Mary MacKillop played a vital role in the eventual creation of Bayview College by working as a teacher and proprietress of a girls boarding school in Portland.
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Not Counting The Cost (by M. Brigid Jones, I.B.V.M) is a comprehensive work that examines much of the past of Bayview College. It is presented here as a PDF file for all to read (Adobe Acrobat Reader required).