This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1879.
Books
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Ada Cambridge — ''In Two Years Time''
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John Boyle O'Reilly – ''
Moondyne
''Moondyne'' is an 1879 novel by John Boyle O'Reilly. It is loosely based on the life of the Western Australian convict escapee and bushranger Moondyne Joe. It is believed to be the first ever fictional novel set in Western Australia. In 1913, ...
''
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Catherine Helen Spence – ''Handfasted''
Poetry
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Adam Lindsay Gordon
** ''Poems of the Late Adam Lindsay Gordon''
** "
To My Sister"
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Henry Kendall
** "
Araluen"
** "
Hy-Brasil
Brasil, also known as Hy-Brasil and several other variants, is a phantom island said to lie in the Atlantic Ocean west of Ireland. Irish myths described it as cloaked in mist except for one day every seven years, when it becomes visible but s ...
"
** "
On a Street"
** "
Orara
Orara is a historical town and Union Council of Kasur District in the Punjab province of Pakistan.Before Partition, Orara fell under the Lahore District and Tehsil Kasur. The village was largely populated with Dhillon Jatts, predominantly Sikhs w ...
"
** "
The Sydney International Exhibition"
Non-fiction
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Ned Kelly – ''
The Jerilderie Letter
The handwritten document known as the Jerilderie Letter was dictated by Australian bushranger Ned Kelly to fellow Kelly Gang member Joe Byrne in 1879. It is one of only two original Kelly letters known to have survived.
The Jerilderie Letter is ...
''
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
Norman Alfred William Lindsay (22 February 1879 – 21 November 1969) was an Australian artist, etcher, sculptor, writer, art critic, novelist, cartoonist and amateur boxer. One of the most prolific and popular Australian artists of his genera ...
, novelist and artist (died
1969
This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon.
Events January
* January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco.
* January 5
**Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...
)
* 8 June —
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 Austra ...
, librarian (died
1962
Events January
* January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand.
* January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism.
* January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wors ...
)
* 14 October –
Miles Franklin, novelist (died
1954
Events
January
* January 1 – The Soviet Union ceases to demand war reparations from West Germany.
* January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting.
* January 7 – Georgetown-IBM experiment: The fir ...
)
Deaths
A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated,
ordered alphabetically by
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 ...
) of deaths in 1879 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.
* 6 January –
Ellen Davitt, crime novelist (born 1812)
See also
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1879 in Australia
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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 Birming ...
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1879 in poetry
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Events
* October 10 – American poet Ethel Lynn Beers' collected works ''"All Quiet Along The Potomac" and Other Poems ...
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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 ...
*
List of years in literature
References
{{Years in Australian literature
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1879 in literature