Emily Manning | |
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Born | Emily Matilda Manning 13 May 1845 Sydney, New South Wales |
Died | 25 August 1890 Sydney, New South Wales | (aged 45)
Pen name | Australie |
Language | English |
Nationality | Australian |
Years active | 1872—1890 |
Emily Matilda Manning, pen-name Australie (13 May 1845 – 25 August 1890) was an Australian journalist and writer. [1]
Manning was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, the daughter of William Montagu Manning. [1]
Manning married, in 1873, Henry Heron, a solicitor in Sydney. Having visited England, where she remained for two years and a half, she adopted literary pursuits, and contributed tales and essays to the Sydney Morning Herald and The Sydney Mail. [2] Manning exchanged poems with David Scott Mitchell in 1864, suggesting a romance between them. [1] She also published a volume of poems, entitled The Balance of Pain and Other Poems (George Bell & Sons: London, 1877), [2] and died in Blandville, Sydney, on 25 August 1890. [1]
Australie Close, in the Canberra suburb of Gilmore, is named in her honour. [3]
Emily Manning | |
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Born | Emily Matilda Manning 13 May 1845 Sydney, New South Wales |
Died | 25 August 1890 Sydney, New South Wales | (aged 45)
Pen name | Australie |
Language | English |
Nationality | Australian |
Years active | 1872—1890 |
Emily Matilda Manning, pen-name Australie (13 May 1845 – 25 August 1890) was an Australian journalist and writer. [1]
Manning was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, the daughter of William Montagu Manning. [1]
Manning married, in 1873, Henry Heron, a solicitor in Sydney. Having visited England, where she remained for two years and a half, she adopted literary pursuits, and contributed tales and essays to the Sydney Morning Herald and The Sydney Mail. [2] Manning exchanged poems with David Scott Mitchell in 1864, suggesting a romance between them. [1] She also published a volume of poems, entitled The Balance of Pain and Other Poems (George Bell & Sons: London, 1877), [2] and died in Blandville, Sydney, on 25 August 1890. [1]
Australie Close, in the Canberra suburb of Gilmore, is named in her honour. [3]