Mackellar

/ məˈkɛlə /

noun

MackellarDorothea18851968FAustralianWRITING: poet Dorothea. 1885–1968, Australian poet, who wrote "My Country", Australia's best known poem

These were named the Mackellar Islets, in remembrance of one who had proved a staunch friend of the Expedition.

Dr. Mackellar comes to take my place, and my watch is at an end.

Dr. Mackellar, who had kindly given me the operation, and Jean the Turco, assisted me.

Mackellar, Hayden, and myself were only too well pleased to accept such agreeable lodgings.

But the worst was yet to come; for he added, turning to his son—“You can ask Mackellar; he was here and saw it.”

April 19, 2024tortuous

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