- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE2887
Murphy, Agnes G.
- Birth name Murphy, Agnes Gillian
Nom de plume Rhoda
- Born 1 January 1865, Tullamore, County Offaly, Ireland
- Died 15 March 1931, London, Middlesex, England
- 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
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1890 - 1900
Career in journalism active
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
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Blog post
- Agnes G. Murphy, by Teresa Pitt, 2023, https://australianwomenwriters.com/2023/03/agnes-g-murphy/