Emily Manning

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 exchange 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]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 O'Neill, Sally. "Manning, Emily Matilda (1845–1890)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: Australian National University. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Mennell, Philip (1892). "Wikisource link to Heron, Mrs. Henry". The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co. Wikisource