1934 in Australian literature

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1934.

Books

Martin Boyd – Scandal of Spring
Eleanor Dark – Prelude to Christopher
Arthur Gask
- The Hidden Door
- The Judgement of Larose
- The Poisoned Goblet
Vance Palmer – The Swain Family
Alice Grant Rosman – Somebody Must
Steele Rudd – Grey Green Homestead
Christina Stead – Seven Poor Men of Sydney
E. V. Timms – Conflict

Short stories

Vance Palmer – Sea and Spinifex
Henry Handel Richardson – The End of Childhood and Other Stories
Christina Stead – The Salzburg Tales

Children's

Ruth Bedford – Hundreds and Thousands
P. L. Travers – Mary Poppins
Alan J. Villiers – Whalers of the Midnight Sun
Dorothy Wall
- Blinky Bill Grows Up
- The Tale of Bridget and the Bees

Poetry

Emily Coungeau – Fern Leaves: Poems and Verse
Rudyard Kipling – "Ode : Melbourne Shrine of Remembrance, 1934"
Will Lawson – "The Bunyip"
Furnley Maurice – Melbourne Odes
John Shaw Neilson – The Collected Works of John Shaw Neilson
Patrick White – "The Ploughman"

Awards and honours

Literary

Award	Author	Title	Publisher
ALS Gold Medal^[1]	Eleanor Dark	Prelude to Christopher	P.R. Stephensen

Births

A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1934 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.

17 February – Barry Humphries, comedian, author, actor and satirist (died 2023)^[2]
20 March – David Malouf, novelist and poet
6 May – Chris Wallace-Crabbe, poet
20 June – Margaret Scott, poet and novelist (died 2005)
30 June – Rod Milgate, playwright and painter (died 2020)
5 August – James McQueen, novelist (died 1998)
17 August – Inga Clendinnen, academic and author (died 2016)

Deaths

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1934 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

22 December – Grace Ethel Martyr, poet (born 1888)^[3]

References

↑ "Best Novel of 1934" The Argus, 22 October 1935, p6
↑ Runciman, Caleb (22 April 2023). "Barry Humphries: Australian comedic legend dies aged 89". The West Australian. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
↑ "Austlit — Grace Ethel Martyr". Austlit. Retrieved 23 August 2023.

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[1] "Best Novel of 1934" The Argus, 22 October 1935, p6

[humphries-2] Runciman, Caleb (22 April 2023). "Barry Humphries: Australian comedic legend dies aged 89". The West Australian. Retrieved 22 April 2023.

[AustlitD1-3] "Austlit — Grace Ethel Martyr". Austlit. Retrieved 23 August 2023.

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