Mother Patrick Mary Anne Cosgrave (22 May 1863 – 31 July 1900) was an Irish Dominican nun, pioneer nurse in Rhodesia, educationist, and prioress.
In Salisbury, Cosgrave organised the first hospital, which was located in a series of grass huts and tents before a purpose-built hospital was built in 1895. She opened the Salisbury convent in October 1892, which housed the first school for Europeans. After the occupation of Matabeleland in 1894, she established a hospital and St George’s College for Boys in Bulawayo.
During the African uprisings in Matabeleland and Mashonaland in 1896, Cosgrave accompanied relief columns to Gwelo to organise an emergency hospital, and was later awarded the British South Africa Company’s campaign medal.
Cosgrave died in the hospital she had founded on 31 July 1900 of tuberculosis. Her funeral was the largest European funeral to have been held in the territory at that time, and she is buried in the pioneer section of Salisbury Cemetery.
Details
- Date of Issue: 16 November 1970
- Date Withdrawn: 31 May 1971
- Date Invalidated: 1 June 1974
- Designer: Rose Martin (from photo)
- Printer: Mardon Printers (Pvt.) Ltd., Salisbury, Rhodesia
- Process: Lithography
- Paper: Chromo with brown gum
- Watermark: None
- Perf: 14.5 (comb)
- Cylinders:
- 1A (Black) 1A (Dark Blue) 1A (Magenta) 1A (Yellow)
- 1B (Black) 1B (Dark Blue) 1B (Magenta) 1B (Yellow)
- Sheet: R10 x 5 (50)
- Quantity: 300,000
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