a distinguished figure with a trim vandyke beard, and the stamina to take part in
prospecting expeditions on horseback even in his eighties
My name is Michael Durack and I represent ‘Golden soil, wealth for toil’
because I was one of the people who founded the firm Connor, Doherty and Durack Ltd which,
in the early years of the twentieth century, controlled cattle properties totalling nearly
15,500 square kilometres on the Western Australian/Northern Territory border. In 1917 I
entered state parliament as the member for Kimberley in the Legislative Assembly.
1901-2001 Centenary of
Federation