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Title |
Author |
Nationality |
Year |
Length |
Newspaper |
| Christmas Eve. A Christmas Story | A. L. S. | Unknown | 1884 | Single issue | Melbourne Advocate |
| A Curious Christmas Gift. An Australian Story | A. M. | Unknown | 1883 | Single issue | Illustrated Australian News |
| Hurrah for Christmas. A Story for the Children | A. R. S. | Unknown | 1880 | Single issue | South Australian Chronicle |
| My Ghostly Warning. A Christmas Story | A. T. | Unknown | 1892 | Single issue | Australian Town and Country |
| Not Forgotten: Make Believe Merry Christmas | Agnus, Orme | British | 1911 | Serialised | West Gippsland Gazette |
| Once Mine. A Christmas Tale | Alison | Unknown | 1877 | Single issue | Armidale Express |
| The Prince’s Necklace: A Christmas Pantomime Story | Ashbee, Pear L. | Unknown | 1908 | Single issue | Border Watch |
| The Prince’s Necklace: A Christmas Pantomime Story | Ashbee, Pear L. | Unknown | 1908 | Single issue | Camperdown Chronicle |
| Under the Blossom that Hangs on the Bough. A Story of a Christmas Card | Austin South | Australian | 1887 | Single issue | Queenslander |
| The Planter’s Friend, and How The Plant Came Up At Christmas | B | Unknown | 1871 | Single issue | Gundagai Times |
| A Christmas Story | Back, Hilda | Unknown | 1907 | Single issue | South Australian Chronicle |
| A Christmas Eve Conspiracy | Bailey, Jean | Unknown | 1900 | Single issue | Broadford Courier |
| The Waif of the Wear. A Story of Christmas and New Year’s Eves | Banks, Mrs G. Linnaeus | British | 1864 | Serialised | Newcastle Morning Herald |
| Christmas at Milbung | Bell, A. B. | Australian | 1885 | Serialised | Queensland Figaro |
| A Christmas Story: In Luck at Last | Besant, Walter | British | 1884 | 10,000+ words | Melbourne Leader |
| When the Ship Comes Home. A Christmas Story | Besant, Walter and Rice, James | British | 1876 | Serialised | Melbourne Leader |
| Shepherds all and Maidens Fair. A Christmas Story | Besant, Walter and Rice, James | British | 1877 | Serialised | Melbourne Leader |
| A Terrible Christmas | Boon, Seth | Unknown | 1897 | Single issue | South Australian Chronicle |
| Gold-Quest: A Christmas Tale of the Early Digging Days | Booth, Lancelot | Australian | 1885 | 10,000+ words | Queenslander |
| A Christmas Eve at Jump Up Creek | Bowling, E. J. | Australian | 1907 | Serialised | Windsor and Richmond Gazette |
| A Christmas Eve at Callaghan’s | Bowling, E. J. | Australian | 1903 | Single issue | Windsor and Richmond Gazette |
| Christmas Eve in a Gum Tree | Boyd, A. J. | Unknown | 1877 | Single issue | Illustrated Sydney News |
| George Caulfield’s Journey: A Christmas Story | Braddon, M. E. | British | 1879 | Serialised | South Australian Chronicle |
| Millicent’s Sin: A Christmas Story | Brame, Charlotte | British | 1888 | 10,000+ words | Goulburn Evening Penny Post |
| The Story of a Christmas Eve | Brimyard, Mostyn | Unknown | 1890 | Single issue | Western Mail |
| Uncle George. A Christmas Story | Bunster, Grosvenor | Australian | 1880 | Single issue | Maryborough Chronicle |
| Giovanni and the Other | Burnett, Frances Hodgson | British | 1891 | 10,000+ words | Melbourne Leader |
| Linlarra Station and the Christmas Day I Spent There | Bush Naturalist | Australian | 1879 | 10,000+ words | Queenslander |
| Reunion. A Christmas Tale | C. A. M. | Unknown | 1888 | Single issue | Darling Downs Gazette |
| Christmas on the Wallaby. A Tale with a High Moral Purpose | C. H. B. | Unknown | 1880 | Single issue | Maryborough Chronicle |
| The Billycan of Gold. A Christmas Story | C. W. C. | Unknown | 1882 | 10,000+ words | Adelaide Observer |
| The Billycan of Gold. A Christmas Story | C. W. C. | Unknown | 1882 | 10,000+ words | Evening Journal |
| A Christmas Message | Cambridge, Ada | Australian | 1879 | 10,000+ words | Australasian |
| Two Christmas Eves at Warkaline | Campbell, Sir Thomas Cockburn, Bart. | Australian | 1878 | Single issue | Sydney Mail |
| A Christmas House Party | Carmichael, Jennings | Australian | 1896 | Single issue | Australasian |
| Harriette Hurst’s Christmas | Carroll, Janet | Australian | 1883 | Serialised | Singleton Argus |
| Harriette Hurst’s Christmas | Carroll, Janet | Australian | 1883 | Serialised | Benalla Ensign |
| Harriette Hurst’s Christmas | Carroll, Janet | Australian | 1883 | Serialised | Riverine Grazier |
| Harriette Hurst’s Christmas | Carroll, Janet | Australian | 1883 | Serialised | Shoalhaven Telegraph |
| Harriette Hurst’s Christmas | Carroll, Janet | Australian | 1883 | Serialised | Border Watch |
| Harriette Hurst’s Christmas | Carroll, Janet | Australian | 1883 | Serialised | Devon Herald |
| Harriette Hurst’s Christmas | Carroll, Janet | Australian | 1884 | Serialised | Warwick Argus |
| Two Christmas Eves | Cassilis, Ina L. | British | 1897 | Single issue | Adelaide Observer |
| Aunt Cora’s Will: A Tale of Two Christmas Days | Chant, L. Ormiston | British | 1890 | Serialised | Dawn |
| The Rightful Heir. An Australian Christmas Story | Charles, E. | Australian | 1884 | Serialised | Bowral Free Press |
| An Anglican Requiem: A Christmas Story | Clarke, Hamilton | British | 1890 | Single issue | Illustrated Australian News |
| From Desk to Diggings, Or A Golden Christmas | Cleland, E. Davenport | Australian | 1887 | 10,000+ words | Adelaide Observer |
| Margaret Dalling’s Christmas | Clifford, Mrs William Kingdon | British | 1880 | Serialised | Fitzroy Mercury |
| A Terrible Christmas Day. A True Story of the Olden Time | Cohen, Philip | Australian | 1892 | 10,000+ words | Sydney Mail |
| Miss or Mrs? A Christmas Story in Twelve Chapters | Collins, Wilkie | British | 1874 | Serialised | Benalla Ensign |
| The Devil’s Elbow and Rabey Crelone’s Christmas | Congreve, Henry John | Australian | 1904 | Single issue | Bunyip |
| The Christmas Reef; Or the Fortunes of Tom and Sandy | Congreve, Henry John | Australian | 1882 | Single issue | Evening Journal |
