1929 in Australian literature

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1929.

Books

• Arthur H. Adams – A Man's Life[1]
• Martin Boyd – Dearest Idol
• Bernard Cronin
  • Bracken[2]
  • Toad[3]
• Jean Devanny – Riven[4]
• M. Barnard Eldershaw – A House is Built
• Mabel Forrest – White Witches[5]
• Arthur Gask – The Lonely House[6]
• Mary Gaunt – The Lawless Frontier[7]
• Norman Lindsay – Madam Life's Lovers : A Human Narrative Embodying a Philosophy of the Artist in Dialogue Form[8]
• Jack McLaren – A Diver Went Down[9]
• Frederic Manning – The Middle Parts of Fortune : Somme and Ancre, 1916[10]
• Myra Morris – Enchantment[11]
• Katharine Susannah Prichard – Coonardoo
• Henry Handel Richardson – Ultima Thule
• Alice Grant Rosman – Visitors to Hugo[12]
• Arthur W. Upfield – The Barrakee Mystery

Short stories

• Dulcie Deamer – As It Was in the Beginning[13]
• Vance Palmer
  • "Ancestors"[14]
  • "Jettisoned"[15]
• Henry Handel Richardson – "The Bath"[16]
• David Unaipon – Native Legends[17]

Children's and Young Adult fiction

• Mary Grant Bruce – The Happy Traveller[18]
• May Gibbs – Bib and Bub in Gumnut Town[19]
• Lilian Turner – Lady Billie[20]

Poetry

Main article: 1929 in poetry

• Ruth Bedford – Fairies and Fancies[21]
• Furnley Maurice – The Gully and Other Verses[22]
• Myra Morris – White Magic[23]
• John Shaw Neilson – "The Whistling Jack"[24]
• Kenneth Slessor
  • "Cucumber Kitty"[25]
  • "Snowdrops"[26]

Drama

• Betty Roland – Morning[27]

Non-fiction

• Alec H. Chisholm – Birds and Green Places : A Book of Australian Nature Gossip[28]

Awards and honours

Literary

Award	Author	Title	Publisher
ALS Gold Medal[29]	Henry Handel Richardson	Ultima Thule	Heinemann
The Bulletin Prize[30]	Vance Palmer	The Passage	Stanley Paul

Births

A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1929 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.

• 5 January – Veronica Brady, poet and critic (died 2015)[31]
• 1 February – R. A. Simpson, poet (died 2002)[32]
• 16 February – Peter Porter, poet (died 2010)[33]
• 26 March – David Lake, science fiction novelist (born in India)(died 2016)[34]
• 2 April – Catherine Gaskin, novelist (born in Ireland)(died 2009)[35]
• 14 April – Ray Mathew, novelist, poet and dramatist (died 2002)[36]
• 5 May – Kenneth Cook, novelist (died 1987)[37]
• 7 October – Ken Inglis, historian (died 2017)[38]
• 11 December – Desmond O'Grady, novelist and short story writer (died 2021 in Italy)[39]

Deaths

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1929 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

• 27 February — Lala Fisher, poet, writer and editor (born 1872)[40]
• 28 May – Barbara Baynton, novelist and short story writer (born 1857)[41]
• 8 June – Laura Palmer-Archer, short story writer, wrote as Bushwoman (born 1864)[42]

See also

• 1929 in Australia
• 1929 in literature
• 1929 in poetry
• List of years in Australian literature
• List of years in literature

References

1. "A Man's Life by Arthur H. Adams". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
2. "Bracken by Bernard Cronin". Austlit. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
3. "Toad by Bernard Cronin". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
4. "Riven by Jean Devanny". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
5. "White Witches by Mabel Forrest". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
6. "The Lonely House by Arthur Gask". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
7. "The Lawless Frontier by Mary Gaunt". Austlit. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
8. "Madam Life's Lovers by Norman Lindsay". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
9. "A Diver Went Down by Jack McLaren". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
10. "The Middle Parts of Fortune by Frederic Manning". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
11. "Enchantment by Myra Morris". Austlit. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
12. "Visitors to Hugo by Alice Grant Rosman". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
13. "As It Was in the Beginning by Dulcie Deamer". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
14. ""Ancestors" by Vance Palmer". Austlit. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
15. ""Jettisoned" by Vance Palmer". Austlit. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
16. ""The Bath" by Henry Handel Richardson". Austlit. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
17. "Native Legends by David Unaipon". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
18. "The Happy Traveller by Mary Grant Bruce". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
19. "Bib and Bub in Gumnut Town by May Gibbs". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
20. "Lady Billie by Lilian Turner". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
21. "Fairies and Fancies by Ruth Bedford". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
22. "The Gully and Other Verses by Furnley Maurice". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
23. "White Magic by Myra Morris". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
24. ""The Whistling Jack" by". Austlit. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
25. ""Cucumber Kitty" by Kenneth Slessor". Austlit. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
26. ""Snowdrops" by Kenneth Slessor". Austlit. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
27. "Morning by Betty Roland". Austlit. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
28. "Birds and Green Places by Alec H. Chisholm". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
29. ""Australian Novel"". Sydney Morning Herald. The Sydney Morning Herald, 17 March 1930, p6. 17 March 1930. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
30. ""Bulletin Prize Novels – Second Competition"". The Bulletin, 19 March 1930, p9. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
31. "Veronica Brady (1929-2015)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
32. "R. A. Simpson (1929-2002)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
33. "Peter Porter (1929-2010)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
34. "David J. Lake (1929-2016)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
35. "Catherine Gaskin (1929-2009)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
36. "Ray Mathew (1929-2002)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
37. "Kenneth Cook (1929-1987)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
38. Bongiorno, Frank. "Kenneth Stanley (Ken) Inglis". Obituaries Australia. Australian National University. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
39. Phillilps, John (28 November 2021). "Obituary: Desmond O'Grady, Australian foreign correspondent who reported on Italy for over half a century". www.italianinsider.it. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
40. "Mary Lucy (Lala) Fisher (1872–1929)". Fisher, Mary Lucy (Lala) (1872–1929) by Cecil Hadgraft and Lorna L. McDonald. Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
41. "Barbara Jane Baynton (1857–1929)". Baynton, Barbara Jane (1857–1929). Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
42. "Laura Palmer-Archer (1864-1929)". Austlit. Retrieved 18 July 2023.