Mary Durack's 'Kings in Grass Castles' is an Australia classic. Since it was published in 1959 it has gone on selling as new generations of readers discover the pastoralist saga of the Durack family and their cattle spreads across the continent. Now for the sequel we have been waiting for ...
The second generation of Durack men were not only hardy pioneers, droving cattle through untamed territory, they were also educated, well-travelled men at home in the worlds of commerce and politics, Through diaries, letters and legal documents, mary Durack tells the story of her father, Michael, and Patsy Durack's vigorous family.
Contents:
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Durack family Tree
Map of the Stations Around Wyndham
Map of Stock Routes
1. An End and a Beginning, 1898
2. A Worl Without Time, Novemeber 1897-July 1898
3. Golden Opportunities, July-September 1898
4. Problems and Personalities, Ocotber 1898
5. Dreams and Realities, October 1898-July 1899
6. A Bid for Empire, July-December 1899
7. Turn of the Century, January 1900-May 1901
8. A Bride in Kimberley, May-December 1901
9. South African Sojourn, January-August 1902
10. The Distressful Country, March-June 1902
11. A Traveller's Tales, June-August 1902
12. A Traveller Back to Basem October 1902-December 1903
13.Propitious Stars, December 1903-April 1905
14. A Girl in a Man's World, May-December 1905
15. More Traveller's Tales, December 1905-October 1906
16. A Stockman's Story, March 1906-January 1907
17. Allied Interests, January-April 1907
18. J.W.'s Year Abroad, February-November 1907
19. Of Schemes and Dreams, January-May 1908
20. 'Lank of Expanse and Romance', May-October 1908
21. The Link with London, Jun-December 1908
22. Of Hope and Apprehensions, January-August 1909
23. A Dream Come True, August-December 1909
24. New Horizons, December 1909-May 1910
25. Cat Among to Pigeons, April-July 1910
26. Propositions and Promises, July 1910-January 1911
27. Full Steam Ahead, February 1911-January 1912
28. Contentious Issues, January 1912-January 1913
29. Between the City and the Bush, January-July 1913
30. The Shadow of War, July 1913-November 1914
31. Parting of the Ways, December 1914-August 1915
32. Goodbye Manila, August 1915-February 1916
33. Matters of Life and Death, March 1916-October 1916
34. Wicked Wyndham, November 1916-October 1917
35. People and Politics, November 1917-November 1918
36. Looking Skywards, December 1918-December 1919
37. A Man Who Lived Three Lives, December 1919-December 1920
Epilogue
References
Index
