1922 in Australian literature

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This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1922.

Books

Hilda Bridges — The Squatter's Daughter
Mary Grant Bruce — The Stone Axe of Burkamukk
Bernard Cronin — Bluff Stakes
Jean Curlewis — Drowning Maze
Dulcie Deamer — The Street of the Gazelle
Edward Dyson — The Grey Goose Comedy Company
Havelock Ellis — Kanga Creek: An Australian Idyll
Mary Gilmore — The Hound of the Road
Nat Gould
- A Dangerous Stable
- Racing Rivals
Vance Palmer — The Boss of Killara

Poetry

E. J. Brady — "The Coachman's Yarn"
C. J. Dennis — "Woolloomooloo"
Mabel Forrest
- "Kassaptu: (The Assyrian Witch)"
- Streets and Gardens
Lesbia Harford — "The Psychological Craze"
Henry Lawson — "On the Night Train"
Hugh McCrae — "The Watchers"
John Shaw Neilson — "Schoolgirls Hastening"
Will H. Ogilvie — Galloping Shoes: Verses
Kenneth Slessor
- "Nuremberg"
- "Pan at Lane Cove"

Children's and Young Adult fiction

Myra Morris — Us Five
Ethel Turner — Jennifer, J.
Lilian Turner — Peggy the Pilot

Short stories

Edward Dyson — "The Accursed Thing"
Mary Gilmore — "On the Track to Braidwood"
Vance Palmer — "The Black Mare"

Drama

C. J. Dennis & Bert Bailey — The Sentimental Bloke
Louis Esson — The Battler

Non-fiction

Alec H. Chisholm — Mateship with Birds
Mary Gaunt — Where the Twain Meet

Births

A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1922 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.

2 August — Geoffrey Dutton, poet (died 1998)
28 August — Jacob C. Rosenberg, poet and novelist (died 2008)

Unknown date

Peter Bladen, poet (died 2001)

Deaths

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1922 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

14 February — Bertram Stevens, editor and critic (born 1872)
25 August – Edward George Honey, journalist (born 1885)
2 September — Henry Lawson, poet and short story writer (born 1867)

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