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ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 848
Book Description
My Country
Author: Dorothea MackellarPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Australian poetry
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
A broadside consisting of the words of Dorothea Mackellar's poem written in a calligraphic hand above a redish-toned desert scene showing two lizards and clumps of grass on a rocky outcrop. The image is digitally printed but has the title, punctuation amd the eyes of the lizards embellished with hand applied gold leaf.
Core Of My Heart, My Country
Author: Maggie MacKellarPublisher: Melbourne Univ. Publishing
ISBN: 0522870686
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
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I Love a Sunburnt Country
Author: Dorothea MackellarPublisher:
ISBN: 9780947163471
Category : Australian poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
Strangers in a Foreign Land
Author: Neil BlackPublisher: The Miegunyah Press
ISBN: 0522855121
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
When Niel Black, one of the most influential settlers of the Western District of Victoria, stepped onto the sand at Port Phillip Bay in 1839 and declared Melbourne to be 'almost altogether a Scotch settlement', he was paying the newly created outpost of the British Empire his highest compliment. His journal, reproduced here in its entirety, provides rare insight into the realities of early settlement in Victoria, detailing experiences of personal hardship and physical danger as well as the potential for accumulating great wealth and success. Drawing on the extensive collections of the State Library of Victoria, Strangers in a Foreign Land also includes glimpses into the lives of other settlers and the indigenous people of the area. It evokes the sense of place and dislocation that the early settlers encountered, and the hopes and anxieties they carried with them as they created new homes in Australia.
The Living Age
Author: Writing Best-ever Narratives
Author: Rosemary AllenPublisher: R.I.C. Publications
ISBN: 1741265088
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
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Author: Her Sunburnt Country
Author: Deborah FitzGeraldPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1760855413
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
The official biography of Australian poet and writer Dorothea Mackellar, author of the celebrated poem ‘My Country.’ 'I love a sunburnt country, a land of sweeping plains…’ Though many Australians know lines from Dorothea Mackellar’s classic poem ‘My Country’ by heart, very little has been written about the poet’s extraordinary life. From her childhood and youth in Sydney’s Point Piper, to discovering her love for the Australian landscape on the family farm in Gunnedah, Dorothea engaged with the intellectual elite of Sydney and abroad as she embarked on a decades-long literary career that saw her linked to some of the leading lights of her day. A keen traveller, Dorothea ventured as far as Japan, Egypt and the Caribbean between longer stints in Europe. In the heart of literary London, she socialised with Joseph Conrad and Ezra Pound. At home, she counted among her friends Ether Turner, the famed war correspondent Charles Bean, and journalistic royalty in the form of the Fairfax family. Never before published letters and diaries reveal her unorthodox relationship with her best friend and collaborator Ruth Bedford. Battling against a masculine tradition of Australian bush poetry led by Banjo Paterson and Henry Lawson, Dorothea Mackellar boldly carved out a place for herself, leaving an indelible mark on the Australian imagination. Now, for the first time, the poet's unconventional life story is told – a hidden gem of Australian history, and a tale of one woman’s extraordinary passion for her poetry, her family and her country.
An Anthology of the Collected Poems
Author: Imtiyaz GullPublisher: Pencil
ISBN: 9355591411
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 47
Book Description
About the book: It's a book that embraces all emotions, and the joy of expressing them in the act of writing. Many of these poems are painful to read but they still made me smile with recognition. It's a comforting thing to see yourself reflected on the page. It does that thing which good poetry does best - reflects your own unique experience whilst speaking universal truths. Throughout the book, what shines brightest is a genuine, generous and inspirational faith in the act of reading and writing, how it carries us through the hardest times, how close it is to love. It also provides a coverage of nostalgia like love, peace & harmony. This book contains poems that are in conversion with one another. Unified by theme, style, metaphors, Similes, choice of poetic form, and placed in a meticulous.
The Lone Hand
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Category : Australian literature
Languages : en
Pages : 780
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