[12] The 50th anniversary of that paper coincided with the centenary of Argentina's independence, so he celebrated both with a special issue, noting how that country was going through a boom period.
[13] While in England he wrote a series of papers on "Shakespeare's Plays: an Examination" which appeared in the July 1908 and January and April 1909 issues of the Modern Language Review.
He was himself writing plays about this time, and two of them were produced at Melbourne by Gregan McMahon: The Taint in 1915, and The Superior Race in 1916, both well received, neither has been revived since nor published in book form.
Oliphant was a founding member of the Mermaid Play Society, whose first production, Beaumont and Fletcher's The Knight of the Burning Pestle was staged at the Church of England Girls' Grammar School hall on 2 October 1919, produced by Arthur Goodsall.
In October 1920 Everyman was produced by Mrs F. L. Apperly, an MA from Trinity College Dublin and a longtime member of the Irish Players.
[18] He was a popular figure on radio, known for reading and discussing short story masterpieces on 3LO 1932–1936[19][20] He died at his home at South Yarra and his remains were cremated at Springvale after a private funeral.