This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1869.
Books
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Maud Jeanne Franc
Henrietta Matilda Jane Evans (''née'' Congreve) (7 August 1827 – 22 October 1886) was an Australian novelist, who wrote under the pseudonym Maud Jean Franc.
Life
Matilda was the elder daughter of Dr Henry Congreve and his wife Elizabeth Ann, ...
— ''Silken Cords and Iron Fetters''
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Louisa Anne Meredith— ''Phoebe's Mother : A Novel'' (aka ''Ebba'')
Short stories
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Marcus Clarke — "Pretty Dick"
Children's and young adult fiction
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Henry Kingsley
Henry Kingsley (2 January 1830 – 24 May 1876) was an English novelist, brother of the better-known Charles Kingsley. He was an early exponent of muscular Christianity in an 1859 work, ''The Recollections of Geoffry Hamlyn''.
Life
Kingsley wa ...
— ''The Boy in Grey''
Poetry
* Emma Frances Anderson — "No Room for the Dead"
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Henry Kendall
** "
Aboriginal Death-Song"
** "
Galatea"
** ''
Leaves from Australian Forests
''Leaves from Australian Forests'' (1869) is the second collection of poems by Australian poet Henry Kendall. It was released in hardback by George Robertson in 1869, and features the poet's widely anthologised poems " Bell-Birds", "The Hut b ...
''
Drama
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William Akhurst
William Mower Akhurst (29 December 1822 – 6/7 June 1878) was an actor, journalist and playwright in Australia.
Akhurst was born in Hammersmith, London or Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, London, a son of William Akhurst (1793–1866) and Harriet ...
— ''
The House That Jack Built''
Births
A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1869 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.
* 5 January —
R. H. Croll
Robert Henderson (Bob) Croll (5 January 1869 – 18 October 1947) was an Australian writer, poet, bushwalker, and public servant. , author and public servant (died
1947
It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Events
January
* January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country in ...
)
* 12 May —
Frank Morton, poet (died
1923
Events
January–February
* January 9 – Lithuania begins the Klaipėda Revolt to annex the Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory).
* January 11 – Despite strong British protests, troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area, t ...
)
* 4 July —
Ernest Buley, journalist and author (died
1933
Events
January
* January 11 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand.
* January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wis ...
)
* 10 July —
Arthur Gask
Arthur Cecil Gask (10 July 1869 – 25 June 1951) was an English dentist and novelist. He is one of the earliest authors of Australian-based crime fiction.
Early life
Gask was born on 10 July 1869 at St Marylebone, London, fourth of five childre ...
, novelist (died
1951
Events
January
* January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950).
* January 9 – The Government of the United ...
)
* 3 August —
Marie Pitt
Marie Elizabeth Josephine Pitt (1869–1948) was an Australian poet and socialist activist, also journalist and Unitarian. Pitt wrote very highly coloured nature poetry, once much anthologised; and also wrote poetry in support of the socialist ...
, poet and journalist (died
1948
Events January
* January 1
** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated.
** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect.
** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ...
)
* 6 August
**
David McKee Wright, poet (died
1928
Events January
* January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly proving the existence of DNA.
* January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhanov, J ...
)
**
Marie E. J. Pitt
Marie Elizabeth Josephine Pitt (1869–1948) was an Australian poet and socialist activist, also journalist and Unitarian. Pitt wrote very highly coloured nature poetry, once much anthologised; and also wrote poetry in support of the socialist ...
, poet (died
1948
Events January
* January 1
** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated.
** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect.
** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ...
)
* 7 August —
E. J. Brady
Edwin James Brady (7 August 1869 – 22 July 1952) was an Australian journalist and poet.
Personal life
From Irish parents, Brady was born at Carcoar, New South Wales, and was educated both in the United States and Sydney, Australia. Among his ...
, poet (died
1952
Events January–February
* January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses.
* February 6
** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...
)
* 21 August —
Will H. Ogilvie
Will H. Ogilvie (21 August 1869 – 30 January 1963) was a Scottish-Australian narrative poet and horseman, jackaroo, and drover, and described as a quiet-spoken handsome Scot of medium height, with a fair moustache and red complexion. He ...
, poet (died
1963
Events January
* January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cov ...
)
* 24 September —
Edward Sorenson
Edward Sylvester Sorenson (24 September 1869 − 19 December 1939), was an Australian writer and poet.
Sorenson was born on 24 September 1869 at Dyraaba, New South Wales, north-west of Casino, a son of Jacob Sorenson and his wife, Mary Ann, n ...
, poet (died
1939
This year also marks the start of the Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history.
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 1
** Third Reich
*** Jews are forbidden to ...
)
* 3 October —
Ada Augusta Holman
Ada Augusta Holman (née Kidgell) (3 October 1869 – 3 April 1949) was a journalist and novelist in New South Wales, Australia. However, her writing career was increasingly curtailed after her marriage to politician William Arthur Holman, who w ...
, journalist and novelist (died
1949
Events
January
* January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2022.
* January 2 – Luis ...
)
See also
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1869 in Australia
The following lists events that happened during 1869 in Australia.
Incumbents
Governors
Governors of the Australian colonies:
* Governor of New South Wales – Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore
*Governor of Victoria – Sir John Manner ...
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1869 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1869.
Events
* February 3 – Booth's Theatre opens on Manhattan with the owner, Edwin Booth, playing the male lead in Shakespeare's ''Romeo and Juliet''.
*May 10 â ...
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1869 in poetry
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Events
*October 5 – Model, poet and artist Elizabeth Siddal (d. 1862) is exhumed at Highgate Cemetery in London in or ...
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List of years in Australian literature
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List of years in literature
References
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