Dorothea Mackellar unpublished writings and other materials

MLMSS 11080

fonds

probably 1900s-1960s

9659531

0.02 metres of textual material (1 folder) - typescript, manuscript

Isobel Marion Dorothea Mackellar (1885-1968), writer and poet, was born in Sydney to Sir Charles Kinnaird Mackellar and Marion Buckland. Her literary works include 'My country' and 'Outlaw's luck'. Mackellar was a founding member of the Sydney P.E.N. (Publishers, Editors and Novelists) Club in 1931, and appointed Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) just before her death in 1968.
Reference:
Kingston, Beverley. "Mackellar, Isobel Marion Dorothea (1885-1968)." Australian Dictionary of Biography. Accessed 8 September 2021. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mackellar-isobel-marion-dorothea-7383

Douglas Stewart Fine Books purchased from Berkelouw Rare Books in 2020

The writings in this collection include five short stories, drafts of ten speeches and lectures, five pieces of literary criticism, three articles and a poem.
"In a Prussian children’s-court". 11 pages handwritten in ink, "Miss Mackellar, Hotel Jules, 85 Jermyn St, SW." inscribed on verso of last page, undated, approximately 1904
"Everywoman’s hero (vide “Ethel Dell’s hero”. The Outlook, April 15th)". 5 typed pages, edited and signed in ink, undated, possibly 1920s
"The man’s heroine". 9 typed pages, including Mackellar's revisions in ink, undated possibly 1920s
"At home: Three to five-thirty". 4 typed pages, edited in ink, "Miss Mackellar Rosemont, Ocean Street, Woollahra, Sydney, Australia" inscribed in ink, undated, possibly 1920s
"A brother to bombshell". 8 typed pages, signed in ink, "Miss Mackellar, Rosemont, Ocean St., Woollahra, Sydney, Australia" inscribed in ink on the first and last pages " undated, possibly 1920s
"The enterprising dentist". 6 typed pages, "Miss Mackellar, Rosemont, Ocean St., Woollahra, Sydney, Australia" inscribed in ink on the first and last pages, undated, possibly 1920s
"The tears of the strong". 3 typed pages, edited and signed in ink, "Miss Mackellar, Rosemont, Ocean Street, Woollahra, Sydney, Australia" inscribed in ink, undated, possibly 1920s
"The method of Humpty Dumpty". 5 typed pages, edited in ink, undated, possibly 1920s
"Lines on a modern theme". 1 typed page, edited in ink, undated, possibly 1920s
"The speaking of English verse". 7 typed pages, edited in ink, undated, possibly 1920s
"Some poems I should like to have written". 7 typed pages, with embossed letterhead of "Rosemont, Ocean Street, Woollahra", edited in ink, undated, possibly 1920s
"George Meredith (Sketch for Janet’s girls.)". 8 typed pages, edited in ink, undated, possibly 1920s
"Spanish literature (Rough summary for Janet's class)". 13 typed pages, edited in ink, undated, possibly 1920s
"Foreign Travel". 5 typed pages, undated, possibly 1920s
"Economy and the art of enjoyment". 3 typed pages, edited in ink, undated, possibly 1920s
"The poseuse and the pea". 2 typed pages, undated, possibly 1920s
"From the homeward mail. (Mr Charles Bidwell to his brother George, of Gracechurch Street, London.)" 17 typed pages, edited in ink, "Miss Mackellar, Earlston, Wahroonga" inscribed in ink. Accompanied by a second type copy. Sydney, 15 January 1829
Account of a play staged by a Singhalese theatre troupe in Ceylon. 7 typed pages (first page missing), additions and editing in ink, undated, possibly 1920s
"The Ballad of Saint Barbara / by G. K. Chesterton". 4 typed pages, edited in ink, possibly August 1921
Draft letter to the editor of The Sun. 2 typed pages, with embossed letterhead of "Earlston, Wahroonga", edited in ink, 7 October 1921
Lecture on Joseph Conrad. 8 typed pages, addition and editing in ink, approximately 1921-1922
"Not understood (Australian English Association. June 11th 1930)". 15 typed pages, edited in ink. Published by the Australian English Association as : Not Understood : an address delivered to the Australian English Association by Dorothea Mackellar, June 11th, 1930
"Australia Beautiful". 13 typed pages, edited in ink, undated, approximately 1932
"Notes for a Lecture on G. K. Chesterton’s Lepanto. 22.VIII.21". 9 typed pages, edited in ink, undated

The collection also contains the following items:
Telegram from David Elder (Woodend, Victoria) to Sir Charles Kinnaird Mackellar (1844-1926), Dorothea's father, 1916
"Island Outcast". Short story signed M. Mackellar, 13 handwritten pages, undated, possibly 1960s

In copyright:
Copyright holder:: Dorothea Mackellar
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy Dorothea Mackellar