic of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Years In Australian Literature
This page gives a chronological list of years in Australian literature (descending order), with notable publications and events listed with their respective years. The time covered in individual years covers the period of European settlement of the country. See Table of years in literature for an overview of all "year in literature" pages. 21st century 2020s * 2023 in Australian literature: Death of Andrew Burke, Gabrielle Carey, Ron Pretty, John Tranter * 2022 in Australian literature: Death of Jordie Albiston, Frank Moorhouse, David Ireland, Robert Adamson; '' Cold Enough for Snow'' – Jessica Au; '' Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens'' – Shankari Chandran * 2021 in Australian literature: Death of Kate Jennings, Tim Thorne; ''Bodies of Light'' – Jennifer Down * 2020 in Australian literature: Death of Bruce Dawe, Elizabeth Harrower; '' The Labyrinth'' – Amanda Lohrey 2010s * 2019 in Australian literature: Death of Andrew McGahan, Les Murray, Clive Jame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1879 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * October 10 – American poet Ethel Lynn Beers' collected works ''"All Quiet Along The Potomac" and Other Poems'' (including her most well-known work " All Quiet Along the Potomac Tonight") are published; the following day she dies aged 52 at Orange, New Jersey. * Critic and poet Theodore Watts-Dunton takes the alcoholic poet Algernon Charles Swinburne into his permanent care at Watts' Putney home. Works published in English United Kingdom * Edwin Arnold, ''The Light of Asia; or, The Great Renunciation'' (see also ''The Light of the World'' 1891) * Louisa Sarah Bevington, ''Key-Notes'' * Robert Bridges, ''Poems'' (see also ''Poems'' 1873, 1880) * Robert Browning, ''Dramatic Idyls'', including "Ivà n Ivà novitch" (see also ''dramatic Idyls'' 1880) * Edmund Gosse, ''New Poems'' * Kate Greenaway, '' Under the Window: Pictures & Rhymes for Children ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1879 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1879. Events *January 1 – Benjamin Henry Blackwell opens the first Blackwell's bookshop, in Oxford. *January 11 – During construction of an extension to Birmingham Central Library in England, a fire destroys 50,000 books and the original manuscript of the Coventry Mystery Plays (including the " Coventry Carol"). *September – The English critic and poet Theodore Watts-Dunton takes the alcoholic poet Algernon Charles Swinburne into permanent care at his Putney home. *September 6 – Arthur Conan Doyle has his first story, "The Mystery of Sasassa Valley", published anonymously in ''Chambers's Journal''. *October 10 – The collected works of the American poet Ethel Lynn Beers are published as ''All Quiet Along The Potomac and Other Poems''. The title poem is her best-known work. On the following day she dies aged 52 at Orange, New Jersey. *December – Walter Besant persuades Thomas Hardy to b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1879 In Australia
The following lists events that happened during 1879 in Australia. Incumbents Governors Governors of the Australian colonies: *Governor of New South Wales – Sir Hercules Robinson (until 19 March), then Sir Augustus Loftus * Governor of Queensland – Sir Arthur Kennedy *Governor of South Australia – Sir William Jervois * Governor of Tasmania – Frederick Weld * Governor of Victoria – Sir George Bowen (until 22 February), then George Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby * Governor of Western Australia – Major General The Hon. Sir Harry Ord GCMG CB RE Premiers Premiers of the Australian colonies: * Premier of New South Wales – Sir Henry Parkes * Premier of Queensland – John Douglas (until 21 January), then Thomas McIlwraith * Premier of South Australia – William Morgan * Premier of Tasmania – William Crowther (until 30 October), then William Giblin William Robert Giblin (4 November 1840 – 17 January 1887) was Premier of Tasmania ( Australi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellen Davitt
Ellen Davitt was an English-born Australian writer. Biography Marie Antoinette Hélène Léontine (Ellen) Heseltine was born in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire in 1812. She married Arthur Davitt, an educationalist, in Jersey in 1845. The couple arrived in Australia on 31 July 1854 with the aim of opening a new Model School. However, internal disagreements and a financial recession resulted in the discharge of the Davitts in 1859. The husband contracted tuberculosis and died in 1860. Davitt continued to teach and also began writing after his death.''The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature'', 2nd edition, p221 Davitt was a sister-in-law of English writer Anthony Trollope, but appears to have had little contact with him. Although some of her early work has been lost she is now credited with having written the first Australian murder mystery with her novel ''Force and Fraud : A Tale of the Bush'' in 1865. Davitt began teaching again in 1874 but she died in extreme poverty in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surname
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name, as the forename, or at the end; the number of surnames given to an individual also varies. As the surname indicates genetic inheritance, all members of a family unit may have identical surnames or there may be variations; for example, a woman might marry and have a child, but later remarry and have another child by a different father, and as such both children could have different surnames. It is common to see two or more words in a surname, such as in compound surnames. Compound surnames can be composed of separate names, such as in traditional Spanish culture, they can be hyphenated together, or may contain prefixes. Using names has been documented in even the oldest historical records. Examples of surnames are documented in the 11th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alphabetical Order
Alphabetical order is a system whereby character strings are placed in order based on the position of the characters in the conventional ordering of an alphabet. It is one of the methods of collation. In mathematics, a lexicographical order is the generalization of the alphabetical order to other data types, such as sequences of numbers or other ordered mathematical objects. When applied to strings or sequences that may contain digits, numbers or more elaborate types of elements, in addition to alphabetical characters, the alphabetical order is generally called a lexicographical order. To determine which of two strings of characters comes first when arranging in alphabetical order, their first letters are compared. If they differ, then the string whose first letter comes earlier in the alphabet comes before the other string. If the first letters are the same, then the second letters are compared, and so on. If a position is reached where one string has no more letters to compare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1954 In Australian Literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1954. Events * Charlotte Jay (pseudonym of Geraldine Halls) won the inaugural Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel for '' Beat Not the Bones'' Books * James Aldridge – ''Heroes of the Empty View'' * Jon Cleary – ''The Climate of Courage'' * Miles Franklin – '' Cockatoos : A Story of Youth and Exodists'' * Catherine Gaskin – ''Sara Dane'' * T. A. G. Hungerford – ''Sowers of the Wind : A Novel of the Occupation of Japan'' * Eric Lambert ** ''The Five Bright Stars'' ** ''The Veterans'' * Eve Langley – ''White Topee'' * Kenneth Mackenzie – '' The Refuge'' * Alan Moorehead – ''A Summer Night'' * E. V. Timms – '' The Fury'' * Judah Waten – ''The Unbending'' Crime and mystery * Charlotte Jay — '' Beat Not the Bones'' * Arthur Upfield ** ''Death of a Lake'' ** ''Sinister Stones'' Short stories * A. Bertram Chandler – "Shadow Before" * David Martin â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
