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154:. She started an Austral Salon in London and was a popular hostess for singers and artists from Australia. Murphy spent two years working as Dame
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662:. 8 May 1904. p. 40 – via Newspapers.com.
656:"Aimee Moore and Agnes Murphy in San Francisco 1904"
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228:Then I breathed her name in sadness,
216:For your love no more will need you,
324:"You will say, 'I loved her dearly,
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679:. Ivan R. Dee. p. 267.
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708:"AN AUSTRALIAN AUTHORESS"
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