Australian 'A land of sweeping plains' 1oz Silver Bar
Australian 'A land of sweeping plains' 1oz Silver Bar
Australian 'A land of sweeping plains' 1oz Silver Bar

Australian 'A land of sweeping plains' 1oz Silver Bar

Product code: 6102
In 1904, after spending an extended period abroad in London, and feeling homesick for Australia, Dorothea began writing My Country. Several rewrites later, the poem was published in The Spectator in London in 1908, under its original title, Core of My Heart. The poem presented a contrast between the English and Australian landscapes, and inspired patriotic sentiments and a sense of great national pride, particularly in the context of World War I. These legal tender coloured bars (one dollar coin) are made from one ounce of pure silver and measures 47.6 x 27.6 x 4 mm finished to proof condition and comes with a great display case.


Australian 'A land of sweeping plains' 1oz Silver Bar

Extract of a poem by Dorothea Mackellar ,The Spectator' 24th October, 1908 Core of My Heart I love a sunburnt country, A land of sweeping plains, Of ragged mountain ranges, Of droughts and flooding rains, I love her far horizons, I love her jewel-sea, Her beauty and her terror, The wide brown land for me!
 
Brand Perth Mint
Product Code 6102