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Kings in Grass Castles

By: Mary Durack
Narrated by: Jenny Seedsman
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 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.©1959 Patsy Millet, Marie Rose Megaw and John Christopher Miller (P)1996 Bolinda Publishing World Royalty

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"One of the greatest biographies of an Australian pioneering family ever written." (The North Australian Monthly)
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The author did an amazing job - compilation of information and delivering a coherent story.

Educational & inspiring 🙌

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Beautifully read and what a cracker of a tale.
The reader made you feel like you were actually there .
Thank you very much.

Total enjoyment

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Fascinating history that I had never heard before.Courageous and inspiring attempt to settle an unforgiving land.

History that everyone should know.

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A great telling of early Australian history across the north from early. records of early settlers.

a great telling of Australian history

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Such an informative book of our early pioneering history & the trials they endured. To be truthful, I found the narration irritating at first, but became used to it by the middle of the book.

Amazing History!

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I am Stumpys 2x great grand daughter and I loved listening to his and Patsy’s story. A valuable piece of family history written thanks to Mary

Brilliant

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I found this book hard going, but well worth the effort. As an audiobook, I soon got confused about who was who, and where was where. It also lacked any real emotive connection with the characters. Basically it is a chronicle of events over the life span of one man. The reading was mostly the sound of a memoir, but the reader was brilliant at the character accents. A tough gig to read a chronicle of events. On the upside, what an inspiring story. The book has changed my understanding of Australian history. Those Irishmen were true pioneers, courageous and generous and bold. Also some food for thought on the indigenous issue. The title - brilliant. Kings in Grass Castles - their kingdoms blow away with every drought or flood, but those brave families never gave up. A heritage I never really appreciated.

A real insight into our Australian history

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There isn't anything wrong with this audiobook, but it just didn't interest me enough to get me through a sleepless night. I was sure I was going to be captivated by this story.

Disappointing

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Audible acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.