Emily Matilda Manning

Emily Matilda Manning (May 13, 1845 - August 25, 1890) was an Australian poet, prose writer, and journalist.

Life
Manning was born in Sydney, the daughter of Sir William and Emily Anne Manning. She was educated in private schools, where she was encouraged to pursue a literary career. She moved in 1865 to London, England where she wrote for British periodicals; she returned to Australia in 1870, and began publishing poetry and journalism in Australian periodicals and newspapers. She contributed to the Town and Country Journal, Sydney Morning Herald, and Sydney Mail, either anonymously or under the pen-name 'Australie'. She married Henry Hiron on December 22, 1873, and would bear him six sons and a daughter.

In 1877 she published her only poetry collection, under her pen name of 'Australie.', which was well-received by the critics. In 1880 she wrote a book review column for the Sydney Mail.

She died of pneumonia in 1890 at Blandville, and is buried in Waverley Cemetery.<

Publications

 * The Balance of Pain and other poems. London: George Bell and Sons, 1877.