Emily Matilda Manning, pen-name ''Australie'' (13 May 1845 – 25 August 1890) was an Australian journalist and writer.
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Career
Manning was born in
Sydney
Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...
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New South Wales, 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.
Early life
Manning was born in June 1811 at Alphington, near Exeter, Devon, the second son o ...
.
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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
''The Sydney Morning Herald'' (''SMH'') is a daily compact newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and owned by Nine. Founded in 1831 as the ''Sydney Herald'', the ''Herald'' is the oldest continuously published newspaper i ...
'' and '' The Sydney Mail''.[ She also published a volume of poems, entitled ''The Balance of Pain and Other Poems'' (George Bell & Sons: London, 1877),][ and died in Blandville, Sydney, on 25 August 1890.][
Australie Close, in the Canberra suburb of ]Gilmore Gilmore or Gillmore may refer to:
*Gilmore (surname)
Places Australia
*Gilmore, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb in the Canberra district of Tuggeranong
*Gilmore Avenue, a road in southern Perth, Western Australia
*Division of Gilmore, an ...
, 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
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1845 births
1890 deaths
Poets from Sydney
19th-century poets
19th-century Australian women