By all accounts, Jack Dracup was an abusive husband and a thoughtless father. When Muriel once served him salad—a new concept in Australia back then—he threw the bowl of food at the wall yelling, “Don’t bring me any bloody rabbit food!” He was a complete ass to her, and at a certain point she left him. This was a super courageous move at the time, since being an alcoholic drunken asshole was a man’s right, and no long-suffering woman had society’s support in challenging it.
