This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1876.
Books
Rolf Boldrewood — A Colonial Reformer James Brunton Stephens — A Hundred Pounds
Children's fiction
Robert Richardson — Our Junior Mathematical Master; and, A Perilous Errand
Poetry
Robert Dudley Adams — "Trucanini's Dirge" Ernest Favenc — "Dead in the Queensland Bush" Henry Kendall "Bill the Bullock Driver" "Kingsborough" James Brunton Stephens — "Mute Discourse : A Poem"
Births
6 February — Alice Guerin Crist, poet, author and journalist (died 1941) 20 March — Winifred Lewellin James, novelist (died 1941) 13 April — Ambrose Dyson, poet and artist (died 1913) 6 June — Amy Mack, writer, journalist and editor (died 1939) 2 September — Will Lawson, poet and novelist (died 1957) 7 September — C. J. Dennis, poet (died 1938) 4 October — Hugh McCrae, poet (died 1958) 5 October — John Bede Dalley, journalist and novelist (died 1935) 30 December — Archibald Strong, poet (died 1930)
Deaths
24 May — Henry Kingsley, novelist (born 1830)
See also 1876 in Australia 1876 in literature 1876 in poetry List of years in Australian literature List of years in literature
References