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| Born | Marion Miller (1865-08-08)8 August 1865 Woods Point, Victoria, Australia |
| Died | 16 September 1949(1949-09-16) (aged 84) Camberwell, Victoria, Australia |
| Resting place | Brighton Cemetery |
| Pen name | John Desmond, Aunt Patsy |
| Occupation | Novelist, poet, journalist |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Children | 2 sons |
Marion Miller Knowles MBE (1865–1949) was an Australian journalist, poet, writer and Catholic charity worker.
Born on 8 August 1865 in the Victorian gold-mining town of Woods Point, Knowles was the daughter of James and Anne (née Bowen) Miller. Her father was a storekeeper.[1][2]
She was a journalist for the Melbourne Advocate for 30 years and conducted the Women’s and Children’s pages until her retirement in 1927. She also was a charity worker for the Melbourne Catholic Orphanage and the Wattle Day appeals.[3]
In 1893 her first poems appeared in The Australasian under the name "John Desmond".
In 1931 she received a pension from the Commonwealth Literary Fund.[4]
Knowles was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1938 Birthday Honours, being recognised as "a well-known Australian writer of books for girls".[5]
Knowles married Joseph Knowles at St Patrick’s Cathedral on 19 September 1901.[6] Her husband died on 18 June 1918 at a private hospital in Melbourne, aged 60.[7]
Knowles died on 16 September 1949 and was survived by her two sons, Adrian and William. Following a requiem mass at the Sacred Heart Church in Kew, she was buried in Brighton Cemetery.[8]
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