This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1870.

Books

* James Lester Burke — ''The Adventures of Martin Cash'' *

Marcus Clarke Marcus Andrew Hislop Clarke (24 April 1846 – 2 August 1881) was an English-born Australian novelist, journalist, poet, editor, librarian, and playwright. He is best known for his 1874 novel '' For the Term of His Natural Life'', about the c ...

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For the Term of His Natural Life ''For the Term of His Natural Life'' is a story written by Marcus Clarke and published in ''The Australian Journal'' between 1870 and 1872 (as ''His Natural Life''). It was published as a novel in 1874 and is the best known novelisation of life ...

'' * B. L. Farjeon — ''Joshua Marvel'' * J. R. Houlding ** ''The Farm, the City and the Sea'' ** ''Rural and City Life, or, The Fortunes of the Stubble Family''

Short stories

— "Squatters of the Past and Present : 'Arcades Ambo'" * B. L. Farjeon — "In Australian Wilds" * Mary Fortune ** "The Hart Murder" ** "My Lodger" ** "The Spider and the Fly"

Poetry

Mary Hannay Foott Mary Hannay Foott (pen name, La Quenouille; 26 September 1846 – 12 October 1918), was a Scottish-born Australian poet and editor. She is well remembered for a bush-ballad poem," Where the Pelican Builds". Early life Mary Hannay Foott was born ...

— " Ave Caesar! Te Morituri Salutant!" *

Adam Lindsay Gordon Adam Lindsay Gordon (19 October 1833 – 24 June 1870) was a British-Australian poet, horseman, police officer and politician. He was the first Australian poet to gain considerable recognition overseas, and according to his contemporary, write ...

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Bush Ballads and Galloping Rhymes ''Bush Ballads and Galloping Rhymes'' (1870) is the second poetry collection by Australian poet Adam Lindsay Gordon. It was also the last collection to be published during the poet's lifetime appearing only the day before the author's suicide. ...

'' ** " The Sick Stockrider" ** " Thora's Song" * Henry Kendall ** " Bush Lyrics : No. II : Camped by the Creek" ** " The Late A. L. Gordon : In Memoriam" * Francis MacNamara — "The Ballad of Martin Cash"

Essays

* Henry Kendall — "The Holy Grail"

Births

A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1870 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death. * 3 January —

Henry Handel Richardson Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson (3 January 187020 March 1946), known by her pen name Henry Handel Richardson, was an Australian author. Life Born in East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, into a prosperous family that later fell on hard ti ...

, novelist (died 1946) * 24 January —

Ethel Turner Ethel Turner (24 January 1870 – 8 April 1958) was an English-born Australian novelist and children's literature writer. Life She was born Ethel Mary Burwell in Doncaster in England. Her father died when she was two, leaving her mother Sarah J ...

, novelist (died 1958) * 5 June —

Jeannie Gunn Jeannie Gunn (pen name, Mrs Aeneas Gunn) (5 June 18709 June 1961) was an Australian novelist, teacher and Returned and Services League of Australia (RSL) volunteer. Life Jeannie Taylor was born in Carlton, Melbourne, the last of five childre ...

, novelist (died 1961) * 18 September — Jane Fletcher, poet, nature writer and children's writer (died 1956) * 10 October — Louise Mack, poet (died 1935) * 1 November —

Christopher Brennan Christopher John Brennan (1 November 1870 – 5 October 1932) was an Australian poet, scholar and literary critic. Biography Brennan was born in Haymarket, an inner suburb of Sydney, to Christopher Brennan (d. 1919), a brewer, and his wife ...

, poet (died 1932) * 25 December – S. Elliott Napier, poet (died 1940)

Deaths

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1870 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth. * 24 June —

, poet (born 1833)

References

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