1876 in Australian literature

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1876.

Books

 * Rolf Boldrewood — A Colonial Reformer
 * Ada Cambridge — My Guardian : A Story of the Fen Country
 * Maud Jean Franc — Two Sides to Every Question
 * James Brunton Stephens — A Hundred Pounds

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)