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Kings In Grass Castles

'The best saga of pastoral Australia ever published... hard to describe without superlatives... in a hundred years the book will still be a classic.' Meanjin

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'... far better than any novel; an incomparable record of a greart 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.

Audience
adult
Length
long · 445 pages

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