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Mary Durack Mary Durack i(A19395 works by) (a.k.a. Mrs H. Miller)
Also writes as: Mary Durack Miller ; An Australian Child ; Virgilia ; M. Durack ; Aunt Mary ; George Hurley
Born: Established: 20 Feb 1913 Adelaide, South Australia, ; Died: Ceased: 16 Dec 1994 Perth, Western Australia,
Gender: Female
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1 Mary Durack Mary Durack , 2016 extract biography (Kings in Grass Castles)
— Appears in: A Single Tree : Voices from the Bush 2016; (p. 99-103)
1 Red Jack Mary Durack , 2001 extract poetry (Red Jack)
— Appears in: The Turning Wave : Poems and Songs of Irish Australia 2001; (p. 118-119)
1 The Abyss Mary Durack , 2000 single work short story
— Appears in: Pilgrimage : A Journey through the Life and Writings of Mary Durack 2000; (p. 17-27)
1 5 y separately published work icon Pilgrimage : A Journey through the Life and Writings of Mary Durack Mary Durack , Patsy Millett (editor), Naomi Millett (editor), Milsons Point : Bantam Books , 2000 Z267926 2000 selected work short story poetry extract biography
1 1 y separately published work icon Sons in the Saddle Mary Durack , Sydney : Bantam Books , 1998 Z518000 1998 single work biography

""Mary Durack's KINGS IN GRASS CASTLES is an Australian classic. Since it was published in 1959 it has gone on selling as new generations of readers discover the pastoralist saga of the Durack family and their cattle spreads across the continent. Now, nearly 25 years later we have the sequel we have been waiting for..." BULLETIN Sydney The second generation of Durack men were not only hardy pioneers, used to droving cattle thousands of miles through the grandeur of north-west Australia, they were also educated travelled men, at home in the worlds of commerce and politics. This story, taken from diaries, letters, and legal documents is the story of Michael Durack, Mary Durack's father, and his vigorous generation. "When the third book in this family saga appears, we will have one of the most illuminating series of books ever written on Australian life." THE AGE" (Publication summary)

1 From: Keep Him My Country Mary Durack , 1994 extract novel (Keep Him My Country)
— Appears in: Hope and Fear : An Anthology of South Australian Women's Writing, 1894-1994 1994; (p. 204-207)
1 Custody i "Thank you dears for giving me", Mary Durack , 1994 single work poetry humour
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 27 December-3 January (1994-1995) vol. 116 no. 5952 1994; (p. 69)
1 How the Town has Changed... Mary Durack , 1993 single work short story
— Appears in: Summer Shorts 1993; (p. 48-52)
1 Remember the Voice : The 1970s Mary Durack , 1993 single work biography
— Appears in: Australian Author , Spring vol. 25 no. 3 1993; (p. 30-31)
1 Johnny Walker-Oh i "'Are you there Johnny Walker?", Mary Durack Miller , 1991 single work poetry
— Appears in: Bush Time, Station Time : Waddi Boyoi and Johnny Walker Reminiscences of Eighty Years as Told to Bruce Shaw 1991; (p. 159-162)
1 Introduction Mary Durack , 1990 single work prose
— Appears in: Hunting of the Stark and Other Light Verse by Richard Sterling of the Post, Selected by Joe O'Sullivan with an Introduction by Dame Mary Durack, AC, Cartoons by Michael Collins 1990; (p. 3)
1 Humbugs Mary Durack , 1990 single work short story
— Appears in: The Gate of Dreams : The Western Mail Annuals, 1897-1955 1990; (p. 59-60)
1 Foreword : As I Remember Them [Celebrations : Bicentennial Anthology of Fifty Years of Western Australian Poetry and Prose] Mary Durack , 1988 single work essay
— Appears in: Celebrations : Bicentennial Anthology of Fifty Years of Western Australian Poetry and Prose 1988; (p. xi-xix)
1 Perth: Cinderella City on the Rise Mary Durack , 1988 single work autobiography
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Quarterly , 2-3 April 1988; (p. 4)
1 y separately published work icon Red Jack Mary Durack , South Melbourne : Macmillan , 1988 23125786 1988 selected work poetry
1 Ivanhoe Memory i "Do you remember, Bungledoon, Johnnie Walker, Mundi,", Mary Durack , 1985 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Magazine , 6-7 April 1985; (p. 3)
1 Barunga, man of two worlds Mary Durack , 1985 single work essay
— Appears in: Overland , December no. 101 1985; (p. 85-87)
1 Lament for the Drowned Country i "You hear them kids over there laugh this old woman?", Mary Durack , 1983 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin (Literary Supplement) , 1 November vol. 103 no. 5389 1983; (p. 70-72) The Penguin Book of Australian Women Poets 1986; (p. 65-68) Two Centuries of Australian Poetry 1988; (p. 14-17)
1 In the Country of Dreamtime Mary Durack , 1983 extract children's fiction children's (The Way of the Whirlwind)
— Appears in: Oz : Australian Stories, Humour and Poetry 1983; (p. 6-12)
1 The Murder of Jerry Durack (from Sons in the Saddle) Mary Durack , 1982 extract
— Appears in: The Bulletin (Literary Supplement) , 13 April vol. 102 no. 5309 1982; (p. 64-70)
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