Historic Kurrumbede homestead with Dorothea Mackellar connection could make heritage list, despite fears of objection by neighbour Whitehaven Coal

Andrew Messenger
Updated October 28 2021 - 1:31pm, first published 6:00am
HERITAGE BATTLE: Members of the Dorothea Mackellar Memorial Society in 2019. Photo: Supplied
HERITAGE BATTLE: Members of the Dorothea Mackellar Memorial Society in 2019. Photo: Supplied

The Gunnedah homestead which inspired My Country poet Dorothea Mackellar could win heritage protection after a century, if the mining company which owns it doesn't get in the way.

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Andrew Messenger

Andrew Messenger

Northern Daily Leader journalist

Politics, environment and energy journalist at the Northern Daily Leader. I also write about health, bushfires and occasionally music. I'm a Brisbane boy by way of Charleville and Hobart who now lives in in beautiful New England. Get me at andrew.messenger@austcommunitymedia.com.au

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