This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1935.

Books

* Winifred Birkett – '' Earth's Quality'' *

Martin Boyd Martin à Beckett Boyd (10 June 1893 – 3 June 1972) was an Australian writer born into the à Beckett– Boyd family, a family synonymous with the establishment, the judiciary, publishing and literature, and the visual arts since the early 19t ...

– ''

The Lemon Farm ''The Lemon Farm'' (1935) is a novel by Australian author Martin Boyd. Plot outline In a small English seaside village, Lady Davina Chelgrove leaves her husband Nigel for another, younger man. The affair proceeds towards a tragic ending. The " ...

'' *

Jean Devanny Jane (Jean) Devanny (7 January 1894 – 8 March 1962) was a New Zealand writer and communist. Born in Ferntown near Collingwood in the Nelson district of New Zealand to William and Jane Crook, she migrated to Australia in 1929, eventually movin ...

** ''The Ghost Wife'' ** ''The Virtuous Courtesan'' *

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 ...

– ''The Hangman's Knot'' *

Jack Lindsay Jack Lindsay (20 October 1900 – 8 March 1990) was an Australian-born writer, who from 1926 lived in the United Kingdom, initially in Essex. He was born in Melbourne, but spent his formative years in Brisbane. He was the eldest son of Norman L ...

– ''Last Days with Cleopatra'' *

Jack McLaren Jack McLaren (13 October 1884 – 16 May 1954) was an Australian novelist who wrote novels based on his life experiences and who was renowned for his "authenticity of background".T. Inglis Moore T. Inglis Moore (1901-1978) was an Australian writer, anthologist and academic who was born in Camden, New South Wales. Moore was the fifth of seven children and was educated at Sydney Grammar School and University of Sydney where he received a ...

– ''The Half-Way Sun : A Tale of the Philippine Islands'' * Ambrose Pratt – ''Lift Up your Eyes'' *

Alice Grant Rosman Alice Grant Rosman (18 July 1882 — 20 August 1961) (born Alice Trevenen Rosman) was an Australian novelist. Writing career Alice Rosman was born in Kapunda, South Australia. She had one sister called Mary and the two girls attended St Mary's ...

– ''The Sleeping Child'' *

Kylie Tennant Kathleen Kylie Tennant AO (; 12 March 1912 – 28 February 1988) was an Australian novelist, playwright, short-story writer, critic, biographer, and historian. Early life and career Tennant was born in Manly, New South Wales; she was educate ...

– ''Tiburon'' *

E. V. Timms Edward Vivian Timms (1895–1960), better known as E. V. Timms, was an Australian novelist and screenwriter. He was injured serving in the Gallipoli Campaign during World War I and was an unsuccessful soldier settler before turning to writing. ...

– '' Far Caravan''

Children's

* Mary Grant Bruce – ''Wings Above the Billabong'' *

– ''Runaway'' *

P. L. Travers Pamela Lyndon Travers (; born Helen Lyndon Goff; 9 August 1899 – 23 April 1996) was an Australian-British writer who spent most of her career in England. She is best known for the ''Mary Poppins'' series of books, which feature the eponymous ...

– ''Mary Poppins Comes Back'' *

Dorothy Wall Dorothy Wall (12 January 1894 – 21 January 1942) was a New Zealand-born writer and illustrator of children's fiction books. She is most famous for creating Blinky Bill, an anthropomorphic koala who was the central character in her books ''B ...

– ''Brownie: The Story of a Naughty Little Rabbit''

Poetry

C. J. Dennis Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis (7 September 1876 – 22 June 1938), better known as C. J. Dennis, was an Australian poet and journalist known for his best-selling verse novel ''The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke'' (1915). Alongside ...

** ''The Singing Garden'' ** "Unconsidered Trifles" * Mary Gilmore – "The Wanderer" *

Patrick White Patrick Victor Martindale White (28 May 1912 – 30 September 1990) was a British-born Australian writer who published 12 novels, three short-story collections, and eight plays, from 1935 to 1987. White's fiction employs humour, florid prose, ...

– ''The Ploughman and Other Poems'' *

Douglas Stewart Douglas Stewart may refer to: *Douglas Stewart (poet) (1913–1985), Australian poet *Edward Askew Sothern (1826–1881), English actor who was sometimes known as Douglas Stewart * Douglas Stewart (equestrian) (1913–1991), British Olympic equestri ...

