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Dorothea Mackellar

Australian poet (1885-1968) · Australia · Writers · Died at 82

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Isobel Marion Dorothea Mackellar was an Australian poet and fiction writer. Her poem "My Country" is widely known in Australia, especially its second stanza, which begins: "I love a sunburnt country / A land of sweeping plains, / Of ragged mountain ranges, / Of droughts and flooding rains."

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Dunara, Mackellar's childhood home in Point PiperDunara, Mackellar's childhood home in Point PiperDorothea Mackellar, Australian poetDorothea Mackellar, Australian poetMackellar dressed as one of the Graces for Mrs. T.H. Kelly's Italian Red Cross Day tableaux at the Palace Theatre, 20 June 1918Mackellar dressed as one of the Graces for Mrs. T.H. Kelly's Italian Red Cross Day tableaux at the Palace Theatre, 20 June 1918

Awards

Officer of the Order of the British Empire1968

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Father: Charles Mackellar

About this person

Country
Australia
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1885 to 1968 · aged 82

Writers from Australia 6

Andy Griffiths49.5Judy Nunn49.4Les Murray49.7Li Cunxin49.3Jane Harper49.7John Marsden49.3

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