Talk:Emily Matilda Manning/@comment-75.118.195.130-20140408212446

Emily Manning did not attend Sydney University as female students were not admitted until 1881. She was encouraged to take an interest in literature by Professor Woolsey, Professor of Classics at Sydney University. Also I am not sure that she spent 5 years in England - authors of  some articles suggest she stayed there for two and a half years. You could have mentioned Emily's romance and brief engagement in 1864 to David Scott Mitchell, founder of the Mitchell library collection. I am Emily's great-granddaughter.