- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE2887
Murphy, Agnes G.
(1865 – 1936)- Born 1 January, 1865, Ireland
- Died 31 December, 1936, Melbourne Victoria Australia
- Occupation Journalist, Print journalist, Writer
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.
Events
- 1970 - 1900
Published resources
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Site Exhibition
- The Women's Pages: Australian Women and Journalism since 1850, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2008, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/cal/cal-home.html
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Resource
- AustLit: The Australian Literature Resource, 2002, http://www.austlit.edu.au/
- Trove: Murphy, Agnes G. (1865-1936), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-707050