Mary Colborne-Veel

Mary Caroline Colborne-Veel (1861 – 22 February 1923)[1] was a New Zealand poet.

Colborne-Veel was born in Christchurch,[2] and was the daughter of Joseph Colborne-Veel.[3] She worked as a journalist for the Christchurch Press, and was a regular contributor to the New Zealand School Journal.[3] She published a volume of poetry, The fairest of the angels, and other verse, in 1894. She was a social reformer, and served as an official visitor to Te Oranga Home for Delinquent Girls at Burnham, and to women patients at Sunnyside Hospital.[3] In 1913, along with fellow poets Jessie Mackay and Blanche Baughan, she founded the Canterbury Women's Club.[4]

Colborne-Veel died in Sumner in 1923.[5] Following her death her poetry was collected in a posthumous collection by Jessie Mackay.[3]

Works

  • The fairest of the angels, and other verse (1894)
  • A little anthology of Mary Colborne-Veel (1924) (edited by Jessie Mackay)

References

  1. ^ "THE LATE MISS MARY COLBORNE-VEEL". The Press. 23 February 1923. p. 10. Retrieved 28 June 2025 – via Papers Past.
  2. ^ "LITERARY TALK". Hawke's Bay Tribune. 30 September 1933. p. 10. Retrieved 28 June 2025 – via Papers Past.
  3. ^ a b c d "Mary Caroline Colborne-Veel, 1861–1923". Christchurch City Libraries. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  4. ^ "CANTERBURY WOMEN'S CLUB". Otago Daily Times. 20 October 1938. p. 21. Retrieved 28 June 2025 – via Papers Past.
  5. ^ "THE LATE MISS COLBORNEVEEL". The Press. 26 February 1923. p. 2. Retrieved 28 June 2025 – via Papers Past.


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