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Mary Durack

Kings In Grass Castles Kindle Edition

by Mary Durack (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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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.

Length: 547 pages	Word Wise: Enabled	Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled
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"One of the greatest biographies of an Australian pioneering family ever written." Author: The North Australian Monthly --This text refers to the audioCD edition.

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'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 --This text refers to the mass_market edition.

ASIN : B00OIHSCMO
Publisher : Random House Australia (1 November 2014)
Language : English
File size : 3046 KB
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Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
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Print length : 547 pages

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Spades

Reviewed in Australia on 18 September 2018

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Having travelled through the areas covered by this story I find myself picturing the places and visualising them at the time this tale occurred. For me, a reawakening of outback Australia.

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lawrie

kings in grass castles.

Reviewed in Australia on 7 May 2020

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one can only be in awe of our pioneering families .thanks to those collectively whom have taken on the task of recording our history for future generations to look on in wonder.

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TGSmith

Not very well written

Reviewed in Australia on 6 June 2018

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Pretty disappointed, thought it would be a better read, it was very hard going. Too much information, not very well written at all.

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GeorgiM

Incredible history of northern Australian settlement - from their hard ...

Reviewed in Australia on 26 February 2015

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Incredible history of northern Australian settlement - from their hard battles in outback Queensland and through to the Kimberley. A really informative and enjoyable read.

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What a wonderful story, I have thoroughly enjoyed the entire book ...

Reviewed in Australia on 6 December 2014

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What a wonderful story, I have thoroughly enjoyed the entire book and can only marvel at the physical endurance of those man and women. Holding my copy of Kings in Grass Castles was difficult, so once onto my Kindle, reading was a breeze, even with the light out.

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Interesting story

Reviewed in Australia on 3 June 2017

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I found the story very interesting and was amazed how many of the early settlers passed through Goulburn.
The Duracks returned to Goulburn many times.

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Anonymous

Australian history

Reviewed in Australia on 18 August 2020

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A wonderful contribution to our Australian history.

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Trevor

Boring!

Reviewed in Australia on 19 March 2019

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I found this a very boring book to read!

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Cláiríneach

An Irish Family Conquers Australia

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 November 2013

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Post Famine Ireland had little to offer families living on the slopes of the Sliabh Aughty mountains of North Clare/South Galway. One such family - the Duracks - set sail in 1849 for what was then the colony of New South Wales in Australia. Another brother, Michael arrived in 1853. This book, written by Michael's great grand daughter, Mary Durack tells the story of the early years, how they acquired hundreds of thousands of acres of land, built an empire of hotels and public houses and made - and lost - vast fortunes in cash. But 'The Indomitable Irish' never gave up and rose like the proverbial Phoenix from the ashes to play their part in building the Australian nation.
This is a wonderful story of entrepreneurship, of bravery -sometimes of folly! - of persistence and of lust for land. It's a story of achievement, of power but also on many occasions a story of human tragedy.
The author has done a splendid job of research and scholarship in bringing us this story of the pioneers of Aussie land. Originally published in 1959, this book can hold its own with any work published in the past fifty four years.
A great read

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Daisy

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 January 2017

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Great read!

Ms M E Chapman

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 June 2016

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Very good

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corinna

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Reviewed in Germany on 29 December 2012

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Für Australienfans ein schönes Buch mit vielen Details zur Pioniergeschichte. Manchmal etwas langatmig, vor allem, weil die Familie, um die sich die Geschichte dreht, so groß ist. Habe es noch nicht fertig gelesen, ich hoffe, es kommt noch etwas über die Probleme, die die Siedler mit den giftigen austr. Tieren hatten?

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Reviewed in Canada on 20 September 2016

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