| The Christmas Reef. Or The Fortunes of Tom and Sandy | Congreve, Henry John | Australian | 1882 | Single issue | Adelaide Observer |
| The Christmas Reef; or, The Fortunes of a Digger’s Life | Congreve, Henry John | Australian | 1883 | Single issue | Capricornian |
| A Strange Career and a Bright Christmas | Congreve, Henry John | Australian | 1883 | Single issue | Adelaide Observer |
| Phillip St Clare’s Wife: A Christmas Story | Cooling, C. L. | Unknown | 1887 | Serialised | Kerang Times |
| The Christmas Reef | Crozier, James | Australian | 1893 | Single issue | McIvor Times |
| The Christmas Reef | Crozier, James | Australian | 1893 | Single issue | Narracoorte Herald |
| The Christmas Reef | Crozier, James | Australian | 1893 | Single issue | Portland Guardian |
| The Christmas Reef | Crozier, James | Australian | 1893 | Single issue | Camperdown Chronicle |
| A Christmas Story | Curmudgeon | Unknown | 1886 | Single issue | Illawarra Mercury |
| Erie Mulgrave’s Narrative | Dash, Dion | Australian | 1873 | Single issue | Bunyip |
| Speneer’s Christmas Diamond | Davidson, Roderick | Unknown | 1895 | 10,000+ words | Newcastle Morning Herald |
| Two Christmas Eves | Davies, Howell | Unknown | 1886 | Single issue | Warragul Guardian |
| Two Christmas Eves | Davies, Howell | Unknown | 1888 | Single issue | Brisbane Week |
| Two Christmas Eves | Davies, Howell | Unknown | 1891 | Single issue | Launceston Examiner |
| By False Pretences; Or, The Dilemma of Norman Lennox. A Christmas Story | Davis, Arthur | Unknown | 1897 | Single issue | McIvor Times |
| By False Pretences; or, The Dilemma of Norman Lennox. A Christmas Story | Davis, Arthur | Unknown | 1897 | Single issue | Narracoorte Herald |
| By False Pretences; Or, The Dilemma of Norman Lennox. A Christmas Story | Davis, Arthur | Unknown | 1897 | Single issue | Horsham Times |
| The Christmas Prodigal | Deakin, Dorothea | Unknown | 1903 | Serialised | South Australian Chronicle |
| The Comedian’s Christmas Dinner | Delannoy, Burford | British | 1901 | Single issue | Evelyn Observer |
| Those Christmas Voices. A Story in Three Chapters | Despard, Charlotte | British | 1887 | Single issue | Brisbane Week |
| Those Christmas Voices. A Story in Three Chapters | Despard, Charlotte | British | 1887 | Single issue | Brisbane Telegraph |
| Barbox Brothers | Dickens, Charles | British | 1867 | Serialised | Evening News |
| A Christmas Awakening | Dickens, Mary Angela | British | 1896 | Single issue | Brisbane Week |
| A Christmas Awakening | Dickens, Mary Angela | British | 1896 | Single issue | South Australian Chronicle |
| A Christmas Awakening | Dickens, Mary Angela | British | 1896 | Single issue | West Australian Times |
| A Memorable Christmas | Dollman, Walter | Australian | 1902 | Single issue | South Australian Chronicle |
| The Boy of the Christmas Tree | Dostoyevsky, Fyodor | Unknown | 1887 | Single issue | Australasian |
| An Angel of Mercy. A Christmas in California | Drewry, Edith Stewart | British | 1896 | Single issue | West Australian Times |
| For Mab. The Story of Two Christmas Gifts | Duncan, Lindsay | Australian | 1883 | 10,000+ words | Adelaide Observer |
| Snapdragon. A Christmas Story | Duncan, Lindsay | Australian | 1882 | Single issue | Adelaide Observer |
| Nandy’s Experiences. A Christmas Vision | Earle, Horace | Australian | 1876 | 10,000+ words | Brisbane Week |
| The Christmas Patient or Dr Irvine’s Romance | Eaton, E. | Unknown | 1901 | Single issue | Bairnsdale Advertiser |
| Dingo Creek: A Christmas Tale of the Yarra Track | Echo | Unknown | 1887 | Serialised | Evelyn Observer |
| Under One Roof: A Story of Christmastide | Ellis, Edward | Australian | 1875 | Single issue | Illustrated Sydney News |
| Three Kalgoorlie Miners. A Christmas Tale Founded on Fact | Emery, Percy Melville | Unknown | 1897 | Single issue | Western Mail |
| The Chippings Family: A Christmas Story of Ten Years Ago | Essem | Unknown | 1890 | 10,000+ words | South Australian Chronicle |
| Rose Summers. A Romance of the Early Days of the Clarence River | Eucalyptus | Unknown | 1889 | Single issue | Clarence and Richmond Examiner |
| Two Christmas Eves. An Australian Love Story | Eugah | Australian | 1892 | Single issue | Kapunda Herald |
| Effie’s Debut. A Christmas Tale | Evelyn | Unknown | 1879 | Single issue | Warwick Examiner |
| Little Apple Pie. A Christmas Foundling. An Old Woman’s Little Friend | Eytinge, Margaret | American | 1893 | Single issue | Brisbane Week |
| Little Apple Pie. A Christmas Foundling. An Old Woman’s Little Friend | Eytinge, Margaret | American | 1893 | Single issue | Brisbane Telegraph |
| Edwin Merton, or Two Christmas Eves | F. S. K. S | Unknown | 1899 | Serialised | Launceston Examiner |
| Christmas Peace. A Domestic Tale in Four Chapters | F. T. G. | Unknown | 1888 | 10,000+ words | Melbourne Leader |
| Solomon Isaacs: A Christmas Story | Farjeon, B. L. | British | 1877 | Serialised | Evening Journal |
| The Lady Ermetta; or, The Sleeping Secret | Favenc, Ernest | Australian | 1875 | Single issue | Queenslander |
| Chill December. The Christmas Story of a Dartmoor Storm | Fenn, George Manville | British | 1885 | 10,000+ words | Adelaide Observer |
| A Christmas Patient | Fenn, George Manville | British | 1904 | Serialised | Launceston Examiner |
| The Legend of the Moat: A Tale of a Christmas Eve | Fenn, George Manville | British | 1898 | Single issue | Australian Town and Country |
| The Legend of the Moat: A Tale of a Christmas Eve | Fenn, George Manville | British | 1898 | Single issue | Queenslander |
| The Legend of the Moat: A Tale of a Christmas Eve | Fenn, George Manville | British | 1898 | Single issue | South Australian Chronicle |
| Fleur-De-Lys: A Christmas Tale of This Our City | Fenton, W. A. | Unknown | 1894 | 10,000+ words | Inquirer |
| Fleur-De-Lys: A Christmas Tale of This Our City | Fenton, W. A. | Unknown | 1894 | 10,000+ words | Daily News |
| A Christmas Wedding | Fletcher, C. B. | Australian | 1893 | Single issue | Queenslander |
| The Lady of Roanaki. A Story of Christmas Eve | Fortune, Mary Helena | Australian | 1884 | Single issue | Port Adelaide News |
