''Kings in Grass Castles'' is a 1959 book of history by Dame
Mary Durack
Dame Mary Durack (20 February 1913 – 16 December 1994) was an Australian author and historian. She wrote ''Kings in Grass Castles'' and ''Keep Him My Country''.
Childhood
Mary Durack, born in Adelaide, South Australia, to Michael Patrick ...
(1913–1994). The book is considered a classic of
Australian literature.
It is the story of Durack's pioneering family establishing its pastoral interests in the Australian outback during the 19th century and concerns the life and times of Durack's grandfather
Patrick Durack
Patrick Durack (March 1834 – 20 January 1898) was a pastoral pioneer in Western Australia.
His family were struggling tenant farmers from Magherareagh near Scarriff in County Clare, Ireland, who moved from Ireland to New South Wales in 1853. ...
, an Irish immigrant who became a leader of the
overlanders who brought their cattle on hoof to the tropical north. The book was notable for its portrayal of the role of women and families in the pastoral industry and collaboration and respect between the pastoralists and local Aboriginal peoples.
Durack published a sequel, ''
Sons in the Saddle'', in 1983.
''Kings in Grass Castles'' was made into a TV mini-series in 1998.
References
External links
Kings in grass castles _ Mary Durack National Library of Australia Trove
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1990s Australian television miniseries
1998 Australian television series debuts
1998 Australian television series endings
1959 Australian novels
Western Australian literature