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

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1890
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Summary

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.

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The Salon was one of the first four groups to affiliate with the National Council of Women of Victoria in 1902. Such artists as Ada Crossley, Amy Castles, Nellie Melba, Florence Autral, Marjorie Lawrence, Denise Dowling and Tilly Ashton were first heard at the Austral Salon.

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Archival resources

State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection

  • Austral Salon (Melbourne, Vic.) Records, [manuscript], 1890 - 1982, MS 12379; The Austral Salon of Music, Literature and the Arts (1890 - ); State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection. Details

Published resources

Books

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

Online Resources

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

Jane Carey

Created: 19 September 2003, Last modified: 18 March 2004

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