Historical information
Loris McKeeman McLeod, married to Alex McLeod, was a local farmer at ‘Glendale’, Grasmere and later lived in Warrnambool. She was interested in local and family history and published material in the 1980s on the Oakley, McKeeman and McLeod families. She also wrote poetry and this is an example of her work.
Significance
This poem is worth keeping as an example of the personal writing of a local person, Loris McKeeman McLeod.
Physical description
This is white card with a poem’ My Australian Pioneer’ printed on it in black type. There is a decorative border around the printed material. The poet was Loris McLeod.