num_pages: 445
description: 'The best saga of pastoral Australia ever published... hard to describe without superlatives... in a hundred years the book will still be a classic.' MeanjinDescription of book... far better than any novel; an incomparable record of a greart family and of a series of great actions. The BulletinWhen 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.
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title: Kings in Grass Castles
publisher: Random House Australia