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My Country - Dorothea Mackellar
Sometime before 1908, while on a visit to England, a homesick young Australian woman put her thoughts down onpaper in a poem she called 'Core of My Heart'.
This famous poem (later retitled 'My Country') is believed to have been directly inspired by Dorothea Mackellar'sexperience of life on the land, and her love of the Allyn River district, NSW.
From 1898 to 1901, the Mackellars owned Torryburn station, near East Gresford, NSW, during one of the region'sdriest times. While holidaying at the property the family witnessed the breaking of a drought. In later life, DorotheaMackellar recalled how, after the rain, the grass began to shoot across the parched, cracked soil of the paddocksand, as she watched from the verandah, the land to the horizon turned green before her eyes.
Dorothea Mackellar's iconic verse is now regarded by many Australians as the universal statement of our nation'sconnection to the land.
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For a biography of Mackellar, see: Australian Dictionary of Biography Online. http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/ [1](accessed April 9, 2010)
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Core of my heart - poem {"type":"image","clickUrl":"https:\/\/www.sl.nsw.gov.au[3]\/collection-items\/core-my-heart-poem","thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.sl.nsw.gov.au[3]\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/https\/s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/prod--slnsw-corporate-site\/uploads\/2018-06\/collection-items\/30536\/a1605001h.jpg?itok=euwirYIQ","thumbnailLarge":"https:\/\/www.sl.nsw.gov.au [3]\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/large\/https\/s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/prod--slnsw-corporate-site\/uploads\/2018-06\/collection-items\/30536\/a1605001h.jpg?itok=aW0MjOW5","mediaDerivativeUrls":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.sl.nsw.gov.au [3]\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/https\/s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/prod--slnsw-corporate-site\/uploads\/2018-06\/collection-items\/30536\/a1605001h.jpg?itok=euwirYIQ","large":"https:\/\/www.sl.nsw.gov.au[3]\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/large\/https\/s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/prod--slnsw-corporate-site\/uploads\/2018-06\/collection-items\/30536\/a1605001h.jpg?itok=aW0MjOW5","responsive__quarter_hd":"https:\/\/www.sl.nsw.gov.au[3]\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/responsive__quarter_hd\/https\/s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/prod--slnsw-corporate-site\/uploads\/2018-06\/collection-items\/30536\/a1605001h.jpg?itok=GW8m1o90","responsive__half_hd":"https:\/\/www.sl.nsw.gov.au [3]\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/responsive__half_hd\/https\/s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/prod--slnsw-corporate-site\/uploads\/2018-06\/collection-items\/30536\/a1605001h.jpg?itok=7-Pf7gLc","responsive__full_hd":"https:\/\/www.sl.nsw.gov.au [3]\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/responsive__full_hd\/https\/s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/prod--slnsw-corporate-site\/uploads\/2018-06\/collection-items\/30536\/a1605001h.jpg?itok=OmUlxY12"},"mediaUrl":"https:\/\/s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/prod--slnsw-corporate-site\/uploads\/2018-06\/collection-items\/30536\/a1605001h.jpg","mediaMime":"image\/jpeg","transcriptUrl":null,"width":798,"height":1200} DorotheaMackellarCall # SAFE / MLMSS 1959 / Box 16 / Item IV / C [7]Digital ID: a1605001View collection item detail [8]
About this item: Dorothea Mackellar (1885-1968) is best known as a poet, the author of 'My Country', first published in 1908 underthe title 'Core of My Heart'. She also wrote three novels.
