Literature-related events in Australia during the year of 1881
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1881.
Books
Poetry
Short stories
Births
A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1881 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.
- 2 February — E. J. Rupert Atkinson, poet (died 1961)[5]
- 6 April – Furnley Maurice, poet (died 1942)[6]
- 2 May – H. M. Green, journalist, librarian, poet and literary critic (died 1962)[7]
- 23 May – Hilary Lofting, novelist (died 1939)[8]
- 4 July – Sumner Locke, novelist (died 1917)[9]
- 8 July – Mary Montgomerie Bennett, biographer and nonfiction author (died 1961)[10]
- 25 August – Lillian Pyke, children's writer and, as Erica Maxwell, novelist (died 1927)[11]
- 19 October – Hilda Bridges, novelist and short story writer (died 1971)[12]
- 16 November – Ernest O'Ferrall, poet and author (died 1925)[13]
Unknown date
Deaths
A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1881 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.
See also
References