| The Lady of Roanaki. A Story of Christmas Eve | Fortune, Mary Helena | Australian | 1884 | Single issue | Gympie Times |
| The Lady of Roanaki. A Story of Christmas Eve | Fortune, Mary Helena | Australian | 1884 | Single issue | Devon Herald |
| A Prophet of the Mines. A Christmas Story | Foster, J. Monk | British | 1889 | 10,000+ words | Adelaide Observer |
| A Prophet of the Mines: A Christmas Story | Foster, J. Monk | British | 1890 | 10,000+ words | South Australian Register |
| A Christmas Windfall: A Story of the Lancashire Mines | Foster, J. Monk | British | 1907 | Single issue | Evelyn Observer |
| The Black Moss Mystery. A Christmas Mining Story | Foster, J. Monk | British | 1888 | Single issue | Adelaide Observer |
| Black Moss Mystery. A Christmas Mining Story | Foster, J. Monk | British | 1889 | Single issue | Brisbane Week |
| Black Moss Mystery. A Christmas Mining Story | Foster, J. Monk | British | 1889 | Single issue | Brisbane Telegraph |
| A Drama in the Dark. A Tale of Two Christmas Eves | Foster, J. Monk | British | 1891 | Single issue | Adelaide Observer |
| A Drama in the Dark. A Tale of Two Christmas Eves | Foster, J. Monk | British | 1891 | Single issue | Evening Journal |
| A Drama in the Dark: A Tale of Two Christmas Eves | Foster, J. Monk | British | 1891 | Single issue | Capricornian |
| A Nineteenth Century Tragedy. A Christmas Story | Foster, J. Monk | British | 1891 | Single issue | North Queensland Register |
| Christmas Eve in the Underworld. A Coal Mine Disaster and Its Results | Foster, J. Monk | British | 1898 | Single issue | Brisbane Week |
| A Christmas Eve in the Underworld: A Romance of Mining Life | Foster, J. Monk | British | 1898 | Single issue | West Australian Times |
| Christmas Eve in the Underworld. A Coal Mine Disaster and Its Results | Foster, J. Monk | British | 1898 | Single issue | Brisbane Telegraph |
| Children of Fire: A Mining Romance of Christmas-Tide | Foster, J. Monk | British | 1899 | Single issue | Albury Banner |
| Jock Fullford’s Christmas Ride. A True Story | Fotheringhame, Josephine | Unknown | 1892 | Single issue | Freeman’s Journal |
| Tom Morison’s Golden Christmas | Franc, Maud Jeanne | Australian | 1882 | 10,000+ words | South Australian Chronicle |
| By Our Own Door: A Christmas Gift | Franc, Maud Jeanne | Australian | 1883 | 10,000+ words | South Australian Chronicle |
| How Annie Saved Me. A Christmas Day’s Adventure | Franc, Maud Jeanne | Australian | 1884 | 10,000+ words | South Australian Chronicle |
| Underneath: A Christmas Day’s Revelations | Franc, Maud Jeanne | Australian | 1885 | 10,000+ words | South Australian Chronicle |
| Dr Harden’s Theories: A Christmas Climax | Franc, Maud Jeanne | Australian | 1886 | 10,000+ words | South Australian Chronicle |
| The Child Bella and Her Happy Christmas | Franc, Maud Jeanne | Australian | 1884 | Single issue | South Australian Chronicle |
| Little Jack and the Christmas Pudding | Francis, M. E. | British | 1887 | Single issue | Melbourne Advocate |
| A Difficult Question: The Story of Two Christmas Eves | Frere, Mrs | Unknown | 1879 | Single issue | Morning Bulletin |
| A Difficult Question: The Story of Two Christmas Eves | Frere, Mrs | Unknown | 1879 | Single issue | Capricornian |
| Leslie Heathfield’s Predicament: A Christmas Adventure | Frith, W. | Unknown | 1905 | Single issue | Traralgon Record |
| Leslie Heathfield’s Predicament: A Christmas Adventure | Frith, W. | Unknown | 1905 | Single issue | Bairnsdale Advertiser |
| Santa Claus and the Actor. A Romance of the Christmas-Tide | Futrelle, Mrs Jacques | American | 1908 | Single issue | Camperdown Chronicle |
| Santa Claus and the Actor. A Romance of the Christmas-Tide | Futrelle, Mrs Jacques | American | 1908 | Single issue | McIvor Times |
| The Dangerfields. A Christmas Story | G. G. D. | Unknown | 1888 | Serialised | Windsor and Richmond Gazette |
| Two Christmas Eves | Gallon, Tom | British | 1913 | Single issue | Brisbane Courier |
| Lord Delmancourt’s Christmas Eve | Gerard, Morice | British | 1902 | Single issue | South Australian Chronicle |
| Mysie and Mirrie | Giberne, Agnes | British | 1876 | Single issue | Darling Downs Gazette |
| An Elixir of Love | Gilbert, W. S. | Unknown | 1877 | Single issue | Sydney Mail |
| Forgiven. A Christmas Story | Golding, H. S. | Unknown | 1898 | Single issue | South Australian Chronicle |
| Harold’s Happy Christmas | Goulding, Henry S. | Unknown | 1899 | Single issue | South Australian Chronicle |
| Santa Claus Out West | Green, Edith A. | Unknown | 1899 | Single issue | Queenslander |
| Two Christmas Eves; or, The Story of a Lost Pocket-Book | Greene, Ethel | Unknown | 1888 | Single issue | Kapunda Herald |
| A Christmas Tragedy. An Exciting Incident of the Early Fifties | H. F. S. | Unknown | 1891 | Single issue | Prahran Telegraph |
| Which One! | H. V. C. | Unknown | 1894 | Single issue | Warwick Examiner |
| A Christmas Bighorn | Haggard, Lt.-Col. Andrew | British | 1898 | Single issue | Morning Bulletin |
| A Christmas Bighorn | Haggard, Lt.-Col. Andrew | British | 1898 | Single issue | Capricornian |
| Long Jim’s Christmas Box | Hague, C. H. | Unknown | 1900 | Single issue | Capricornian |
| Long Jim’s Christmas Box | Hague, C. H. | Unknown | 1900 | Single issue | Western Mail |
| One Christmas | Hammill, Mrs Herbert | Australian | 1893 | Serialised | Australasian |
| Christmas with Our Soldiers: or, Plucked in Spelling | Hardy, E. J. | British | 1900 | Serialised | Capricornian |
| That Terrible Christmas Eve | Hardy, Lucy | Unknown | 1892 | Single issue | Adelaide Observer |
| One Christmas Eve; or Lost in a Mine | Haut, Tyle | American | 1891 | Serialised | Barrier Miner |
| Condy Boyle’s Christmas Box | Healy, Cahir | Unknown | 1914 | Single issue | Prahran Telegraph |
| The Crime of a Christmas Toy | Herman, Henry | British | 1896 | Serialised | Evening News |
| It Was on Christmas Eve | Hermitage | Unknown | 1891 | Single issue | South Australian Chronicle |
