Birth date: 
1864
Death date: 
1938
Birth town: 
Country: 
Rakaia Gorge

Jessie Mackay was a New Zealand poet.

Her parents were Scottish. She went to Christchurch to train as a teacher, and taught at small rural schools until 1898. She moved to Dunedin, and worked as a journalist for the Otago Witness. In 1902, she moved to Christchurch where she lived with her sister Georgina. In 1906, she was lady editor of the Canterbury Times.

Her papers are held by the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand. The Jessie Mackay Memorial Award for Verse is given by the PEN New Zealand.

Jessie Mackay's Works:

The Spirit of the Rangatira and other ballads.. Melbourne: George Robertson. 1889.
The Sitter on the Rail and other poems. Christchurch: Simpson and Williams, 1891.
From the Maori Sea. Christchurch: Whitcombe and Tombs, 1908.
Land of the Morning. Christchurch: Whitcombe and Tombs, 1909.
The Bride of the Rivers and other verses. Christchurch: Simpson and Williams, 1926.
Vigil. Auckland: Whitcombe and Tombs, 1935

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A Folk Song 30 July 2013
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Dunedin in the Gloaming 31 July 2013
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In Galilee 29 November 2013
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October in New Zealand 31 July 2013
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Ortygia 31 July 2013
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Rona in the Moon 31 July 2013
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Song of the Driftweed 31 July 2013
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The Burial of Sir John Mackenzie 31 July 2013
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The Grey Company 31 July 2013
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