Mary Durack

Mary Durack (1913-1994) grew up on the Argyle and Ivanhoe stations in the East Kimberleys in Western Australia and became a prolific writer. In her best-known book, Kings in Grass Castles, she details her grandfather's epic journey in the 1890s across Australia in order to establish pastoral stations in WA. Mary was honoured with The Order of the British Empire for her service to literature in 1977.

Mary Durack (1913-1994) grew up on the Argyle and Ivanhoe stations in the East Kimberleys in Western Australia and became a prolific writer. In her best-known book, Kings in Grass Castles, she details her grandfather's epic journey in the 1890s across Australia in order to establish pastoral stations in WA. Mary was honoured with The Order of the British Empire for her service to literature in 1977. See less