| A Queer Christmas Adventure | Hingston, James | Australian | 1881 | Single issue | Burra Record |
| A Queer Christmas Adventure | Hingston, James | Australian | 1881 | Single issue | Border Watch |
| Little Tommy’s Christmas | Hobart, Godfrey | Unknown | 1872 | Serialised | Evening Journal |
| Christmas Eve with Skumfendidel | Hobart, Godfrey | Unknown | 1870 | Single issue | Adelaide Observer |
| Christmas Eve with Skum-Fendidel | Hobart, Godfrey | Unknown | 1870 | Single issue | South Australian Register |
| Little Tommy’s Christmas | Hobart, Godfrey | Unknown | 1871 | Single issue | Adelaide Observer |
| A Tale of Two Christmases | Hood, Tom | British | 1871 | Single issue | Newcastle Morning Herald |
| The Falling Cross – Two Christmas Days | Ichor | Unknown | 1888 | 10,000+ words | Adelaide Observer |
| A Christmas Tragedy | Ione | Unknown | 1880 | Single issue | South Australian Chronicle |
| A Christmas Tale | Isaacs, George | Australian | 1874 | Serialised | Evening Journal |
| A Christmas Tale | Isaacs, George | Australian | 1873 | Single issue | Adelaide Observer |
| Under the Mistletoe. A Story of Two Christmases | Iveson, Thomas J. | Unknown | 1894 | Single issue | Adelaide Observer |
| Under the Mistletoe: A Story of Two Christmases | Iveson, Thomas J. | Unknown | 1895 | Serialised | Oakleigh Leader |
| Under the Mistletoe: A Story of Two Christmases | Iveson, Thomas J. | Unknown | 1895 | Serialised | Elsternwick Leader |
| Under the Mistletoe: A Story of Two Christmases | Iveson, Thomas J. | Unknown | 1894 | Single issue | Capricornian |
| How Jack Litton Lost His Christmas Dinner, and How He Found It | J. A. E. | Unknown | 1890 | Serialised | Bairnsdale Advertiser |
| Gerald Burke. A True Australian Story of Christmas and the New Year | J. B. | Unknown | 1884 | Single issue | Freeman’s Journal |
| The Death Grasp: A Tale to Be Read Around the Christmas Fire | J. B. | Unknown | 1873 | Serialised | Newcastle Morning Herald |
| Two Christmas Seasons; or, David Preston’s Quest | Jeffery, Henry | Unknown | 1882 | Single issue | Illustrated Australian News |
| An Old Colonial Heroine. A Christmas Story (Founded on Fact) | Katrine | Unknown | 1892 | Single issue | Adelaide Observer |
| Two Christmas Geese | Kelsall, A. J. | Unknown | 1885 | Single issue | Queenscliff Sentinel |
| Two Christmas Geese | Kelsall, A. J. | Unknown | 1885 | Single issue | Colac Herald |
| Two Christmas Geese | Kelsall, A. J. | Unknown | 1885 | Single issue | South Bourke and Mornington Journal |
| A Christmas Box | Kenyon, Edith C. | British | 1902 | Single issue | North Queensland Register |
| A Picture From Life: The Old World and the New | Kuz | Unknown | 1887 | Serialised | Warwick Examiner |
| Only a Christmas Yarn | Kuz | Unknown | 1878 | Single issue | Maryborough Chronicle |
| Pat Rafferty’s Christmas Goose | L. M. | Unknown | 1902 | Single issue | South Australian Chronicle |
| Oliver’s Quest. An Original Australian Christmas Story | Lancelot B. | Unknown | 1896 | Single issue | Evening News |
| A Christmas Pantomime | Laurie, Mrs D. F. | Australian | 1893 | 10,000+ words | South Australian Chronicle |
| James Withers’s Christmas Eve | Laurie, Mrs D. F. | Australian | 1890 | Single issue | South Australian Chronicle |
| The Dead Man’s Christmas | Le Queux, Wiliam | British | 1902 | Single issue | South Australian Chronicle |
| A Tale of Three Christmases | Lechmere, David | British | 1902 | Serialised | North Queensland Register |
| A Christmas Development | Lewin, Frances Sescadorowna | Australian | 1899 | Single issue | Adelaide Observer |
| Arrived from the Country; or How We Spent Last Christmas At Fitzroy | Loyau, George E. | Australian | 1876 | Serialised | Fitzroy Mercury |
| Arrived from the Country, or How We Spent Last Christmas in Adelaide | Loyau, George E. | Australian | 1877 | Serialised | Bunyip |
| Barossa Lodge: Or How We Spend Christmas in Gawler | Loyau, George E. | Australian | 1878 | Serialised | Bunyip |
| Hannibal and Hannah. A Christmas Incident | Lynette | Unknown | 1894 | Single issue | Australasian |
| Two Christmas Eves | Macrae, C. J. | Unknown | 1894 | Single issue | Adelaide Observer |
| Two Christmas Eves | Macrae, C. J. | Unknown | 1894 | Single issue | Daily Telegraph |
| Clare’s Christmas Eve | Martin, Catherine | Australian | 1880 | 10,000+ words | Evening Journal |
| Clare’s Christmas Eve | Martin, Catherine | Australian | 1880 | 10,000+ words | Adelaide Observer |
| Miss Truepenny’s Fortieth Christmas | McCarthy, Mrs Frank | Unknown | 1884 | Serialised | Brisbane Week |
| As the Christmas Bells Were Ringing | McKnight, G. J. | New Zealand | 1896 | Single issue | Brisbane Worker |
| Nellie’s Glen. A Christmas Story for Children | Meggy, Mrs Percy R. | Australian | 1897 | Single issue | Port Elliot Southern Argus |
| Nellie’s Glen. A Christmas Story for Children | Meggy, Mrs Percy R. | Australian | 1897 | Single issue | Camden News |
| Jim Allonby’s Christmas Letter | Miller, Marion | Unknown | 1897 | Single issue | Southern Cross |
| Her Christmas Surprise. A Reminiscence of the Early Days. Shepherd Jim’s Mystery. Founded on Facts | Morton, F. G. | Unknown | 1889 | Single issue | Brisbane Week |
| The Bushman’s Revenge: An Australian Christmas Story | Muir, Salian | Unknown | 1902 | Serialised | Liverpool Herald |
| The Bushman’s Revenge: An Australian Christmas Story | Muir, Salian | Unknown | 1902 | Serialised | Dubbo Liberal |
| The Bushman’s Revenge: An Australian Christmas Story | Muir, Salian | Unknown | 1902 | Serialised | Narandera Argus |
| The Bushman’s Revenge: An Australian Christmas Story | Muir, Salian | Unknown | 1903 | Single issue | Capricornian |
| A Wreath of Poppy Leaves | Myers, Francis | Australian | 1890 | 10,000+ words | Australasian |
| A Shadow. A Christmas Adventure | N. L. | Unknown | 1892 | Single issue | Australian Town and Country |
| What Came of It: A Christmas Visit | Narrie | Unknown | 1886 | Single issue | Australian Town and Country |
