1925 in Australian literature
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This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1925.
For an overview of world literature see 1925 in literature.
See also: 1924 in Australian literature, 1925 in Australia, 1926 in Australian literature.
Books
- Zora Cross — The Lute-Girl of Rainyvale : A Story of Love, Mystery, and Adventure in North Queensland
- Carlton Dawe
- Love, the Conqueror
- The Way of a Maid
- W. M. Fleming — Where Eagles Build
- Nat Gould — Riding to Orders
- Jack McLaren — Spear-Eye
- Henry Handel Richardson — The Way Home
- M. L. Skinner — Black Swans : rara avis in terris nigroque simillima cygno
- E. V. Timms — Hills of Hate
- Ethel Turner — The Ungardeners
- E. L. Grant Watson — Daimon
Poetry
- Mary Gilmore
- "The Saturday Tub"
- "The Square Peg and the Round"
- The Tilted Cart: A Book of Recitations
- Henry Lawson
- Poetical Works of Henry Lawson
- Popular Verses
- Dorothea Mackellar — "Looking Forward"
- Furnley Maurice — Bleat Upon Bleat: A Book of Verses
- John Shaw Neilson
- "The Lad Who Started Out"
- "The Moon Was Seven Days Down"
Children's and Young Adult fiction
- Mary Grant Bruce — The Houses of the Eagle
- May Gibbs — The Further Adventures of Bib and Bub
Births
A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1925 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.
- 3 February — Keith Dunstan, journalist and author (died 2013)
- 8 February — Francis Webb, poet (died 1973)
- 8 July — Vincent Buckley, poet and critic (died 1988)
- 25 August — Thea Astley, novelist (died 2004)
Deaths
A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1925 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.
- 22 March — Ernest O'Ferrall, poet (born 1881)
- 27 June — Simpson Newland, author and politician (born 1835)