Sons in the Saddle

Mary Durack

Constable/Hutchinson

Kings in Grass Castles

Kings In Grass Castles

Literature & Fiction

Classics

Penguin Books Australia

<p>"A remarkable first novel by an Australian... leaves one with a lasting memory of white men and black working together in a strange wild country." Time Literary Supplement. Stan Rolt, rebel member of a pioneering family, has plans for himself that differ widely from those of his cunning domineering grandfather. The old man wins, with the powerful aid of the harsh, uncomfortable, exploited land itself and of the aborigines. Sensitive and intelligent, Stan becomes sincerely in love with an Aboriginal girl, and though the episode is tragic, it soars for awhile to levels of delight.</p>

Keep Him My Country

Biographies & Memoirs

Corgi

When Patrick Durack left Ireland for Australia in 1853, he was to found a dynasty of pioneers, and build an empire of cattle-land across the great stretches of Australia. His grand-daughter, Mary Durack, with a profound sense of family history, has rebuilt the saga of the Duracks, a saga that is the story of Australia itself, huge, pioneering, and tremendous in concept.

Kings in Grass Castles: Audio Cassettes (2xc90)

ABC Audio

Kings in Grass Castles is the extraordinary story of a pioneering Australian family and the visionary who led it-Patsy Durack. It is regarded as the best saga of pastoral Australia ever published, and this dramatisation is alive with vitality and warmth. In 1853 Patsy Durack arrived in Sydney almost penniless. He was just 18, and one of a large family fleeing famine stricken Ireland. Durack was optimistic and tenacious. He spent a short and lucrative time in the Victorian gold camps. In 1876 Durack and his brother-in-law John Costello, with their wives and growing families, drove small herds of cattle into the unknown territory of western Queensland. Here the families prospered. In the bountiful years of the 1870s Patsy Durack, said, 'We are kings in grass castles that may be blown away upon a puff of wind'. This insight into the unpredictable nature of rural life was born out after Durack left for north-western Australia.Cast list: Judy Dick (Narrator), Edwin Hodgeman (Grandfather-old), Henry Salter (Cpt. Murray/Stumpy Michael), Daphne Grey (Grandma Durack), Grant Piro(John Costello/Father), John Dick(Aboriginal Cabby/Long Michael/Uncle Darby), Chris Pitman (Grandfather-young/Drover/Gilmour/John/Tim Kilfoyle), Barbara West (Grandmother Costello/Sarah), Roger Cardwell (Will/Big Johnny/Pumpkin), Heather Steen (Mary).

Kings in Grass Castles: A Dramatisation

History

Australia & Oceania

To be Heirs Forever

The Rock and the Sand

GORGI

Memoirs

Bantam]

"Red Jack" was inspired by a reminiscence of Mary Durack's father, who, while travelling by Cobb and Co coach, met the mysterious woman known as Red Jack when she was collecting her mail in Camooweal. He said that after exchanging salutations she went on her way. She was well known on the stations in that area as an expert stockwoman, and very handy with a whip. However, no one knew anything about her private life and she seemed to spend most of her time alone with her horse.

Red Jack (Language Works, Level 3)

Children's Books

MODERN CURRICULUM PRESS

Kings in grass castles

Transworld Publications

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