| Three Christmas Eves | Neill, R. M. | Unknown | 1882 | Serialised | Brisbane Telegraph |
| Three Christmas Eves | Neill, R. M. | Unknown | 1882 | Serialised | Brisbane Week |
| Ruth Morven: A Christmas Story | Nottage, John Silvester | Australian | 1875 | 10,000+ words | Launceston Examiner |
| Paul Ferrel’s Revenge: A Christmas Story | Nottage, John Silvester | Australian | 1880 | 10,000+ words | Launceston Examiner |
| Paul Ferrel’s Revenge: A Christmas Story | Nottage, John Silvester | Australian | 1880 | 10,000+ words | Launceston Examiner |
| A Christmas Story. Rose Raymond’s Two Weddings | Nottage, John Silvester | Australian | 1884 | 10,000+ words | The Tasmanian |
| A Christmas Story. Rose Raymond’s Two Weddings | Nottage, John Silvester | Australian | 1884 | 10,000+ words | Launceston Examiner |
| Two Christmas Eves | Nottage, John Silvester | Australian | 1882 | Single issue | Launceston Examiner |
| Madge. A Christmas Story | O’Neill, Mrs H. | Unknown | 1884 | Single issue | Melbourne Leader |
| Madge: A Christmas Story | O’Neill, Mrs H. | Unknown | 1885 | Single issue | Western Mail |
| Agnes Dalton’s Christmas Box | Omega | Unknown | 1886 | Serialised | Queenslander |
| A Christmas Wedding. A Story for Our Girls. | One of Them | Unknown | 1901 | Serialised | Horsham Times |
| A Christmas Wedding: A Story for Our Girls | One of Them | Unknown | 1892 | Single issue | McIvor Times |
| A Christmas Wedding: A Story for Our Girls | One of Them | Unknown | 1892 | Single issue | Portland Guardian |
| A Christmas Wedding. A Story for Our Girls | One of Them | Unknown | 1892 | Single issue | Traralgon Record |
| A Christmas Wedding. A Story for Our Girls | One of Them | Unknown | 1892 | Single issue | Narracoorte Herald |
| A Christmas Wedding: A Story for Our Girls | One of Them | Unknown | 1892 | Single issue | Camperdown Chronicle |
| Christmas Eve in Cornwall | Pearse, Mark Guy | British | 1888 | Single issue | South Australian Chronicle |
| Squire Geoffrey’s Christmas Dinner | Pearse, Mark Guy | British | 1893 | Single issue | Methodist |
| How Squire Geoffrey Warmed Himself, and Got an Appetite for His Christmas Dinner | Pearse, Mark Guy | British | 1894 | Single issue | Inquirer |
| How Squire Geoffrey Warmed Himself, and Got an Appetite for His Christmas Dinner | Pearse, Mark Guy | British | 1894 | Single issue | Daily News |
| Mildred Austin’s Two Christmas Eves | Pollard, M. M. | British | 1885 | Serialised | Fitzroy Mercury |
| The Ugly Man. A Christmas Story | Prichard, T. H. | Australian | 1893 | Single issue | Daily Telegraph |
| Passing Shadows, A Christmas Story | Prichard, T. H. | Australian | 1894 | Single issue | Daily Telegraph |
| A Christmas Eve Surprise | Quiller-Couch, Lilian M. | British | 1902 | Single issue | South Australian Chronicle |
| Christmas Waifs | Reeve, Wybert | British | 1892 | Serialised | Goulburn Herald |
| Christmas Waifs. A Story of a Barge | Reeve, Wybert | British | 1891 | 10,000+ words | Adelaide Observer |
| Sophy’s Christmas Eve. An Original Tale | Rene | Unknown | 1875 | Serialised | Fremantle Herald |
| Amidst Christmas Snows | Richards, Hedley | British | 1901 | Single issue | Broadford Courier |
| Amidst Christmas Snows | Richards, Hedley | British | 1901 | Single issue | West Gippsland Gazette |
| Amidst Christmas Snows | Richards, Hedley | British | 1902 | Single issue | Warwick Examiner |
| Amidst Christmas Snows | Richards, Hedley | British | 1911 | Single issue | Sunday Times (Perth) |
| All’s Well. An Australian Christmas Story | Robertson, Joan | Unknown | 1899 | Single issue | Albury Banner |
| The Varlet’s Avenger. An old-time Christmas Romance (with a Moral) | Rollo | Unknown | 1913 | Serialised | Brisbane Courier |
| Scarletberry Broo; or, Tom Townley’s Triumph: A Lancashire Christmas Story | Ross, Eric St. C. K. | British | 1889 | Single issue | Evelyn Observer |
| Scarletberry Broo; or, Tom Townley’s Triumph: A Lancashire Christmas Story | Ross, Eric St. C. K. | British | 1889 | Single issue | Nepean Times |
| Scarletberry Broo; or, Tom Townley’s Triumph: A Lancashire Christmas Story | Ross, Eric St. C. K. | British | 1889 | Single issue | Singleton Argus |
| Fleetwood’s End: The Story of Two Christmas Eves | Sergeant, Adeline | British | 1888 | 10,000+ words | Queenslander |
| John Brown’s Christmas Hamper | Sergeant, Adeline | British | 1889 | 10,000+ words | Adelaide Observer |
| A Christmas Gift. The Right Action at an Opportune Time | Sergeant, Adeline | British | 1892 | 10,000+ words | Brisbane Week |
| A Christmas Gift | Sergeant, Adeline | British | 1892 | 10,000+ words | South Australian Chronicle |
| A Christmas Gift | Sergeant, Adeline | British | 1892 | 10,000+ words | Melbourne Leader |
| A Christmas Gift | Sergeant, Adeline | British | 1893 | 10,000+ words | Bathurst Free Press |
| Brothers: A Christmas Story | Sergeant, Adeline | British | 1894 | 10,000+ words | South Australian Chronicle |
| The Christmas Cup | Sergeant, Adeline | British | 1902 | Serialised | South Australian Chronicle |
| The Christmas Cup | Sergeant, Adeline | British | 1903 | Serialised | Bathurst Free Press |
| A Christmas Gift. The Right Action at an Opportune Time | Sergeant, Adeline | British | 1893 | Serialised | Brisbane Telegraph |
| The Carol Singers. A Christmas Story | Sergeant, Adeline | British | 1895 | Serialised | West Australian Times |
| A White Christmas | Sergeant, Adeline | British | 1897 | Serialised | Western Mail |
| A Golden Christmas Box | Sergeant, Adeline | British | 1901 | Single issue | Kiama Reporter |
| A Golden Christmas Box | Sergeant, Adeline | British | 1909 | Single issue | Evelyn Observer |
| The Coming of the Child. A Story of a Christmas Gift | Sergeant, Adeline | British | 1897 | Single issue | Brisbane Week |
| The Coming of the Child. A Story of a Christmas Gift | Sergeant, Adeline | British | 1898 | Single issue | Brisbane Telegraph |
| A Golden Christmas Box | Sergeant, Adeline | British | 1898 | Single issue | South Australian Chronicle |