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Core of my heart -poem p.2 {"type":"image","clickUrl":"https:\/\/www.sl.nsw.gov.au[3]\/collection-items\/core-my-heart-poem-p2","thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.sl.nsw.gov.au[3]\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/https\/s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/prod--slnsw-corporate-site\/uploads\/2018-06\/collection-items\/30431\/a1605002h.jpg?itok=fRjMXilD","thumbnailLarge":"https:\/\/www.sl.nsw.gov.au [3]\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/large\/https\/s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/prod--slnsw-corporate-site\/uploads\/2018-06\/collection-items\/30431\/a1605002h.jpg?itok=bkmnObcx","mediaDerivativeUrls":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.sl.nsw.gov.au[3]\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/https\/s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/prod--slnsw-corporate-site\/uploads\/2018-06\/collection-items\/30431\/a1605002h.jpg?itok=fRjMXilD","large":"https:\/\/www.sl.nsw.gov.au [3]\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/large\/https\/s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/prod--slnsw-corporate-site\/uploads\/2018-06\/collection-items\/30431\/a1605002h.jpg?itok=bkmnObcx","responsive__quarter_hd":"https:\/\/www.sl.nsw.gov.au [3]\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/responsive__quarter_hd\/https\/s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/prod--slnsw-corporate-site\/uploads\/2018-06\/collection-items\/30431\/a1605002h.jpg?itok=8fFB3fXp","responsive__half_hd":"https:\/\/www.sl.nsw.gov.au [3]\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/responsive__half_hd\/https\/s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/prod--slnsw-corporate-site\/uploads\/2018-06\/collection-items\/30431\/a1605002h.jpg?itok=8vwQCCI0","responsive__full_hd":"https:\/\/www.sl.nsw.gov.au[3]\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/responsive__full_hd\/https\/s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/prod--slnsw-corporate-site\/uploads\/2018-06\/collection-items\/30431\/a1605002h.jpg?itok=5mKKIQbS"},"mediaUrl":"https:\/\/s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/prod--slnsw-corporate-site\/uploads\/2018-06\/collection-items\/30431\/a1605002h.jpg","mediaMime":"image\/jpeg","transcriptUrl":null,"width":794,"height":1200} 1908Dorothea Mackellar Call # SAFE / MLMSS 1959 / Box 16 / Item IV / C [7]Digital ID: a1605002View collection item detail [10]
About this item: Dorothea Mackellar (1885-1968) is best known as a poet, the author of 'My Country', first published in 1908 underthe title 'Core of My Heart'. She also wrote three novels.
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Core of My heart - poem p.3 {"type":"image","clickUrl":"https:\/\/www.sl.nsw.gov.au[3]\/collection-items\/core-my-heart-poem-p3","thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.sl.nsw.gov.au[3]\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/https\/s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/prod--slnsw-corporate-site\/uploads\/2018-06\/collection-items\/30561\/a1605003h.jpg?itok=sNtr7P3X","thumbnailLarge":"https:\/\/www.sl.nsw.gov.au [3]\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/large\/https\/s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/prod--slnsw-corporate-site\/uploads\/2018-06\/collection-items\/30561\/a1605003h.jpg?itok=fQfWH4ME","mediaDerivativeUrls":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.sl.nsw.gov.au [3]\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/https\/s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/prod--slnsw-corporate-site\/uploads\/2018-06\/collection-items\/30561\/a1605003h.jpg?itok=sNtr7P3X","large":"https:\/\/www.sl.nsw.gov.au [3]\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/large\/https\/s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/prod--slnsw-corporate-site\/uploads\/2018-06\/collection-items\/30561\/a1605003h.jpg?itok=fQfWH4ME","responsive__quarter_hd":"https:\/\/www.sl.nsw.gov.au [3]\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/responsive__quarter_hd\/https\/s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/prod--slnsw-corporate-site\/uploads\/2018-06\/collection-items\/30561\/a1605003h.jpg?itok=G1aC3Agb","responsive__half_hd":"https:\/\/www.sl.nsw.gov.au [3]\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/responsive__half_hd\/https\/s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/prod--slnsw-corporate-site\/uploads\/2018-06\/collection-items\/30561\/a1605003h.jpg?itok=B4fDGe4x","responsive__full_hd":"https:\/\/www.sl.nsw.gov.au [3]\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/responsive__full_hd\/https\/s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/prod--slnsw-corporate-site\/uploads\/2018-06\/collection-items\/30561\/a1605003h.jpg?itok=yLUbFQHF"},"mediaUrl":"https:\/\/s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/prod--slnsw-corporate-site\/uploads\/2018-06\/collection-items\/30561\/a1605003h.jpg","mediaMime":"image\/jpeg","transcriptUrl":null,"width":798,"height":1200} 1908Dorothea MacKellarCall # SAFE / MLMSS 1959 / Box 16 / Item IV / C [7]Digital ID: a1605003View collection item detail [12]
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