Letter and press clippings. 1961-1988.

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Letter and press clippings. 1961-1988.

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Letter, 25 July 1961, from Dorothea Mackellar in Sydney to Harry Rye in Geelong, in response to his enquiry about the wording of her poem My country; also, press clippings, ca. 1980-1988, relating to the popularity of the poem, the controversy over its wording, and the erection of a memorial to Dorothea Mackellar in Gunnedah, New South Wales.

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Mackellar, Dorothea, 1885-1968

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Isobel Marion Dorothea Mackellar, writer, was born in Sydney, New South Wales, to Sir Charles Kinnaird Mackellar, physician, and his wife Marion, daughter of Thomas Buckland. Core of my heart was written in about 1904, appearing in several publications before being included as My country in her first book, The closed door, and other verses (Melbourne, 1911). Three further volumes of verse were published in 1914, 1923 and 1926. Mackellar also published three novels between 1912 and 1914, but wrot...