Marion Knowles

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.

[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.

[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".

Following a requiem mass at the Sacred Heart Church in Kew, she was buried in Brighton Cemetery.