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Aust. Woman's Mirror, 8 Feb. 1927, p.13
Jessie MacKay (International) assertion Jessie MacKay i(A390 works by)
Born: Established: 15 Dec 1864 Canterbury, South Island,
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New Zealand,
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Pacific Region, ; Died: Ceased: 1938
Gender: Female
Heritage: Scottish
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1 Leonarie i "It took me half a hundred, half a hundred years,", Jessie MacKay , 1932 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 14 December vol. 53 no. 2757 1932; (p. 45)
1 Tutankhamen i "Gold was your swathing, Khem's fated boy;", Jessie MacKay , 1930 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 6 August vol. 51 no. 2634 1930; (p. 45)
1 The Sharp Pillow i "I sewed myself a pillow of thorns,", Jessie MacKay , 1928 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin (Christmas edition) , 8 December 1928; (p. 44)
1 My Sea i "Lord of the many loves,", Jessie MacKay , 1923 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 11 January vol. 44 no. 2239 1923; (p. 47)
1 The Song of the King's Way i ""Sound, swell, Aegean tides, gulfs that did haven and harbour us!", Jessie MacKay , 1921 single work poetry
— Appears in: Birth : A Little Journal of Australian Poetry , November vol. 5 no. 60 1921; (p. 89-96)
1 The Grey King i "There was a king, and he was grey.", Jessie MacKay , 1920 single work poetry
— Appears in: Birth : A Little Journal of Australian Poetry , July vol. 4 no. 44 1920; (p. 61)
1 A Nor'-West Sunset i "How quiet dropped to-day the sun,", Jessie MacKay , 1920 single work poetry
— Appears in: Birth : A Little Journal of Australian Poetry , March vol. 4 no. 40 1920; (p. 25)
1 A Nor'-Wester Sunset i "How quiet dropped to-day the sun,", Jessie MacKay , 1920 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Australian Poetry Annual 1920; (p. 34)
1 A Folk Song i "I came to your town, my love,", Jessie MacKay , 1920 single work poetry
— Appears in: Love Poems 1920; (p. 81-82)
1 From Anzac i "We leaped like lovers from the ships:", Jessie MacKay , 1917 single work poetry
— Appears in: Anzac Memorial 1917; (p. 273)
1 The Welcome i "The top, the top of the morning,", Jessie MacKay , 1917 single work poetry
— Appears in: Anzac Memorial 1917;
1 The Last of the Boys : 199- i "Ay, Anzac and Anzac! the bookmen,", Jessie MacKay , 1916 single work poetry war literature
— Appears in: Anzac Memorial 1916; (p. 95) An old soldier reflects on Gallipoli.
1 The Pioneers i "In each other's faces,", Jessie MacKay , 1914 single work poetry
— Appears in: School Paper : Grades V and VI : Arbor Day Number , June no. 190 1914; (p. 88)
1 The Mother of Waters i "In a dream I went down unafraid to the Mother of Waters by night,", Jessie MacKay , 1914 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Lone Hand , (n.s. vol.1 no.5) 1 April vol. 14 no. 84 1914; (p. 335)
1 Little Boy Blue i "Little Boy Blue came out of the east -", Jessie MacKay , 1912 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Lone Hand , January vol. 10 no. 57 1912; (p. xix)
1 1 y separately published work icon Poems of Jessie MacKay Jessie MacKay , Melbourne : Lothian , 1911 Z112197 1911 selected work poetry
1 In 1644 Jessie MacKay , 1896 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , October vol. 31 no. 377 1896; (p. 722-723) Romantic tragedy set in England in 1644. Nobles loyal to the Stuart cause are stripped of wealth and servants. Alice Vane nurses and falls in love with a wounded cavalier she had known, and when he is captured and condemned to death by Cromwell she obtains a pardon. A vengeful officer delays the pardon and she joins Hubert as he is fired upon - both dying together. Slight. (PB)
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