My Country poem by Dorothea Mackellar: The places in Australia that fit the famous lines
While waiting for domestic travel to resume across our wide brown land, Brian Johnston looks to Dorothea Mackellar's "My Country" for inspiration.
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Australian poetry used to be popular. And it could be again
Dorothea Mackellar’s poem from 1908, My Country, is famous in Australia despite its outmoded colonial assumptions. Many people are able to quote its lines about ragged mountain ranges ...
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Mackellar (Key Seat) - Federal Election 2025
It is named after poet Dorothea Mackellar, best known for her poem 'My Country' and its description 'I love a sunburnt country, a land of sweeping plains'. Mackellar had only four MPs in seven ...
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Rare new gold 50c coins for Australians worth $20: 'Beauty'
Three gold 50 cent coins have been released to celebrate the work of Dorothea Mackellar, including the iconic poem My Country. · Source: Getty/Royal Australian Mint The Royal Australian Mint is ...