1912 in Australian literature

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1912.

Books

Mary Grant Bruce — Timothy in Bushland
James Francis Dwyer — The White Waterfall
May Gibbs — About Us
Gertrude Hart — The Dream Girl
Fergus Hume
- The Mystery Queen
- A Son of Perdition: An Occult Romance
Dorothea Mackellar & Ruth M. Bedford — The Little Blue Devil
Ambrose Pratt — A Daughter of the Bush
Steele Rudd — The Old Homestead
Lindsay Russell — Smouldering Fires
Patricia Lindsay Russell — Love Letters of a Priest
Thomas Edward Spencer — Bindawalla: An Australian Story
Lilian Turner — Written Down

Poetry

Louis Esson — Red Gums and Other Verses
G. Herbert Gibson — Ironbark Splinters from the Australian Bush
Adam Lindsay Gordon — The Poems of Adam Lindsay Gordon
Sydney Jephcott — Penetralia
Norman Lindsay — Norman Lindsay's Book: No. 1
Hugh McCrae — "Earth"
John Shaw Neilson
- "Honeythirst"
- "The Lover Sings"
- "The Petticoat Plays"
Bernard O'Dowd — The Bush
Charles Henry Souter — Irish Lords and Other Verses

Drama

Louis Esson – The Time is Not Yet Ripe

Non-Fiction

Ethel Turner — Ports and Happy Havens

Births

A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1912 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.

12 March — Kylie Tennant, novelist (died 1988)
28 March — A. Bertram Chandler, science fiction writer (died 1984)[1]
2 April — Barbara Giles, poet (died 2006)
28 May — Patrick White, novelist (died 1990)
12 June — Roland Robinson, poet (died 1992)
20 July — George Johnston, novelist (died 1970)
16 September — John Jefferson Bray, poet (died 1995)

Deaths

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1912 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

5 April — Robert Dudley Adams, poet (born 1829)
13 September — Joseph Furphy, novelist (born 1843)

References

"Chandler, Arthur Bertram (Bert) (1912–1984) by Alf Van Der Poorten". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 26 June 2023.

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[ADBB1-1] "Chandler, Arthur Bertram (Bert) (1912–1984) by Alf Van Der Poorten". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 26 June 2023.

Years in Australian literature (1855–present)
19th century	1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900
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21st century	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023