1 00:00:11,609 --> 00:00:13,984 Hold still, Jeanie. 2 00:00:15,613 --> 00:00:17,293 What's wrong? 3 00:00:36,509 --> 00:00:38,759 - One, two, three, 4 00:00:38,970 --> 00:00:41,845 four, five, six, seven. 5 00:00:42,890 --> 00:00:45,410 - You must never lose your femininity, Jeanie. 6 00:00:45,434 --> 00:00:46,787 You're gonna be hundreds of miles 7 00:00:46,811 --> 00:00:48,080 from the nearest companionship 8 00:00:48,104 --> 00:00:50,874 and thousands from the nearest civilization 9 00:00:50,898 --> 00:00:53,127 that makes observation of the proprieties 10 00:00:53,151 --> 00:00:56,051 all that more important. 11 00:00:56,696 --> 00:00:57,798 Don't try to be a mate to him. 12 00:00:57,822 --> 00:01:01,051 Give it to the men up there. 13 00:01:01,075 --> 00:01:02,469 You're his wife. 14 00:01:02,493 --> 00:01:04,429 It'll be up to you to manage his household, 15 00:01:04,453 --> 00:01:08,684 supervise his servants, and grace his table. 16 00:01:08,708 --> 00:01:09,977 His position in the territory 17 00:01:10,001 --> 00:01:14,314 will depend very much on the standards you set. 18 00:01:14,338 --> 00:01:16,275 It's important to any husband 19 00:01:16,299 --> 00:01:19,528 and it will be important to you. 20 00:01:19,552 --> 00:01:21,232 - I love him. 21 00:01:22,096 --> 00:01:25,456 That's all that's important. 22 00:02:53,479 --> 00:02:55,129 - Hey, Mac. 23 00:02:55,564 --> 00:02:56,914 Hey, Mac! 24 00:03:08,953 --> 00:03:10,303 Hey, Mac. 25 00:03:13,958 --> 00:03:15,308 Hey, Mac. 26 00:03:15,668 --> 00:03:17,918 Mac, the new boss, 27 00:03:18,796 --> 00:03:20,941 he's gone and got himself married. 28 00:03:20,965 --> 00:03:22,776 - Hell, I reckon that's his problem. 29 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:25,300 There, get him down. 30 00:03:27,805 --> 00:03:31,201 - He's bringing her with him. 31 00:03:31,225 --> 00:03:32,875 - Who says? 32 00:03:34,520 --> 00:03:36,790 - Hey, what's going on? - Yeah boss, 33 00:03:36,814 --> 00:03:38,959 got himself married. 34 00:03:38,983 --> 00:03:41,420 - What's happening, Dandy? 35 00:03:41,444 --> 00:03:43,046 - Boss is bringing a woman with him. 36 00:03:43,070 --> 00:03:45,970 - Good, give us a break. 37 00:03:47,992 --> 00:03:48,844 - He's got a flaming hide. 38 00:03:48,868 --> 00:03:50,345 What's he gonna do up there? 39 00:03:50,369 --> 00:03:51,596 - She'll be sticking her nose in where it doesn't belong, 40 00:03:51,620 --> 00:03:53,974 that's what she's gonna be doing. 41 00:03:53,998 --> 00:03:56,601 - You can't bring a woman up here. 42 00:03:56,625 --> 00:03:58,687 - He manages us, he can do as he likes. 43 00:03:58,711 --> 00:04:00,981 - Well so can I, I'm quitting. 44 00:04:01,005 --> 00:04:02,524 - Hang on, hang on. 45 00:04:02,548 --> 00:04:03,817 - You put up with the heat and the flies; 46 00:04:03,841 --> 00:04:06,278 That's what I mean we can put up with a woman. 47 00:04:06,302 --> 00:04:08,488 - Ah bloody fool, why should we? 48 00:04:08,512 --> 00:04:09,656 - Where are you going? 49 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:10,991 - Gonna block her. 50 00:04:11,015 --> 00:04:12,117 - We've been doing all right all these years 51 00:04:12,141 --> 00:04:13,410 not having a woman messing up the place. 52 00:04:13,434 --> 00:04:15,704 - But she might be all right, some of them are. 53 00:04:15,728 --> 00:04:17,998 - Now what would you know about women, Dan”? 54 00:04:18,022 --> 00:04:20,334 - Well I reckon there's three sorts. 55 00:04:20,358 --> 00:04:22,002 There's the snorters, 56 00:04:22,026 --> 00:04:23,712 the one's that go shoving their noses in 57 00:04:23,736 --> 00:04:25,630 where they're not wanted and the little girls 58 00:04:25,654 --> 00:04:27,883 that go 'round acting all coy and smoking. 