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Name	Mary Eliza Gaunt
Alternative Names	Mary Eliza Miller
Born	20 February, 1861 Indigo, Victoria, Australia
Died	19 January, 1942 (aged 80) Cannes, France
Related Entries	[View as tree] Gaunt, William Henry (father) Gaunt, Cecil Robert (brother) Gaunt, Ernest Frederick (brother) Gaunt, Guy Reginald (brother) Archer, Mary Ellinor Lucy (niece) Morrison, George Ernest (friend)
Education *	Grenville College (Ballarat, Vic) (student, 1873-1877) University of Melbourne (student, 1882-1882)
Occupation or Descriptor *	essayist (1881-1901) Victoria, Australia novelist (1881-1901) Victoria, Australia short story writer (1881-1901) Victoria, Australia adventurer (general) (1901-1942) Overseas autobiographer/memoirist (1901-1942) Overseas novelist (1901-1942) Overseas short story writer (1901-1942) Overseas travel writer (1901-1942) Overseas

* Dates are approximate