This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1894.

Books

* Rolf Boldrewood – '' A Modern Buccaneer'' * Guy Boothby – '' In Strange Company : A Story of Chili and the Southern Seas'' * Mary Gaunt – ''

Dave's Sweetheart ''Dave's Sweetheart'' (1894) is a novel by Australian writer Mary Gaunt. Story outline The novel is set on the Victorian goldfields of the 1850s and follows the story of Jenny Carter, the wilful daughter of a local grog-shop keeper. She is ro ...

'' *

E. W. Hornung Ernest William Hornung (7 June 1866 – 22 March 1921) was an English author and poet known for writing the A. J. Raffles (character), A. J. Raffles series of stories about a gentleman thief in late 19th-century London. Hornung was educa ...

** ''The Boss of Taroomba'' ** ''The Unbidden Guest'' *

George McIver George McIver (12 June 1859 – 1945) was a Scottish born Australian science fiction writer. In 1894 '' Neuroomia: A New Continent: A Manuscript Delivered from the Deep'' was published which offers an account of the discovery of a high-tech soc ...

– ''Neuroomia: A New Continent: A Manuscript Delivered from the Deep'' * Ethel Turner – '' Seven Little Australians''

Short stories

* Louis Becke ** ''By Reef and Palm'' ** "A Dead Loss" * Ernest Favenc ** ''Tales of the Austral Tropics'' ** "An Unquiet Spirit" * Henry Lawson — "Bush Cats" * Louisa Lawson – "Manager and Muddler"

Poetry

Jennings Carmichael Jennings Carmichael (24 February 1867 – 9 February 1904) was an Australian poet and nurse. Life Grace Elizabeth Jennings Carmichael was born on 24 February 1867 at Ballarat, Victoria. The daughter of Archibald Carmichael, a miner from Perthsh ...

– " A Woman's Mood" * Victor J. Daley – " A Vision of Youth" * Edward Dyson – "

The Rescue ''The Rescue'' may refer to: Art * ''The Rescue'' (painting), an 1855 painting by John Everett Millais * ''The Rescue'' (statue), a marble sculpture group (1837–50) by Horatio Greenough Film and television * " Chapter 16: The Rescue", 202 ...

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George Essex Evans George Essex Evans (18 June 1863 – 10 November 1909) was an Australian poet. Biography Essex Evans was born in London on 18 June 1863, to Welsh parents. His father, John Evans Q.C., Treasurer of the Inner Temple and a member of the House of C ...

– " McCarthy's Brew: A Gulf Country Yarn" * Charles Augustus Flower – "A Thousand Miles Away" * Henry Lawson ** " Australian Bards and Bush Reviewers" ** " In the Days When the World Was Wide" * Breaker Morant – " Beyond His Jurisdiction" *

John Shaw Neilson John Shaw Neilson was an Australian poet. Slightly built, for most of his life he worked as a labourer, fruit-picking, clearing scrub, navvying and working in quarries, and, after 1928, working as a messenger with the Country Roads Board in Mel ...

– "Before the Looking Glass" *

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 ...

– "The Riding of the Rebel" *

A. B. Paterson Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson, (17 February 18645 February 1941) was an Australian bush poet, journalist and author. He wrote many ballads and poems about Australian life, focusing particularly on the rural and outback areas, including the d ...

** " How Gilbert Died" ** " How the Favourite Beat Us" ** " Saltbush Bill" ** " The Travelling Post Office" ** " A Voice from the Town"

Births

A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1894 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death. * 7 January – Jean Devanny, novelist (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 ...

) * 30 April –

H.V. Evatt Herbert Vere Evatt, (30 April 1894 – 2 November 1965) was an Australian politician and judge. He served as a judge of the High Court of Australia from 1930 to 1940, Attorney-General of Australia, Attorney-General and Minister for Foreign Aff ...

, judge, parliamentarian and writer (died

1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lyndo ...

) * 31 August – A. B. Facey, novelist (died

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street bridges, 14th Street Bridge in ...

) * 22 October –

Paul Grano Paul Langton Grano (22 October 1894 – 11 January 1975) was an Australian poet and journalist. Biography Born in Ararat, Victoria, Grano studied Law at the University of Melbourne. He worked as a journalist and commercial traveller, and in ...

, poet (died

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

)

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 1894 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth. * 28 November – Alice Ashton Eastmure, poet (born 1833)

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