59 00:04:27,907 --> 00:04:30,302 Then there's ones that are all right. 60 00:04:30,326 --> 00:04:32,304 From what you can tell these days. 61 00:04:32,328 --> 00:04:37,128 Might be as rare as rocking horse manure. 62 00:04:38,876 --> 00:04:42,314 Hey Jimmy, they're gonna walkabout? 63 00:04:42,338 --> 00:04:48,698 - Damn bloody white folks, every time there's work on. 64 00:05:03,609 --> 00:05:04,809 - Happy? 65 00:05:05,152 --> 00:05:06,152 - Yes. 66 00:05:27,800 --> 00:05:28,777 - Will you write? 67 00:05:28,801 --> 00:05:29,778 - When I can. 68 00:05:29,802 --> 00:05:33,162 Not too sure about the mail. 69 00:05:34,598 --> 00:05:35,700 - Mr. Gunn, telegram. 70 00:05:35,724 --> 00:05:38,412 - I don't care, they're so much in love. 71 00:05:38,436 --> 00:05:40,372 - It was such a whirlwind romance. 72 00:05:40,396 --> 00:05:42,332 - Well love isn't everything. 73 00:05:42,356 --> 00:05:44,960 What if she would've fallen ill? 74 00:05:44,984 --> 00:05:47,796 - God knows how far the nearest natives are. 75 00:05:47,820 --> 00:05:50,215 Just imagine trying to raise children. 76 00:05:50,239 --> 00:05:52,551 - Bye bye, Auntie Jeanie. 77 00:05:52,575 --> 00:05:54,255 - Oh, Dotty. 78 00:05:57,830 --> 00:05:59,558 - I just think you're so lucky. 79 00:05:59,582 --> 00:06:01,707 Be happy, Jeanie. 80 00:06:23,606 --> 00:06:25,356 - My goodness. 81 00:06:38,704 --> 00:06:41,016 - She's not quite up to sample 82 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:44,520 according to telegram Sanday. 83 00:06:46,253 --> 00:06:49,983 The boys were expecting a real snorter. 84 00:06:50,007 --> 00:06:53,967 You know, 18 hams and all muscles. 85 00:06:58,557 --> 00:06:59,493 - Are you John MacLellan? 86 00:06:59,517 --> 00:07:01,161 - No no, I'm Ralph Williams. 87 00:07:01,185 --> 00:07:03,246 I run the Playford Hotel. 88 00:07:03,270 --> 00:07:04,164 - Ah, Aeneas Gunn. 89 00:07:04,188 --> 00:07:05,790 - How do you do? - My wife. 90 00:07:05,814 --> 00:07:07,709 - How do you do? 91 00:07:07,733 --> 00:07:09,044 Mac's fixing up the horses. 92 00:07:09,068 --> 00:07:12,908 He just got in from the calf run. 93 00:07:13,531 --> 00:07:17,491 Looks like we could get some rain? 94 00:07:21,539 --> 00:07:23,189 I told Mac, 95 00:07:24,917 --> 00:07:27,312 I said, "Too soon to panic," I said. 96 00:07:27,336 --> 00:07:30,899 She might turn out to be one of those hoodlums. 97 00:07:30,923 --> 00:07:34,319 The little ones are all right, generally speaking. 98 00:07:34,343 --> 00:07:36,363 My Mrs. is one of them. 99 00:07:36,387 --> 00:07:38,490 She came bush with me when I had nothing 100 00:07:38,514 --> 00:07:42,474 but a cork pot and a mosquito net. 101 00:07:46,063 --> 00:07:47,499 Quiet, isn't it? 102 00:07:47,523 --> 00:07:52,087 Something seems to have scared off all the regulars. 103 00:07:52,111 --> 00:07:55,840 You know, I reckon mine's even littler than yours. 104 00:07:55,864 --> 00:07:59,464 Straight up and down, that is. 105 00:08:00,786 --> 00:08:03,515 Ah, but yours would knock spot off mine. 106 00:08:03,539 --> 00:08:05,789 Sideways, that is. 107 00:08:08,586 --> 00:08:11,773 Well, make yourselves at home. 108 00:08:11,797 --> 00:08:15,068 I'll go and hunt up Mac for you. 109 00:08:15,092 --> 00:08:17,529 Hey boy, you go fetch a cup of tea. 110 00:08:17,553 --> 00:08:19,803 Long little missy? 111 00:08:20,764 --> 00:08:23,243 - I think you might just have been christened. 112 00:08:23,267 --> 00:08:24,703 Do you mind being called Little Mrs? 113 00:08:24,727 --> 00:08:26,727 - I'm delighted. 114 00:08:26,770 --> 00:08:28,707 'Specially if I knock spots off her sideways. 