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Murphy, Agnes G. (c. 1865 - 1936) |
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| Journalist, Print Journalist and Writer | ||
| Born: c. 1865 Ireland. Died: 1936 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. | ||
Agnes G. Murphy was a journalist and one of the founders of the Austral Salon of Music, Literature and the Arts in Melbourne, 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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| Sources used to compile this entry: 'Agnes Murphy', entry on AustLit, http://www.austlit.edu.au.ezproxy.lib.unimelb.edu.au/run?ex=ShowAgent&agentId=A%2bCH [accessed 2007-11-28]. | ||
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Published by National Foundation for Australian Women on Australian Women's Archives Project Web Site Comments, questions, corrections and additions: awap@womenaustralia.info Prepared by: Acknowledgements Updated: 3 December 2008 http://womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE2887b.htm |