Eliza Ashton | |
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![]() Painting of Eliza Ashton in New South Wales, Australia 1880 | |
Born | Eliza Ann Pugh 1851 or 1852 Stoke Newington, London, England |
Died | (aged 48) |
Burial place | Waverley 33°54′26″S 151°15′51″E / 33.907287°S 151.264197°E |
Other names | Faustine, Mrs Julian Ashton |
Occupation | Journalist |
Years active | 1889 – 1900 |
Spouse | Julian Ashton |
Children | 5 |
Eliza Ann Ashton (née Pugh; 1851/1852 – 15 July 1900) was an English-born Australian journalist and social reformer. She wrote for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Daily Telegraph in Sydney under the names Faustine and Mrs Julian Ashton. She was a founding member of the Womanhood Suffrage League of New South Wales.