115 00:08:28,731 --> 00:08:31,631 Jeanie, I'm proud of you 116 00:08:36,113 --> 00:08:41,033 and I'm very grateful that you married me. 117 00:08:45,414 --> 00:08:46,975 No good place for a woman out there. 118 00:08:46,999 --> 00:08:48,143 I tried to tell him that. 119 00:08:48,167 --> 00:08:49,352 I wish you'd cool down a bit. 120 00:08:49,376 --> 00:08:50,520 Nobody wants her out there. 121 00:08:50,544 --> 00:08:52,355 Well all right, she can hear you. 122 00:08:52,379 --> 00:08:53,398 - I don't care if she can hear me. 123 00:08:53,422 --> 00:08:54,422 - Mac. 124 00:08:54,673 --> 00:08:55,525 - She ought to know she's not wanted out there. 125 00:08:55,549 --> 00:08:56,401 - Mac! 126 00:08:56,425 --> 00:08:57,402 - I'll be telling her, too. 127 00:08:57,426 --> 00:08:59,946 - Well they must know that. 128 00:08:59,970 --> 00:09:01,615 - What will I do? 129 00:09:01,639 --> 00:09:03,533 - Nothing, just be yourself. 130 00:09:03,557 --> 00:09:05,577 To prove himself. 131 00:09:05,601 --> 00:09:06,661 I told the men I'd block her 132 00:09:06,685 --> 00:09:08,163 and that's what I'm here to do. 133 00:09:08,187 --> 00:09:10,123 She seems a very nice little woman to me, 134 00:09:10,147 --> 00:09:11,625 just a little thing. 135 00:09:11,649 --> 00:09:13,168 - What sort of man would bring a woman up here in the rain? 136 00:09:13,192 --> 00:09:14,192 Oi. 137 00:09:17,154 --> 00:09:19,424 Yeah, you got my telegram? 138 00:09:19,448 --> 00:09:22,928 - Both of them, you got mine. 139 00:09:29,625 --> 00:09:30,560 - All right, I'll get you out there 140 00:09:30,584 --> 00:09:33,944 and I'll see you're settled. 141 00:09:36,006 --> 00:09:36,983 - I thought you were staying on. 142 00:09:37,007 --> 00:09:37,984 - No. 143 00:09:38,008 --> 00:09:39,944 No, I'll be leaving. 144 00:09:39,968 --> 00:09:41,168 - I see. 145 00:09:41,804 --> 00:09:44,704 Well, whatever you like. 146 00:09:47,976 --> 00:09:49,663 - Now look, I reckon I ought to warn you, 147 00:09:49,687 --> 00:09:51,456 that house is pretty rough. 148 00:09:51,480 --> 00:09:53,041 If I were you, I'd be leaving her in Darwin 149 00:09:53,065 --> 00:09:54,459 'til you can get fixed up a bit. 150 00:09:54,483 --> 00:09:56,044 - She doesn't know anyone in Darwin. 151 00:09:56,068 --> 00:09:57,629 - Then Melbourne. - We just spent a month 152 00:09:57,653 --> 00:09:59,589 getting here from Melbourne. 153 00:09:59,613 --> 00:10:01,341 - Now look the fact is it's gonna be difficult 154 00:10:01,365 --> 00:10:05,011 for her out there and bloody awkward for the men. 155 00:10:05,035 --> 00:10:10,075 And I reckon she ought to be told about it. 156 00:10:16,755 --> 00:10:20,475 - How do you do, Mr. MacLellan? 157 00:10:32,855 --> 00:10:35,480 - Quite well, thanks. 158 00:10:46,660 --> 00:10:49,055 Now we gotta get across that Ferguson before it floods. 159 00:10:49,079 --> 00:10:50,279 - Right. 160 00:10:55,753 --> 00:10:57,105 - Violent, isn't it? 161 00:10:57,129 --> 00:10:59,482 - Nothing to worry about, Mrs. 162 00:10:59,506 --> 00:11:01,025 Bit of a squall. 163 00:11:01,049 --> 00:11:02,944 Out here sometimes we have six storms 164 00:11:02,968 --> 00:11:05,530 like this all at once. 165 00:11:05,554 --> 00:11:06,781 If you're gonna be weather banned, 166 00:11:06,805 --> 00:11:09,534 you might as well have something to look at. 167 00:11:09,558 --> 00:11:12,036 - Who's weather banned? 168 00:11:12,060 --> 00:11:13,955 You pack what you're gonna need in that. 169 00:11:13,979 --> 00:11:17,250 - Oh thank you, I've packed my traveling things. 170 00:11:17,274 --> 00:11:18,543 - Not just for traveling. 171 00:11:18,567 --> 00:11:19,502 You sort how much you're gonna need 172 00:11:19,526 --> 00:11:20,879 until the wagon's coming. 173 00:11:20,903 --> 00:11:22,672 - Oh, when will that be? 174 00:11:22,696 --> 00:11:23,965 - After the wetting. 