– "Mending the Bridge"

Drama

* Dymphna Cusack ** ''Anniversary'' ** ''Red Sky at Morning'' *

Dulcie Deamer Mary Elizabeth Kathleen Dulcie Deamer (13 December 1890 – 16 August 1972) was a New Zealand-born Australian novelist, poet, journalist and actor. She was a founder and committee member of the Fellowship of Australian Writers. Life Deamer was bo ...

– ''Revaluation'' * Katharine Susannah Prichard – ''Forward One''

Awards and honours

Literary

Births

A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1935 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death. * 21 March –

Thomas Shapcott Thomas William Shapcott (born 21 March 1935) is an Australian poet, novelist, playwright, editor, librettist, short story writer and teacher. Biography Thomas William Shapcott was born in Ipswich, Queensland, and attended the Ipswich Grammar ...

, novelist and poet * 7 October –

Thomas Keneally Thomas Michael Keneally, AO (born 7 October 1935) is an Australian novelist, playwright, essayist, and actor. He is best known for his non-fiction novel ''Schindler's Ark'', the story of Oskar Schindler's rescue of Jews during the Holocaust, wh ...

, novelist * 18 November – Rodney Hall, novelist (born in England) * 27 November –

Marshall Browne Marshall Browne (27 November 193514 February 2014) was an Australian crime fiction writer. A former merchant banker, he lived in Hong Kong, London, and Bhutan. He later lived in Melbourne. He served as a commando in the Australian forces, an ...

, novelist (died

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) * 28 November –

Randolph Stow Julian Randolph Stow (28 November 1935 – 29 May 2010) was an Australian-born writer, novelist and poet. Early life Born in Geraldton, Western Australia, Randolph Stow was the son of Mary Campbell Stow née Sewell and Cedric Ernest Stow, a ...

, novelist (died

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in England)

Deaths

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by

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) of deaths in 1935 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth. * 22 February – Frederick Manning, novelist and poet (born

1882 Events January–March * January 2 ** The Standard Oil Trust is secretly created in the United States to control multiple corporations set up by John D. Rockefeller and his associates. ** Irish-born author Oscar Wilde arrives in ...

) * 18 March – Mabel Forrest, poet and short story writer (born

1872 Events January–March * January 12 – Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first ruler crowned in that city in over 500 years. * February 2 – The government of the United Kingdom buys a number of forts on ...

) * 10 April –

Rosa Praed Rosa Campbell Praed (; 26 March 1851 – 10 April 1935), often credited as Mrs. Campbell Praed (and also known as ''Rosa Caroline Praed''), was an Australian novelist in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Her large bibliography covered multiple ...

, novelist (born 1851) * 6 September —

John Bede Dalley John Bede Dalley (5 October 1876 – 6 September 1935) was an Australian journalist and novelist, editor of ''Melbourne Punch''. Dalley was born in Rose Bay, Sydney, the second son of William Bede Dalley (1831–1888) and Eleanor Jane, ''née' ...

, journalist and novelist (born

1876 Events January–March * January 1 ** The Reichsbank opens in Berlin. ** The Bass Brewery Red Triangle becomes the world's first registered trademark symbol. * February 2 – The National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs i ...

) * 23 September – Louis Stone, novelist (born

1871 Events January–March * January 3 – Franco-Prussian War – Battle of Bapaume: Prussians win a strategic victory. * January 18 – Proclamation of the German Empire: The member states of the North German Confederation and the sout ...

) * 11 October – Steele Rudd, short story writer (born

1868 Events January–March * January 2 – British Expedition to Abyssinia: Robert Napier leads an expedition to free captive British officials and missionaries. * January 3 – The 15-year-old Mutsuhito, Emperor Meiji of Jap ...

) * 23 November –

Louise Mack Marie Louise Hamilton Mack (10 October 1870 – 23 November 1935) was an Australian poet, journalist and novelist. She is most known for her writings and her involvement in World War I in 1914 as the first woman war correspondent in Belgium. Bi ...

, novelist and poet (born

1870 Events January–March * January 1 ** The first edition of ''The Northern Echo'' newspaper is published in Priestgate, Darlington, England. ** Plans for the Brooklyn Bridge are completed. * January 3 – Construction of the Broo ...

)

References

{{Years in Australian literature

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