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The Mackellar family c1895

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Mackellar, Keith Kinnaird

Keith Kinnaird Mackellar was an older brother to poet Dorothea Mackellar, and was the only Australian soldier whose remains were brought back to Australia of over one thousand men who lost their lives in the Boer War.

Mackellar, Dorothea

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Isobel Marion Dorothea Mackellar was a poet and fiction writer. Her work My Country is one of Australia's best known poems.

Mackellar, Keith Kinnaird

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Australian officer during the Boer War, where he lost his life. His body was repatriated to Australia by his family in 1905 and was re-buried in Waverley Cemetery.