Emily Manning
Emily Manning | |
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| Born | Emily Matilda Manning 13 May 1845 |
| Died | 25 August 1890 (aged 45) |
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| Language | English |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Years active | 1872—1890 |
Emily Matilda Manning, pen-names Australie and Ardea[1] (13 May 1845 – 25 August 1890) was an Australian journalist and writer.[2]
Career
[edit | edit source]Manning was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, the daughter of William Montagu Manning.[2]
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.[3] Manning exchanged poems with David Scott Mitchell in 1864, suggesting a romance between them.[2] She also published a volume of poems, entitled The Balance of Pain and Other Poems (George Bell & Sons: London, 1877).[3]
In 1885 her husband was declared of unsound mind and admitted to Gladesville Mental Hospital. His assets handed over to trustees.[4]
Death and legacy
[edit | edit source]Manning died in Blandville, Sydney, on 25 August 1890.[2]
Australie Close, in the Canberra suburb of Gilmore, is named in her honour.[5]
Bibliography
[edit | edit source]Novels
[edit | edit source]- Cupid on a Swiss Tour (1875)
- The Story of a Royal Pendulum (1890)
Poetry
[edit | edit source]References
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