The best saga of pastoral Australia ever published…hard to describe without superlatives…in a hundred years the book will still be a classic.‘ Meanjin. ’…far better than any novel; an incomparable record of a greart family and of a series of great actions.‘ The Bulletin When Patrick Durack left Western Ireland for Australia in 1853, he was to found a pioneering dynasty and build a cattle empire across the great stretches of Australia. With a profound sense of family history, his grand - daughter, Mary Durack reconstructed the Durack saga - a story of intrepid men and ground - breaking adventure. This sweeping tale of Australia and Australians remains a classic nearly fifty years on.