The Austral Salon of Music, Literature and the Arts (1890 - )

The Austral Salon of Music, Literature and the Arts was founded by a small group of women journalists in Melbourne as a club for women writers. It developed into a club for artistic and intellectual women interested in any of the fine arts and provided an important entre for many aspiring women musicians. The Salon continues it main aim of encouraging young artists by awarding scholarships and hosting student performances.

Founder

• Murphy, Agnes G. (c. 1865 - 1936)

  Agnes Murphy was a founding member of the Austral Salon

Membership

• Clarke, Janet Marion, Lady (1851 - 1909)

Related Corporate Bodies

• National Council of Women of Victoria (1902 - )

  represented at the inaugural meeting held on 19 March 1902

Related People

• Austral, Florence Mary (1892 - 1968)
• Castles, Amy Eliza (1880 - 1951)

  Amy Castles made her debut in Melbourne at the annual meeting of the Austral Salon

  [1899 - ]

• Crossley, Ada Jemima (1871 - 1929)
• Lawrence, Marjorie Florence (1909 - 1979)
• Melba, Nellie (1861 - 1931)

Books

• Davies, Ivor T., Mrs., Some memories of the Austral Salon, [The Salon], [Melbourne], [1980], 6 pp. [ Details... ]

See also

• From Vision to Reality: Histories of the affiliates of the National Council of Women of Victoria, YWCA, Melbourne, 1987, 252 pp. [ Details... ]
• Kelly, Farley, 'The 'Woman Question' in Melbourne, 1880-1914', PhD thesis, Monash University, 1983. [ Details... ]