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First known date:
1965...
12 March
1965
of
The Sydney Morning Herald
est. 1842
The Sydney Morning Herald
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* Contents derived from the 1965 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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Dorothea Mackellar Repeats the Verse of Her Youth,
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From her private hospital bed in Randwick, Sydney, New South Wales, Dorothea Mackellar details 'for the first time publicly, why she wrote the words thousands of young Australians have learned by heart'. Mackellar explains that she was on the verandah of her parents' Maitland property, writing a letter to a friend in England, when she 'literally' saw the paddock on the horizon change colour.Note: port. (Dorothea Mackellar). Photograph taken on 11 March 1965.
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