D.H. Lawrence, English writer and poet, was born in Nottinghamshire in 1885. In 1922, Lawrence visited Australia. His novel Kangaroo (1923) is based in part on his experiences during this period. He was friends with P.R. Stephensen who was a major supporter in his campaign against the censorship of Lady Chatterley's Lover.

Miles Franklin was born in 1879, a fifth-generation Australian, and grew up on grazing properties run by her family in the Monaro region of New South Wales. At nineteen, she wrote 'My Brilliant Career', an important study of the opportunities and expectations faced by young Australian women in the 1890s. She left Australia in 1906, travelling first to America and then to England. During the 1920s in England, she wrote pseudonymously a series of six well-received novels. In 1932 Franklin returned to Australia permanently, continuing her important contributions to the promotion and development of Australian literature. She died in 1954.

For works of this author written under pseudonyms, search also under Brent of Bin Bin, 1879-1954 and L'Artsau, Ogniblat, Mr and Mrs

Andrew Barton (Banjo) Paterson (1864-1941), poet, solicitor, journalist, war correspondent and soldier, was born on 17 February 1864 at Narrambla near Orange, New South Wales, eldest of seven children of Andrew Bogle Paterson (d.1889), grazier, and Rose Isabella (nee Barton). He is best known for his bush ballads, such as ' The Man From Snowy River', 'Clancy of the Overflow' and 'The Geebung Polo Club'. They were published as a collection, The Man From Snowy River, and Other Verses, in October 1895. The book was very popular and 7000 copies had sold within a few months.
While staying at Dagworth station, near Winton in Queensland in late 1895, Paterson wrote 'Waltzing Matilda', today Australia's best-known folk song. Paterson worked as a war correspondent during the Boer War (South African War).
Paterson served in the in the Middle East in World War I. Wounded in April 1916, he rejoined his unit in July. He was promoted major and commanded the Australian Remount Squadron from October until he returned to Australia in mid-1919.
After the war Paterson resumed journalism. In 1923 most of his poems were assembled in Collected Verse, which has been reprinted many times. He retired from active journalism in 1930 to devote his leisure to creative writing. In following years he became a successful broadcaster with the Australian Broadcasting Commission on his travels and experiences. He also wrote a book of children's poems, The Animals Noah Forgot (1933). (Information taken from ADB entry)

Mary Elizabeth Kathleen Dulcie Deamer was born on 13 December 1890 at Christchurch, New Zealand. She was an actor, playwright, writer, poet, novelist, and journalist; while residing in Kings Cross, Sydney in 1925 she was crowned 'Queen of the Bohemia'; in 1929 she was founder and committee-member of the Fellowship of Australian Writers. She died on 16 August 1972.