Kings In Grass Castles
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Durack, Jeremiah (‘Galway Jerry’)
Durack, Jeremiah (‘Jerry Brice’)
Durack, John (‘Big Johnnie’)
Durack, John (‘Daddy Jack’)
Durack, John (‘J.W.’)
Durack, Lawrence
Durack, Margaret, see Bennet
Durack, Margaret (nee Kilfoyle)
Durack, Mary (nee Costello: wife of Patsy)
Durack, Mary (first daughter of Patsy and Mary: died)
Durack, Mary (second daughter of Patsy and Mary)
Durack, Mary (‘Poor’), see Skeahan
Durack, Michael
Durack, Michael (‘Long Michael’)
Durack, Michael Patrick (‘M.P.’) xii,
Durack, Michael (‘Stumpy’)
Durack, Patrick Bernard (‘P.B.’)
Durack, Patrick (‘Black Pat’)
Durack, Patrick (Patsy) xi, xiv, death of father; goes to Ovens River goldmine; begins farming in Goulburn district; marries Mary Costello; moves with family and stock to Queensland; settles with family on Cooper’s Creek; organises expedition to the Kimberley district of W.A.; goes to Kimberley,; gold mining at Ruby Creek; financial disaster; death of wife, Mary; in Ireland death
Durack, Patsy (son of Galway Jerry and Frances)
Durack, Sarah, see Tully
Durack, Walter
Durack, Will
Durack, William
Durack Downs Station
Durack River
‘Durack tree’
education/school
Ellerton (vessel)
Elsey Station
Emanuel, Isadore
Emanuel, Samuel
Emanuel, Solomon
Emanuel, Sydney
Emigrant Friends’ Society, Goulburn
emigration/immigration
equipment lists
Eureka Stockade (1854)
explorers/exploration
Eyre, John
family origins, Durack
Farrar, Jack
Farrar’s Creek
Feeney, Bill
finances
Fitzroy Crossing
Fitzroy River
Flinn, Barney floods
food
Foott, Mary Hannay
Forbes, Arthur
Forde, Amy, see Durack
Forrest, Alexander
Forrest, Matthew
Forrest, Sir John
Forrest and Emanuel (& Co.)
Forrest Vale run
Forrester, William
free selection
Free Selection Act (1861), NSW xiii,
Fremantle
Gallagher, the Reverend Dr
Galway, County of (Ireland)
Galway Blazers
Galway Downs Station
Gardiner, Frank (‘Darkie’)
Garvey, Father
Gaunt, Charlie
Georgina River
Gibney, Bishop
Gidyeagunbine
Gilmour, Inspector
Gilppie Station
gold/gold prospecting xiii,
Gordon, Hugh
Gordon, Kitty, see Buchanan
Gordon, S.D.
Gordon, Wattie
Gordon family
Goulburn
Goulburn Herald
Gregory, A.C.
Griffiths, W.K.
Hall, Ben
Hall’s Creek
Hamilton River
Hammond, Frances
Hammond, Jim
Hammond, Mick
Hammond, Ned
Hannan, Paddy
Hardman, Edward
Harper, Charles
Harriet (vessel)
Hart, Jack
Hart, Joe
Hashemy (vessel)
Hayes, Tom
Healy, John
Helms, Richard
Hill, Lumley
Hodgeson River
Hogan, Thomas
Holtze, Dr Maurice
Hope, John
Horan, Tom
Horrigan, Jack
horse brands
horse racing, see race meetings
horse stealing
horses
Hotel Imperial, Adavale
hotels
Hume Creek
Hutchins, Bill
immigration, see emigration
Ireland
Irish Mercy school
‘Irish question, the’
Ivanhoe Station
Jack in the Rocks (hotel)
‘J.C.’ tree see also trees
John, Adam
Johnston, H.F.
