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About Thomas Bracken
Thomas Bracken was an Irish-born New Zealand poet, journalist and politician. He wrote "God Defend New Zealand", one of the two national anthems of New Zealand, and was the first person to publish the phrase "God's Own Country" as applied to New Zealand. He also won the Otago Caledonian Society's prize for poetry.
Everything about Thomas Bracken →- Occupation
- journalist, politician, writer, poet
- Position held
- Member of the New Zealand Parliament
- Citizenship
- New Zealand, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- December 21, 1843
- Died
- February 16, 1898