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On 31 July 1862 Durack married Mary Costello, only daughter of Michael Costello, a native of County Tipperary, and his wife Mary Tully, a native of County Galway. Patrick and Mary had eight children (two of whom died in infancy), including
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In 1885, he retired to Brisbane. Later that year he purchased gold-crushing machinery from Sydney and began mining on the Kimberley goldfields. In 1889 he learned that financial disaster had overtaken his Queensland interests. He died in
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in 1863. Drought conditions almost killed the men, but they continued around the country pegging claims to some 44,000 square kilometres (17,000 sq mi). The men established both Kyabra and
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in 1853. Two months after arriving in New South Wales, his father, Michael was killed accidentally. He settled his mother and siblings, and moved to Victoria, returning 18 months later with £1000.
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Goulburn provided insufficient outlets for Durack's energy, land hunger and organizing powers. Along with his brother Michael and brother-in-law
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Stations in 1868 with 100 cattle. By 1877 the Duracks had a herd of approximately 30,000 head of cattle.
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Durack and his brother Michael trekked across the north of the continent from Thylungra at
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is a 1959 novel based on his life and times by his granddaughter Dame
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His family were struggling tenant farmers from Magherareagh near
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in County Clare, Ireland, who moved from Ireland to
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Patsy Durack

Scarriff
County Clare
Fremantle, Western Australia
Michael Durack
Scarriff
New South Wales
Michael Durack
John Costello
South West Queensland
Thylungra
Coopers Creek
Queensland
Kimberley
Western Australia
Kununurra
Argyle Downs
Ivanhoe Station
Fremantle
Kings in Grass Castles
Mary Durack




"Durack, Patrick (1834–1898)"
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