Josey, James
Kalgoorlie
Kalkadoon people
Kangaroo (Aborigine)
Kapunda
Katherine
Keep River
Keerongoola Station
Kelly, Father
Kelly, Jack
Kelly, Ned (Aborigine)
Kelly, Ned (bushranger)
Kermode, George
Kilfoyle, Catherine (nee Byrne)
Kilfoyle, Jack
Kilfoyle, Margaret, see Durack
Kilfoyle, Tom
Kimberley
Kimberley cattle trek
Kimberley expedition
Kimberley House, Sydney
Kimberley Pastoral Association
King, John
King, Phillip
King Leopold Range
King Sound Pastoral Company198,
Kippilaw estate
Kirwan, Matt
Kyabra Creek
Kyabra Station
Lake Bathurst
Lake Nash Station
Lambing Flat
Lamond, Barney
land grants
land purchases/selection xiii, see also free selection; Free Selection Act
Landsborough, Will
Lang, Dr John Dunmore
Lavery, Sergeant
lawsuit, Durack
Leichhardt, Ludwig
Leichhardt’s Crossing
Leslie, Pat
Levuka (vessel)
Lilley, Charles
Limmen River
Lissadell Station
Livingstone, Jas
locusts
Lorinda Borstil (vessel)
Lucanus, August
Lulugai Station
Lynott, Tom
McAlister, Charles
McAlister, George
McAlroy, Father Michael
Macarthur, John
McArthur River
McCaully, Duncan
McCaully, Mrs Duncan (nee Cameron)
McClarty, Will
MacDonald, Charlie
MacDonald, Willie
MacDonald family
McInnes, Angus
McInnes, Catherine (Kate), see Durack
McInnes, Donald
McIvor, Ivor
MacKensie family
McLarty, Will
McMinn’s Bluff
MacNamara, Con
McPhee, Jock
McTavish, Annie
Magerareagh (Ireland)
Maggie (Aborigine)
Mansbridge, Will
Margaret River
Mary River
Mary Smith (vessel)
Maryview, Brisbane
Meda Station
Meid, Aled
Melbourne
Melon Head (Aborigine)
Milka Lane Station
mining licences
mining, gold, see gold
Minogue, Jim
Mirriwun people
Mistake Creek
Mitchell, Thomas
Mobel Creek
Molong Station
Monagee Station
Monkira Station
Mooraberrie Station
Moore, Patsy
Moorlands Station
Morney Plains Station
Mount Bernagh (Ireland)
Mount Leonard Station
Mount Marlowe Station
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Mount Misery
Mount Shannon Station
Moynoe (Ireland)
Muchenba
Mundoona Station
Munroe, Alex
Murchison River
Murphy, Mary Elizabeth
Murragon people
Murrawarri people
Murray, Captain
mustering
Nappamerri Station
Naughton, William
Neal, Frances (Fanny), see Durack
Negri River
New South Wales see also Goulburn; Sydney
Newry Station
Ngoa people
Ngurrun (Aborigine)
Nicholson Plains
Nicholson River
Northern Territory
O’Donnell, William
O’Donnell Ranges
Ogilvie, Will
Ogoneloe (Ireland)
opals/opal mining
Ord River
Orme, Inspector
O’Rourke, Billy
Osman and Panton
Otway (vessel)
Ovens River diggings
Overland Telegraph
Pannick (horse)
Pannikin (Aborigine)
Parapitcherie waterhole
Parkes, Henry
Parramatta barracks
Pastoral Leases Act (1869)
Paterson, A.B. (‘Banjo’)
‘peacocking’
pearling/pearlers
Pentacost, John
Pentacost River
Perry, Bob
Perth
Pethic, Tom
Pierce, Frederick
Pierce, Norma
Pierre, Tommy
Pine Creek
Pintpot (Aborigine)
Pita-Pita people
poetry/songs, see ballads/verse
Polding, Archbishop John
police action against Aborigines
Pollak, James
Pompey (Aborigine)
Prout, Alfred
Prout, Sydney
Pumpkin (Aborigine)
Queensland
Queensland Cooperative Pastoral Co. Ltd
Quinlan, Will
Quinn, John
Quirk, Frances
Quirk, John
race meetings
Rae, George
Rajputana
Rasmore Station
rat plague
Ray (formerly Wathagurra) Station129,
Redford, Harry
Redgrave, Anne (nee Durack)
Redgrave, John
Redgrave, John Patrick
religion
Ridge family
Robbery Under Arms
Robertson, John
Robinson River
Rockhampton
Roma
Roper River
Rose, Edwin
Rosewood Station
Ruby Creek
Ruby Queen Goldmine
Russell, Jim
St Patrick’s College, Goulburn
Saunders, Phil
Scanlan, Bridget (nee Durack)
Scanlan, Delia
Scanlan, Jim
Scanlan, Mary, see Costello
Scanlan, Mary (nee O’Keefe)
Scanlan, Mick
Scanlan, Pat
Scanlan, Susan
Scariff (Ireland)
Scarr, Frank
Scrammy Jimmy (Aborigine)
Settlement Creek
Shadforth, Tudor
sheep/sheep farming
Sherringhara, Jack
sickness
sickness of cattle/horses
Skeahan, Dinny
Skeahan, Jack
Skeahan, Jeremiah
Skeahan, John
Skeahan, Mary (nee Durack)
Skeahan, Michael
Skeahan, Patsy
Slains Castle (vessel)
Slattery, Father Michael
Slieve Aughty Mountain (Ireland)
snakes
Soldier (Aborigine)
songs, see ballads/verse
squatters
Steinbeck, Adolph
Stock Act (1888)
Stock Diseases Act
Storier, Jack
Strzelecki Creek
Stuart, John McDouall
Sturt, Charles
Sultan (Aborigine)
Sydney
Sydney Gold Escort
Sydney Morning Herald
Tambo
Tanbar Station
Tattersall’s Club, Brisbane
Tea-tree Station
Tenham Station
Thargomindah
Thillung-gurra waterhole
Thompson River
Three Mile Hotel
Thylungra Station
Thylungra Station daybook/stock book
Tommy (Aborigine)
Travers, Jack
trees, marked
Tully, Annie Amy Forde
Tully, Francis
Tully, Frank
Tully, Mike
Tully, Pat
Tully, Sarah (nee Durack)
Turon River
Tyson, James
Uhr, D’Arcy
Ulysses (Aborigine)
Urquart, John
Valley (Aborigine)
Valley of Springs Station
Victoria River
Vindex Station
Volmer (vessel)
Vortigen (vessel)
Waddi Mundoai (Aborigine)
wages
Waker-di people
Walsh, John
Warroo Springs Station
water supply
Wathagurra Creek
Wathagurra Station, see Ray Station
Weldon, Edward
Welford Downs Station
Western Australia
Western Star, The (hotel)
Whichello Station
White, T.K.