| A Golden Christmas Box | Sergeant, Adeline | British | 1898 | Single issue | Brisbane Week |
| A Golden Christmas Box | Sergeant, Adeline | British | 1899 | Single issue | Brisbane Telegraph |
| A Golden Christmas Box | Sergeant, Adeline | British | 1899 | Single issue | Warwick Examiner |
| Rewarded: A Christmas Tale | Silke, Louisa C. | British | 1876 | Single issue | Darling Downs Gazette |
| A Christmas Day Crime | Sims, George R. | British | 1896 | Single issue | Adelaide Observer |
| Like Summer Clouds. A Christmas Fantaisie | Smith, Tennyson | Unknown | 1886 | 10,000+ words | Brisbane Week |
| Like Summer Clouds. A Christmas Fantaisie | Smith, Tennyson | Unknown | 1886 | Single issue | Brisbane Telegraph |
| The Spectre Bridegroom. A Christmas Story | Smythies, Mrs Gordon | British | 1884 | Single issue | Tasmanian News |
| Sybil’s Error. Or, How Sybil nearly Spoilt Ina’s Christmas | Sola | Unknown | 1894 | Single issue | Clarence and Richmond Examiner |
| Hester’s Christmas Gift | Spence, Catherine Helen | Australian | 1878 | Serialised | Sydney Mail |
| Bebie: A Christmas Story | Spiller, Mrs E. | Australian | 1884 | 10,000+ words | Queenslander |
| A Christmas in a Thousand | Stannard, Henrietta Eliza Vaughan | British | 1904 | Single issue | Queenslander |
| A Snow Flower. A Christmas Military Story | Stannard, Henrietta Eliza Vaughan | British | 1897 | Single issue | Brisbane Week |
| A Real Old-Time Christmas. An Old Affection Revived | Stannard, Henrietta Eliza Vaughan | British | 1898 | Single issue | Brisbane Week |
| A Real Old-Time Christmas | Stannard, Henrietta Eliza Vaughan | British | 1898 | Single issue | Australian Town and Country |
| A Real Old-Time Christmas | Stannard, Henrietta Eliza Vaughan | British | 1898 | Single issue | South Australian Chronicle |
| Real Old-Time Christmas | Stannard, Henrietta Eliza Vaughan | British | 1898 | Single issue | Daily Telegraph |
| A Real Old-Time Christmas | Stannard, Henrietta Eliza Vaughan | British | 1898 | Single issue | Western Mail |
| A Real Old-Time Christmas. An Old Affection Revived | Stannard, Henrietta Eliza Vaughan | British | 1898 | Single issue | Brisbane Telegraph |
| A Christmas in a Thousand | Stannard, Henrietta Eliza Vaughan | British | 1899 | Single issue | Bathurst Free Press |
| A Christmas Angel | Stapleton, Patience | American | 1887 | Single issue | Western Champion and General Advertiser |
| A Christmas Angel | Stapleton, Patience | American | 1887 | Single issue | Riverina Recorder |
| A Christmas Angel | Stapleton, Patience | American | 1887 | Single issue | Northern Argus |
| A Christmas Angel | Stapleton, Patience | American | 1887 | Single issue | Hawkesbury Chronicle |
| A Christmas Angel | Stapleton, Patience | American | 1887 | Single issue | Singleton Argus |
| A Christmas Angel | Stapleton, Patience | American | 1887 | Single issue | Nepean Times |
| A Christmas Angel | Stapleton, Patience | American | 1887 | Single issue | Molong Express |
| A Christmas Angel | Stapleton, Patience | American | 1887 | Single issue | Gympie Times |
| A Christmas Angel | Stapleton, Patience | American | 1887 | Single issue | Narracoorte Herald |
| Katie Bryce’s Two Christmas Days | Steel, Mrs E. | Australian | 1894 | Single issue | Oakleigh Leader |
| Katie Bryce’s Two Christmas Days | Steel, Mrs E. | Australian | 1894 | Single issue | Elsternwick Leader |
| Katie Bryce’s Two Christmas Days | Steel, Mrs E. | Australian | 1894 | Single issue | Queenscliff Sentinel |
| Katie Bryce’s Two Christmas Days | Steel, Mrs E. | Australian | 1894 | Single issue | Queenscliff Sentinel |
| The Curate of Glevering – A Christmas Story | Stewart, William J. | Unknown | 1869 | Single issue | Goulburn Herald |
| A Christmas Bell | Sutherland, Alexander | Australian | 1887 | Serialised | Australasian |
| A Story of Two Christmases | Swan, N. Walter | Australian | 1879 | 10,000+ words | Queenslander |
| William Bath’s Farm. An Australian Christmas Story | Swan, N. Walter | Australian | 1880 | 10,000+ words | Melbourne Leader |
| On the 25th December, 1883, at the Residence of the Bride’s Parents | Swan, N. Walter | Australian | 1883 | 10,000+ words | Queenslander |
| A Christmas in the Bush: Being a Sequel to a Ghost Story | Sykes, Captain | Unknown | 1870 | Serialised | Bell’s Life in Sydney |
| A Christmas Story | T. E. S. | Unknown | 1867 | Single issue | Adelaide Observer |
| My First Christmas in Australia | The Freeman | Unknown | 1899 | Single issue | Freeman’s Journal |
| On Christmas Day in the Morning | The Native | Unknown | 1892 | Single issue | Capricornian |
| Rupert’s Reward. Christmas Eve in New York Twenty-Two Years Ago | The Vagabond | Unknown | 1880 | Serialised | Queenslander |
| His Happiest Christmas | Tiddeman, L. E. | British | 1896 | Single issue | Capricornian |
| His Happiest Christmas | Tiddeman, L. E. | British | 1896 | Single issue | Western Mail |
| The Happiest Christmas | Tiddeman, L. E. | British | 1896 | Single issue | Western Mail |
| Jack Travis’s Merry Christmas. An Australian Story of Adventure | Titus | Unknown | 1889 | 10,000+ words | Melbourne Leader |
| Christmas with the Missus | Tom Bluegum | Australian | 1899 | Single issue | Methodist |
| Christmas at the Traveller’s Rest | Traill, W. H. | Australian | 1877 | Serialised | Queenslander |
| A Christmas Pantomime | Traill, W. H. | Australian | 1877 | Single issue | Darling Downs Gazette |
| Christmas at Thompson Hall | Trollope, Anthony | British | 1876 | 10,000+ words | Sydney Mail |
| Christmas at Kirkby Grange | Trollope, Anthony | British | 1872 | Serialised | Australian Town and Country |
| Christmas at Kirkby Grange | Trollope, Anthony | British | 1872 | Serialised | Evening News |
| Christmas at Thompson Hall | Trollope, Anthony | British | 1877 | Serialised | Portland Guardian |
| Christmas Day at Kirby Cottage | Trollope, Anthony | British | 1881 | Serialised | Morning Bulletin |
| Christmas Day at Kirby Cottage | Trollope, Anthony | British | 1881 | Serialised | Capricornian |
