C.J. Dennis Timeline

1875
November 24 - James Dennis marries Katherine (Kate) Frances Tobin at Mintaro, South Australia

1876
September 7 - Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis (CJD) is born in Auburn, South Australia
September 10 - CJD is baptised in St. Aloysius' College, Sevenhill, South Australia

1880
October 7 - birth of CJD's brother Francis Albert (Bert)

1886
March 16 - birth of CJD's brother Claude Leo

1890
August 16 - Katherine Dennis, the mother of CJD, dies

1898
February 12 - first CJD work appears in The Critic

1902
April 5 - first CJD work published in Bulletin

1905
August - CJD forms The Gadfly Syndicate with a number of literary friends

1906
February 14 - first issue of The Gadfly

1907
November - CJD leaves Adelaide for Melbourne

1908
? - death of CJD's brother Bert as a result of an accident
November 12 - "Austra-laise" awarded a special prize in The Bulletin National Song Competition, and published in magazine

1909
February 24 - last issue (number 154) of The Gadfly

1910
September 28 - James Dennis, the father of CJD, dies

1913
July - publication of BackBlock Ballads and Other Verses
October - CJD introduced to John Garibaldi Roberts and his wife by R.H. Croll
December 20 - first CJD work published in Herald

1914
July - CJD living in Sydney
September 5 - CJD returns to Melbourne

1915
January 28 - CJD appointed to the Navy Office as a clerk
March 23 - CJD writes to publisher George Robertson (of Angus & Robertson, Sydney) re publishing "The Sentimental Bloke"
October 9 - The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke is published for the first time

1916
February 21 - CJD appointed as secretary to Senator E.J. Russell, attached to the Federal Attorney-General's Department
February 24 - falls out of moving tram in Collins Street and is badly injured
October 9 - The Moods of Ginger Mick is published for the first time

1917
July - CJD marries Olive Herron in Melbourne

1918
September - publication of BackBlock Ballads and Later Verses

1922
May 12 - CJD is announced in Herald as commencing a daily column

1938
June 22 - CJD dies in hospital in Melbourne at the age of 61
June 23 - CJD is buried in Box Hill cemetary, Melbourne

1967
November 25 - death of Hal Gye

1968
October 19 - death of Mrs Olive Dennis

Abbreviations
BBO - Back Block Ballads and Other Verses
CJD - C.J. Dennis
DS - Digger Smith
GG - The Glugs of Gosh
GM - The Moods of Ginger Mick
GR - George Robertson
JIM - Jim of the Hills
SB - The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke