Core of my heart, my country! That thickens as we gaze. My homing thoughts will fly. Dorothea Mackellar was a third generation Australian.

My Country Mackellar's notebook with first two verses " My Country " is a poem written by Dorothea Mackellar (1885–1968) at the age of 19 about her love of the Australian landscape.

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The poem was first published in the London Spectator in 1908 under the title "Core of My Heart". It was reprinted in many Australian newspapers, quickly becoming well known and …

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Core of my heart, my country! Land of the rainbow gold, For flood and fire and famine She pays us back threefold. Over the thirsty paddocks, Watch, after many days, The filmy veil of …

Core of my heart, my country! She pays us back three-fold. That thickens as we gaze ... My homing thoughts will fly.

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These evocative words are from one of Australia’s most quoted poems. They are from the second verse of My country written by a homesick young Australian, Dorothea Mackellar (1885-1968) …

Core of my heart, my country! That thickens as we gaze. My homing thoughts will fly.