{"product_id":"her-sunburnt-country-the-extraordinary-literary-life-of-dorothea-mackellar-by-deborah-fitzgerald","title":"Her Sunburnt Country: The Extraordinary Literary Life of Dorothea Mackellar. By Deborah FitzGerald.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first definitive biography of Australian poet and writer Dorothea Mackellar, author of the celebrated poem ‘My Country.’\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'I love a sunburnt country, a land of sweeping plains…’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThough 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 and Pittwater, to discovering her love for the Australian landscape on her brother’s 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA keen traveller, Dorothea visited Japan, Egypt, Fiji, New Zealand and the United States between longer stints in the literary heart of London, where she socialised with the likes of Joseph Conrad and Ezra Pound. At home, she counted among her friends the famed\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSydney Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e war correspondent, Charles Bean, and journalistic royalty in the form of the Fairfax family.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBattling against a masculine tradition of Australian bush poetry led by the likes of 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDeborah FitzGerald graduated in 2022 with a Doctor of Arts from the University of Sydney after completing her thesis, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn Search of Dorothea: A biography of Australian poet Dorothea Mackellar.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDuring the course of the doctorate, she won the 2021 Dame Leonie Kramer Prize in Australian Poetry and the 2019 Thomas Henry Coulson Scholarship. FitzGerald is also a senior journalist, editor and writer who has worked across major media organisations including the ABC, Channel Nine and News Corp. Her first book, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSophie’s Boys,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewas published in 2018.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 mui-style-tgrox\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 detail-label mui-style-tgrox\"\u003eISBN:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e9781760855406\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 mui-style-tgrox\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 detail-label mui-style-tgrox\"\u003eISBN-10:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e1760855405\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 mui-style-tgrox\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 detail-label mui-style-tgrox\"\u003ePublished:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e30th August 2023\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 mui-style-tgrox\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 detail-label mui-style-tgrox\"\u003eFormat:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eHardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 mui-style-tgrox\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 detail-label mui-style-tgrox\"\u003eLanguage:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eEnglish\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 mui-style-tgrox\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 detail-label mui-style-tgrox\"\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e336\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 mui-style-tgrox\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 detail-label mui-style-tgrox\"\u003ePublisher:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eSimon \u0026amp; Schuster Australia\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 mui-style-tgrox\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 detail-label mui-style-tgrox\"\u003eDimensions (cm):\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e24.5 x 16.5 x 4\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 mui-style-tgrox\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 detail-label mui-style-tgrox\"\u003eWeight (kg):\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e0.59\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Free by Nature","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47558576767154,"sku":null,"price":48.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0774\/1685\/7778\/files\/HerSunburntCountry.jpg?v=1780734978","url":"https:\/\/www.freebynature.com.au\/products\/her-sunburnt-country-the-extraordinary-literary-life-of-dorothea-mackellar-by-deborah-fitzgerald","provider":"Free by Nature","version":"1.0","type":"link"}