Gill, Mary Gabriel (1837–1905)
Gill, Mary Gabriel (1837–1905)
New Zealand prioress. Name variations: Victoria Margaretta Gill. Born Victoria Margaretta Gill, June 22, 1837, in Dublin, Ireland; died April 22, 1905, in Australia; dau. of Andrew Gill (brewer) and Ellen Maria Gill.
Became Dominican nun (mid-1850s); taught and administered schools and training for novices for 17 years; immigrated to Dunedin, New Zealand, as prioress; founded boarding school at Wakari (1874); opened St. Dominick's College (1890); left priory to further Catholic education in West Australian goldmining districts (c. 1899).
See also Dictionary of New Zealand Biography (Vol. 2).
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