Welcome to Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Awards

The Awards aim to inspire students to express their thoughts creatively through poetry and, by doing so, support the legacy of Dorothea Mackellar and her legendary poem 'My Country'. Read more >

Poems from school age children can easily be submitted online. For details about categories and closing dates for the competition click here.
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Now available to view on the National and Literacy and Numeracy webite are two podcasts recorded by Lorraine Marwood to encourage people to enter the Awards. Read more >