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Author Durack, Mary.

Title Pilgrimage : a journey through the life and writings of Mary Durack / edited by Patsy and Naomi Millett
Published Sydney : Bantam (Transworld), 2000

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Description xviii, 310 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm
Contents The Boab tree 1937 -- The letter 1934 -- To an Ord River Aborigine -- on his walkabout 1936 -- Jingle bells and didgeridoos 1964 (of a 1935 memory) -- Ivanhoe memory 1935 -- The abyss 1939 -- Out of the bush 1940 -- Pilgrimage 1939 -- Song of exile 1937 -- Old woman 1939 -- Boomadoo 1946 -- Uncle Henry's pearly gates 1952 -- Reef robber 1952 -- A word to keep 1952 -- Con's song 1952 -- You can't take it with you 1953 -- Wings 1954 -- The sign 1953 -- Lament to Galalan 1952 -- Kadaicha 1955 -- Dalgerie's song 1955 -- Promised land 1959 -- Synopsis 1958 -- The double track 1962 -- Johnny Walker-O 1972 -- Figures in landscape 1963 -- To KMD 1968 -- Master plan 1964 -- Lines to a dinosaur 1958 -- Storm bird 1964 -- Night at Argyle 1963 -- The Governor's ball 1976 -- Eliza 1972 -- Leave-talking 1947 -- Western Warbler 1966 -- Ben Hartigan 1967 -- To a crow that has nested in my Dalkeith garden 1968 -- The neighbours 1975 -- Voice of the Prince Regent River 1982 -- Barunga is dead 1985 -- Lament for the drowned country 1973 -- Nemesis 1949
Summary This is an unforgettable journey through the vibrant landscape and life of Mary Durack, from her early writings in the 1930s through to the mid-1980s. Though best known for two family histories that have become literary classics, Kings in grass castles and Sons in the saddle, Mary Durack's great talent extended to fiction, short stories, drama and verse
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references: pages 228-310
Subject Durack, Mary -- Bibliography.
Durack, Mary, 1913-1994 -- Bibliography.
Durack, Mary., 1913-1994
Durack, Mary.
Frontier and pioneer life -- Literary collections.
Frontier and pioneer life -- Australia.
Women authors, Australian -- Bibliography.
Women authors, Australian -- 20th century -- Bibliography.
Women authors, Australian -- 20th century -- Biography.
Women authors, Australian -- 20th century.
Women authors, Australian.
SUBJECT Australia -- Literary collections. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009116204
Genre/Form Bibliographies.
Literature.
Biographies.
Author Millett, Naomi.
Millett, Patsy.
LC no. 00341211
ISBN 1863252436
Other Titles Journey through the life and writings of Mary Durack
Journey through the life and writings of Mary Durack