| Christmas Day at Kirby Cottage | Trollope, Anthony | British | 1883 | Serialised | Armidale Express |
| Lisa | Turner, Lilian | Australian | 1899 | Single issue | Australasian |
| A Man’s Curse – A Woman’s Love. A Christmas Story | Twyford, Paul | Australian | 1890 | Single issue | Windsor and Richmond Gazette |
| The Ghost of Christmas Gully | Unknown | Australian | 1894 | Single issue | Freeman’s Journal |
| A Christmas Day, and What Came of It | Unknown | Unknown | 1871 | Serialised | Queenslander |
| A Christmas Day, and What Came of It | Unknown | Unknown | 1871 | Serialised | Brisbane Courier |
| Christmas Lily: An Adventure on the Black Bluff | Unknown | Unknown | 1899 | Serialised | Launceston Examiner |
| The Lawyer’s Christmas; or, Bogie and Chillipank | Unknown | Unknown | 1870 | 10,000+ words | South Australian Chronicle |
| Tregarthen’s Tryst: A Christmas Story | Unknown | Unknown | 1875 | 10,000+ words | Newcastle Morning Herald |
| In Time of Holly. A Christmas Story | Unknown | Unknown | 1883 | 10,000+ words | Queenslander |
| Cooee! A Christmas Tale | Unknown | Unknown | 1890 | 10,000+ words | Adelaide Observer |
| The Mystery of the Mountain Pass: A Tale of Two Christmas Eves | Unknown | Unknown | 1903 | Serialised | Daily News |
| The Old House in the Quarry: A Christmas Story | Unknown | Unknown | 1869 | Serialised | Freeman’s Journal |
| What Might Have Happened One Christmas Time | Unknown | Unknown | 1871 | Serialised | Sydney Mail |
| A Christmas Stocking with a Hole in it | Unknown | Unknown | 1877 | Serialised | Queenslander |
| Miriam’s Vow. A Story of Two Christmas Eves | Unknown | Unknown | 1882 | Serialised | Queanbeyan Age |
| Nellie Ray: A Christmas Story | Unknown | Unknown | 1882 | Serialised | Australian, Windsor, Richmond, and Hawkesbury Advertiser |
| The Christmas Fairy | Unknown | Unknown | 1885 | Serialised | Bowral Free Press |
| Two Christmas Presents | Unknown | Unknown | 1886 | Serialised | West Australian Times |
| Leander’s Square Deal. A Christmas Story of Lost Creek | Unknown | Unknown | 1887 | Serialised | Balmain Observer |
| Between Two Hearts. A Christmas Story | Unknown | Unknown | 1889 | Serialised | Southern Cross |
| Mark, The Orphan; or, Two Christmas Eves: A Tale for the Young, From the German | Unknown | Unknown | 1894 | Serialised | Maitland Mercury |
| A Tale of Two Christmas Eves | Unknown | Unknown | 1894 | Serialised | Mornington Standard |
| A New Australian Christmas | Unknown | Unknown | 1895 | Serialised | Mornington Standard |
| A Christmas Elopement | Unknown | Unknown | 1896 | Serialised | Daily News |
| A Christmas Story | Unknown | Unknown | 1898 | Serialised | Goulburn Herald |
| On One Christmas Eve | Unknown | Unknown | 1899 | Serialised | Daily News |
| His Only Debt: A Christmas Story | Unknown | Unknown | 1902 | Single issue | North Queensland Register |
| His Only Debt: A Christmas Story | Unknown | Unknown | 1904 | Single issue | South Australian Chronicle |
| Mollie the Cook: A Tale of Christmastide | Unknown | Unknown | 1910 | Single issue | Dubbo Liberal |
| The One-Eyed Monk: A Christmas Romance | Unknown | Unknown | 1856 | Single issue | Bell’s Life in Sydney |
| On the Hawkesbury – Under the Willows: A Tale of Last Christmas and This | Unknown | Unknown | 1870 | Single issue | Australian Town and Country |
| On the Hawkesbury – Under the Willows: A Tale of Last Christmas and This | Unknown | Unknown | 1870 | Single issue | Evening News |
| Charley Vivian’s Three Christmas Days: As Told by One Whom He Told | Unknown | Unknown | 1871 | Single issue | Newcastle Morning Herald |
| Caught in the Act. A Christmas Story | Unknown | Unknown | 1878 | Single issue | Warwick Argus |
| Nellie: A Christmas Story for Children | Unknown | Unknown | 1880 | Single issue | Adelaide Observer |
| Two Christmas Eves | Unknown | Unknown | 1884 | Single issue | Adelaide Observer |
| Nan’s Choice: A Christmas Story | Unknown | Unknown | 1884 | Single issue | Kapunda Herald |
| Two Christmas Eves | Unknown | Unknown | 1884 | Single issue | Evening Journal |
| One Christmas Eve: A Romance of the Missionary Days of California | Unknown | Unknown | 1886 | Single issue | Globe |
| The Angel Chimes: A Christmas Story | Unknown | Unknown | 1886 | Single issue | West Australian Times |
| Two Christmas Presents | Unknown | Unknown | 1886 | Single issue | Bathurst Free Press |
| A Green Christmas | Unknown | Unknown | 1887 | Single issue | Sydney Mail |
| The Christmas Motto | Unknown | Unknown | 1888 | Single issue | Illustrated Sydney News |
| Our Christmas Ghosts | Unknown | Unknown | 1890 | Single issue | Burrowa News |
| Larry McQuake’s Christmas Box | Unknown | Unknown | 1891 | Single issue | Western Mail |
| A Christmas Adventure | Unknown | Unknown | 1892 | Single issue | Evening News |
| Tom Sorrel’s Christmas Box | Unknown | Unknown | 1893 | Single issue | Western Champion and General Advertiser |
| Gobble Bend Scrummy Berlyn; or, Christmas Godsends | Unknown | Unknown | 1894 | Single issue | Sydney Truth |
| The Best Christmas Box | Unknown | Unknown | 1895 | Single issue | Clarence and Richmond Examiner |
| The Missing Guest: A Story of Two Christmas Eves | Unknown | Unknown | 1896 | Single issue | Western Champion and General Advertiser |
| A Cool Christmas: A New Zealand Story | Unknown | Unknown | 1886 | Single issue | Australian Town and Country |
| Bertha’s Christmas-Box | Unknown | Unknown | 1872 | Serialised | Fremantle Herald |
| Christmas with Aunt Daisy | Unknown | Unknown | 1881 | Serialised | Port Adelaide News |
| A Prodigal Son. A Christmas Story | Unknown | Unknown | 1887 | Serialised | Balmain Observer |
| Christmas at the Gulch | Unknown | Unknown | 1899 | Serialised | Southern Cross |
| Christmas Eve | Unknown | Unknown | 1899 | Serialised | Armidale Express |
| A Run for Life | Unknown | Unknown | 1867 | Single issue | Adelaide Observer |
| A Christmas Without End | Unknown | Unknown | 1869 | Single issue | Melbourne Leader |