Whynot property
Wickham Gorge
Wickham River
Wilcannia
Willie (Aborigine)
Windorah (formerly Stoney Point)
Wolf, Theodore
Wolfe, Robert
Wollondilly River
Wyndham
Yeeda Station
Notes
16: EYE WITNESS
1 Unless my uncle’s memory failed him here, this could no doubt only have been done by staging the horses as my own father often did later in Kimberley. Native boys would be sent ahead a day or two before to camp with the buggy changes at stages along the road.
32: PROSPERITY—AT A PRICE
1 Carlton Reach—site of the first Kimberley Agricultural Research Station—established by ‘Miguel’ Durack’s son Kimberley some fifty years later.
2 Jim Durack went prospecting to the Murchison goldfields is ’94 and roved the outback as miner and stockman until his untimely death fom beriberi while droving for Sidney Kidman around Camooweal in 1907.
35: RETURN TO IRELAND
1 Uncle Dermot who sent me this letter among others from Ireland explained that there were five sovereigns in the border of one handkerchief—a thought that meant a good deal to him in his student days.
Also by Mary Durack
Sons in the Saddle (a sequel to Kings in Grass Castles)
To Be Heirs Forever
Keep Him My Country
The Rock and the Sand
Patrick Durack, about 1880.
‘Great-grandmother Bridget’ (Mrs Michael Durack) with her granddaughter Mary Anne Bennet.
‘Great-grandmother Costello’ (Mrs Michael Costello).
Thylungra homestead, built of mud-brick by Patsy Durack in 1868. The first roof was thatched.
Outer buildings at Thylungra station.
The Durack boys, John (left) and Michael, on their arrival in Goulburn to attend St Patrick’s College.
Father Dunham, pioneer priest in Western Queensland.
John Costello (Grandmother’s brother), brother-in-law of Pa
tsy Durack and Queensland pioneer.
Tom Kilfoyle, member of both the exploratory expedition and the overland droving trek.
Sydney Emanuel, son of Solomon Emanuel of Goulburn and a member of Stumpy Michael’s pioneering expedition.
Big Johnnie Durack, son of Darby and a member of the overland party.
Patrick Durack (back, left) with his brothers, Stumpy Michael (back, right) and ‘Galway Jerry’ (front, right), and his cousin Long Michael.
Mustering cattle at Argyle Station.
Cattle drinking at the river.
Photographs by A. J. Campbell
Michael Joseph Durack (‘Long Michael’), third of Darby Durack’s eight sons.
Jerry Brice Durack, Darby Durack’s fifth son.
Argyle Station homestead
Ivanhoe Station homestead
Patsy Durack’s sons (left to right): Patrick, John, Jerry (later known as Dermot) and Michael.
Patrick Durack (‘Black Pat’), also known as ‘Mantineau Pat’ after the land he temporarily held.
Crossing a creek by buggy.
‘Old Pumpkin’, member of the Boontamurra tribe. Photographed on Argyle Station.
Mary Durack Davidson (Mrs James Davidson)
Bridget ‘Birdie’ Durack
Patsy Durack’s favourite sister, Sarah.
Anne Durack (Mrs John Redgrave)
Camels carting corrugated iron from Wyndham to outlying stations.
Camel team, East Kimberley, c. 1920.
Horse teams leaving Wyndham for outlying stations. The Wyndham Hotel is in the background. The Connor, Doherty and Durack store is on the right.
Grandfather Patsy towards the end of his life.
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