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Murphy, Agnes G. (c. 1865 - 1936)

Born
c. 1865
Ireland
Died
1936
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Journalist, Print Journalist and Writer
Alternative Names
  • Murphy, A.G. (also known as)
  • Murphy, Agnes Gertrude (also known as)

Summary

Agnes G. Murphy was a journalist and one of the founders of the Austral Salon of Music, Literature and the Arts in Melbourne, Victoria, an organisation founded in 1890 by a small group of women journalists 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 entrée for many aspiring women musicians. Murphy was also social editor of Melbourne Punch for some time during the 1890s.

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1890 - 1900
Career in journalism active

Sources used to compile this entry: AustLit: The Australian Literature Resource, 2002, http://www.austlit.edu.au/; 'Agnes Murphy', AustLit entry - 2002, http://www.austlit.edu.au [accessed 2007-11-28].

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Created: 28 November 2007, Last modified: 19 March 2009

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