| Under the Piazzas. A Christmas Tragedy | Unknown | Unknown | 1869 | Single issue | Hamilton Spectator and Grange District Advertiser |
| Our Christmas Supper. A Story of a Royal Swan! | Unknown | Unknown | 1878 | Single issue | Illustrated Sydney News |
| Falsely True: Or the Bagman’s Bride. A Christmas Carol | Unknown | Unknown | 1879 | Single issue | Melbourne Punch |
| Nellie. A Christmas Story for Children | Unknown | Unknown | 1880 | Single issue | Evening Journal |
| The Babes in the Wood. An English Christmas Story. Being Reminiscences of a Breaking-Up Party at Hollyhock House | Unknown | Unknown | 1880 | Single issue | Melbourne Leader |
| A Christmas Chime | Unknown | Unknown | 1881 | Single issue | Melbourne Punch |
| One Christmas Night | Unknown | Unknown | 1882 | Single issue | Melbourne Leader |
| Children’s Drolleries | Unknown | Unknown | 1884 | Single issue | Armidale Express |
| Winifred’s Two Christmases | Unknown | Unknown | 1884 | Single issue | Armidale Express |
| A Strange Love-Letter | Unknown | Unknown | 1885 | Single issue | Brisbane Week |
| A Christmas Gift. A True Story | Unknown | Unknown | 1885 | Single issue | Balmain Observer |
| Our Christmas Supper. A Story of a Royal Swan! | Unknown | Unknown | 1886 | Single issue | Maryborough Chronicle |
| A Marry Christmas | Unknown | Unknown | 1888 | Single issue | Maryborough Chronicle |
| A Child’s Christmas Box | Unknown | Unknown | 1890 | Single issue | Maryborough Chronicle |
| That Awful Christmas Day | Unknown | Unknown | 1891 | Single issue | Maryborough Chronicle |
| A Christmas Romance | Unknown | Unknown | 1893 | Single issue | Mount Barker Courier |
| The Wharf Rat’s Christmas | Unknown | Unknown | 1896 | Single issue | Southern Cross |
| Doss. A Christmas Chronicle | Unknown | Unknown | 1898 | Single issue | Tocsin |
| Skeleton Creek | Unknown Queenslander contributor | Unknown | 1876 | 10,000+ words | Queenslander |
| The Lady of Lyons: A Christmas Story | Utting, J. J. | Australian | 1883 | Single issue | Australian Town and Country |
| A Christmas Story. The Ghost World | W. H. D. A. | Unknown | 1889 | Single issue | Burra Record |
| The Lutons: An Australian Christmas Tale | W. M. A. and D. H. | Unknown | 1865 | Single issue | Illustrated Australian News |
| The Ice King’s Gifts. A Christmas Story of the Antarctic Ocean | Walch, Garnet | Australian | 1885 | Single issue | Australasian |
| A Christmas Theft | Walters, Cuming | Unknown | 1902 | Single issue | South Australian Chronicle |
| A Lucky Christmas Eve | Wanderer | Unknown | 1898 | Single issue | Adelaide Observer |
| Daft Jim. An Australian Christmas Tale | Waratah | Unknown | 1897 | Single issue | South Australian Chronicle |
| A Christmas Devotee | Warner, Anne | Unknown | 1910 | Single issue | Warwick Examiner |
| The Wattle Blossom Fairies. A Christmas Story for Young Folks | Welch, Sarah | Unknown | 1882 | Single issue | Illustrated Sydney News |
| Paul Cranbourne’s Wedding: A Christmas Story | Westbury, Atha | Australian | 1879 | 10,000+ words | South Australian Chronicle |
| Dunmore. A Christmas Story | Westbury, Atha | Australian | 1886 | Serialised | Evening Journal |
| Golden Cloud: A Christmas Story for Young People | Westbury, Atha | Australian | 1895 | Serialised | Broadford Courier |
| Golden Cloud: A Christmas Story for Young People | Westbury, Atha | Australian | 1895 | Serialised | Oakleigh Leader |
| Golden Cloud: A Christmas Story for Young People | Westbury, Atha | Australian | 1895 | Serialised | Elsternwick Leader |
| The Old Secretaire. A Christmas Story | White, Fred M. | British | 1888 | Serialised | Armidale Express |
| The Old Pressman’s Last Christmas Story | White, J. H. | Unknown | 1891 | Single issue | Adelaide Observer |
| The Old Pressman’s Last Christmas Story | White, J. H. | Unknown | 1892 | Single issue | Goulburn Herald |
| The Old Pressman’s Last Christmas Story | White, J. H. | Unknown | 1892 | Single issue | Hay Standard |
| A Tragic Christmas Eve: An Eventful Wedding | Williamson, Alice | Unknown | 1905 | Single issue | Border Watch |
| A Tragic Christmas Eve: An Eventful Wedding | Williamson, Alice | Unknown | 1906 | Single issue | Camperdown Chronicle |
| Bought and Sold: An Australian Christmas Story | Wilson, Frederick Sydney | Australian | 1862 | 10,000+ words | Evening News |
| Uncle Tatbury’s Ghost: An Australian Christmas Story | Wilson, Frederick Sydney | Australian | 1864 | 10,000+ words | Evening News |
| True to the Last! Or Aunt Milly’s Christmas-Box: An Australian Christmas Story | Wilson, Frederick Sydney | Australian | 1865 | Single issue | Illustrated Sydney News |
| Edged with Gold: An Australian Christmas Story | Wilson, Frederick Sydney | Australian | 1866 | Single issue | Illustrated Sydney News |
| What’s In a Name? An Australian Christmas Story | Wilson, Frederick Sydney | Australian | 1869 | Single issue | Illustrated Sydney News |
| Christmas Between Two Stools | Wisker, John | Unknown | 1879 | Single issue | Queenslander |
| Mr North’s Dream. A Story for Christmas Times | Wood, Ellen | British | 1870 | Single issue | Queenslander |
| The Christmas Box of a Highlander | Wood, Walter | Unknown | 1898 | Single issue | Adelaide Observer |
| Missing: A Christmas Story | Wren, Jenny | Australian | 1891 | 10,000+ words | Australian Town and Country |
| Missing. A Christmas Story | Wren, Jenny | Australian | 1892 | Serialised | Evening News |
| The Golden Wattle. A True Narrative of Old Dunolly | Wright, James J. | Australian | 1902 | Single issue | Coburg Leader |
| The Lucky Mimosa: A Christmas Story (Founded on Fact) | Wright, James J. | Australian | 1894 | Single issue | Kyabram Union |
None of these reference Santa Claus, or variants of St. Nick, in the title. Wonder how many of the stories even mention him. I corrected a single issue story about a boy and Santa… can’t recall the title. Great research… now comes the fun part… reading them all, and discovering one not in the list.
You’re right! There are a 4 or 5 with Santa in the title. I wonder whether he was always a jolly man in red …