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'‘... far better than any novel; an incomparable record of a great family and of a series of great actions.' The Bulletin When Patrick Durack left Western Ireland for Australia in 1853, he was to found a pioneering dynasty and build a cattle empire across the great stretches of Australia. With a profound sense of family history, his grand-daughter, Mary Durack reconstructed the Durack saga - a story of intrepid men and ground-breaking adventure. This sweeping tale of Australia and Australians remains a classic nearly fifty years on.' (2008 Publication summary)

Adaptations

form y separately published work icon Kings in Grass Castles Tony Morphett , ( dir. John Woods ) Western Australia : Barron Entertainment Channel 7 , 1998 7828762 1998 series - publisher film/TV historical fiction

A mini-series based on Mary Durack's biography of the same name.

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  • This work has been affiliated with the Irishness in Australian Literature dataset because it contains Irish characters, settings, tropes or themes.

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    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Constable ,       1959 .
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      Extent: xv, [xvi-xix], 395p., [13] leaves of platesp.
      Description: illus., geneal. table, maps.
    • South Yarra, South Yarra - Glen Iris area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Currey O'Neil , 1981 .
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      Extent: 395p., 23p. of platesp.
      Description: illus., geneal. table, maps.
      ISBN: 0855505605
    • North Sydney, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Vintage Australia , 2008 .
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      Extent: xv, 409p. [16]p. of platesp.
      Description: illus., ports, maps
      ISBN: 9781741667592
      Series: y separately published work icon Australian Vintage Classics North Sydney : Vintage Australia , 2008- Z1484482 2008 series - publisher
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  • Also large print.
  • Sound recording.
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Legendary Australians The Legend and the Legacy Tom Sigley , 2008 single work criticism
— Appears in: Writing Across the Continent 2008;
Rearranging the Dead Cat Bruce Pascoe , 2011 single work essay
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 71 no. 2 2011; (p. 14-23)
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Subjects:
  • Western Australia,
  • Northern Territory,
  • Queensland,
  • Australian Outback, Central Australia,
  • 1800-1899
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