1878 in Australian literature

• G. Herbert Gibson — "The Free-Selector's Daughter"[1]
• Henry Kendall
  • "The Names Upon a Stone : Inscribed to G. L. F."
  • "Narrara Creek"
• Peter Dodds McCormick — "Advance Australia Fair"
• John Boyle O'Reilly — "The Dukite Snake"[2]
• James Brunton Stephens — "Marsupial Bill"
• Garnet Walch — "A Little Tin Plate"[3]

• Jessie Catherine Couvreur — "The Rubria Ghost"[4]

A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1878 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.

• 24 May — Mary Grant Bruce, writer for children (died 1958)[5]
• 10 August — Louis Esson, poet and dramatist (died 1943)[6]
• 13 October — Patrick Joseph Hartigan, priest and poet (died 1952)[7]

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1878 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

• 8 August — John Dunmore Lang, poet and politician (born 1799)[8]

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