In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries many millions of Irish
people left their homeland in search of a better life overseas.
This is the story of one emigrant, John Joseph "Jack" Griffin who,
in the year 1900, left his job as a shop assistant in Co. Kerry and
embarked on a two-month journey by sea to the other side of the
world. He settled in Western Australia and having worked as a
drover for a number of years finally became the owner of a 200,000
acre sheep station. In 1909 he married Mary Glass, an immigrant
from Northern Ireland. Following the untimely death of his wife he
enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force and fought in the
battlefields of France during World War I. He was wounded in action
in 1916 and returned to Western Australia where he lived until his
death in 1926. This book describes Jack's life in the context of
the historical events of the period.
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