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Lädt ... Kings in Grass Castles (1959)von Mary Durack
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'Cattle Kings' ye call us, then we are Kings in grass castles that may be blown away upon a puff of wind... - Patrick Durack, 1878 When Patrick Durack left Western 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. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Mary Durack (1913-1994) was the granddaughter of Patrick Durack, who was a leader in the spread of ranching in Australia, first in southwestern Queensland and then in the Kimberly region on the northwest edge of the continent. Writing about him and other pioneering friends and relatives, she gives us not only a family story but a useful overview of the history of the western movement of ranchers and settlers into previously unexplored lands.
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