Emily Matilda Manning, pen-names ''Australie'' and ''Ardea'' (13 May 1845 – 25 August 1890) was an Australian journalist and writer.

Career

Manning was born in

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, Australia, the daughter of

William Montagu Manning Sir William Montagu Manning (20 June 1811 – 27 February 1895) was an English-born Australian politician, judge and University of Sydney Chancellor (education), chancellor. Early life Manning was born in June 1811 at Alphington, Devon, Alphin ...

. 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 ''

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'' and ''

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''. Manning exchanged poems with David Scott Mitchell in 1864, suggesting a romance between them. She also published a volume of poems, entitled ''The Balance of Pain and Other Poems'' (George Bell & Sons: London, 1877). In 1885 her husband was declared of unsound mind and admitted to Gladesville Mental Hospital. His assets handed over to trustees.

Death and legacy

Manning died in Blandville, Sydney, on 25 August 1890. Australie Close, in the Canberra suburb of Gilmore, is named in her honour.

Bibliography

Novels

* ''Cupid on a Swiss Tour'' (1875) * ''The Story of a Royal Pendulum'' (1890)

Poetry

* ''The Balance of Pain and Other Poems'' (1877)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Manning, Emily Matilda 1845 births 1890 deaths 19th-century Australian writers Colony of New South Wales people Writers from New South Wales Poets from Sydney 19th-century Australian poets 19th-century Australian women writers