I love a sunburnt country, A land of sweeping plains, Of ragged mountain ranges, Of droughts and flooding rains. I love her far horizons, I love her … - Dorothea Mackellar

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I love a sunburnt country, A land of sweeping plains,
Of ragged mountain ranges, Of droughts and flooding rains.
I love her far horizons, I love her jewel-sea,
Her beauty and her terror— The wide brown land for me!

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About Dorothea Mackellar

Isobel Marion Dorothea Mackellar OBE (1 July 1885 – 14 January 1968) was an Australian poet and fiction writer. Her poem "My Country" is widely known in Australia, especially its second stanza, quoted below.

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Alternative Names: Isobel Marion Dorothea Mackellar Isobel Mackellar
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