Eliza Ashton

Eliza Ashton
Eliza Ashton in a white dress standing under a wattle tree in a field of grass
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 placeWaverley
33°54′26″S 151°15′51″E / 33.907287°S 151.264197°E / -33.907287; 151.264197
Other namesFaustine, Mrs Julian Ashton
OccupationJournalist
Years active1889 – 1900
SpouseJulian Ashton
Children5

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.