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This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1885.
- Francis Adams — Leicester : An Autobiography[1]
- Rolf Boldrewood
- Ada Cambridge — A Little Minx : A Sketch[5][6]
- Mary Fortune — Dan Lyons' Doom[7]
- Rosa Praed
- Victor Daley
- George Essex Evans — "Australia Militant"[12]
- Mary Hannay Foott
- Philip J. Holdsworth — "My Queen of Dreams"[14]
- Henry Parkes — The Beauteous Terrorist and Other Poems[15]
- A. B. Paterson — "El Mahdi to the Australian Troops"
- J. Brunton Stephens — Convict Once and Other Poems[16]
- Rolf Boldrewood
- Rosa Praed — Australian Life, Black and White[19]
A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1885 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.
- 20 March – Ruby Lindsay, artist and writer (died 1919)[20]
- 13 June – Henry George Lamond, novelist (died 1969)[21]
- 1 July – Dorothea Mackellar, poet (died 1968)[22]
- 5 July – Rose Lindsay, artist's model, author, and printmaker (died 1978)[23]
- 18 August – Nettie Palmer, critic (died 1964)[24]
- 28 August – Vance Palmer, novelist (died 1959)[25]
- 18 September – Edward George Honey, journalist (died 1922 in England)[26]
A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1885 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.
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- Ellen Liston, schoolteacher, short story writer and poet (born 1838 in England)[27]
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