175 00:11:23,989 --> 00:11:25,669 July, August. 176 00:11:32,456 --> 00:11:33,975 Hey look don't you worry about it, Mrs. 177 00:11:33,999 --> 00:11:35,977 Couple of change of everything'll be stacks, 178 00:11:36,001 --> 00:11:37,687 just save it for the station. 179 00:11:37,711 --> 00:11:40,586 Plenty amount of water. 180 00:12:00,108 --> 00:12:02,295 Do we have to go so fast? 181 00:12:02,319 --> 00:12:03,463 Well if we don't get across 182 00:12:03,487 --> 00:12:07,447 that Ferguson now, we'll be stuck. 183 00:12:42,150 --> 00:12:43,795 - Yes, very exciting. 184 00:12:43,819 --> 00:12:45,171 Could we slow down now? 185 00:12:45,195 --> 00:12:46,506 - Oh not now. 186 00:12:46,530 --> 00:12:47,507 There's just a cullen, just a bit of a creek. 187 00:12:47,531 --> 00:12:50,031 Ferguson's up ahead. 188 00:13:08,552 --> 00:13:09,552 Damn. 189 00:13:11,013 --> 00:13:13,157 Think she'd be up a couple hours yet. 190 00:13:13,181 --> 00:13:15,618 - Do we have to go back then? 191 00:13:15,642 --> 00:13:16,661 - No we can't. 192 00:13:16,685 --> 00:13:17,829 The cullen will be up by now. 193 00:13:17,853 --> 00:13:19,789 We're stuck between the two of them. 194 00:13:19,813 --> 00:13:22,083 Well as all your weeks start next Sunday, 195 00:13:22,107 --> 00:13:23,982 plenty of time. 196 00:13:28,697 --> 00:13:29,924 - What's this for? 197 00:13:29,948 --> 00:13:30,998 - That? 198 00:13:31,199 --> 00:13:32,218 Well that's a flying fox sorta thing. 199 00:13:32,242 --> 00:13:34,178 We use it to get the mail across 200 00:13:34,202 --> 00:13:37,181 or any valuables and we don't want to... 201 00:13:37,205 --> 00:13:39,580 Hey, wait a minute. 202 00:13:40,459 --> 00:13:44,179 Now remember, you just hang on. 203 00:13:44,212 --> 00:13:46,024 No matter what happens, don't panic. 204 00:13:46,048 --> 00:13:51,328 Just hang on like Gun Dit, could you do that? 205 00:14:03,482 --> 00:14:05,919 - Mac, the wire's sagging. 206 00:14:05,943 --> 00:14:08,318 - Hang on, hang on! 207 00:14:09,071 --> 00:14:10,751 Don't panic. 208 00:14:11,239 --> 00:14:12,717 Look, you haul her in. 209 00:14:12,741 --> 00:14:15,491 I'll tighten the wire. 210 00:14:29,341 --> 00:14:32,070 - Great Scott, man, what are you doing"? 211 00:14:32,094 --> 00:14:34,469 - Hang on, hang on! 212 00:14:52,739 --> 00:14:54,634 - Hold on, Jeanie. 213 00:14:54,658 --> 00:14:57,158 You're nearly there. 214 00:15:05,669 --> 00:15:09,524 - Sorry about the dunking, Mrs. Gunn. 215 00:15:09,548 --> 00:15:15,780 - It's a wonder you didn't mention it in your telegrams. 216 00:15:15,804 --> 00:15:19,164 - Maybe she'll be all right. 217 00:15:27,065 --> 00:15:28,960 - How do you manage to follow the track? 218 00:15:28,984 --> 00:15:29,961 - Track?? 219 00:15:29,985 --> 00:15:31,212 This isn't on a track, Mrs. 220 00:15:31,236 --> 00:15:33,006 This is the main transcontinental route. 221 00:15:33,030 --> 00:15:34,674 And the only. 222 00:15:34,698 --> 00:15:37,343 We get a lot of traffic here sometimes. 223 00:15:37,367 --> 00:15:38,302 Bloke ought to open up a pub, 224 00:15:38,326 --> 00:15:39,512 that's what a bloke ought to do. 225 00:15:39,536 --> 00:15:43,376 Make a fortune off the travelers. 226 00:15:43,582 --> 00:15:44,767 What do you reckon, Jacko, 227 00:15:44,791 --> 00:15:46,227 get a bit of traffic through here? 228 00:15:46,251 --> 00:15:47,937 - Pickaninny came through here yesterday, boss. 229 00:15:47,961 --> 00:15:49,313 - Hear that? 230 00:15:49,337 --> 00:15:54,068 Only yesterday, a pickaninny come through here. 231 00:15:54,092 --> 00:15:56,821 I always thought the outback could be barren. 232 00:15:56,845 --> 00:16:00,685 Never expected it to be so green. 233 00:16:51,316 --> 00:16:52,316 Hey. 234 00:16:53,652 --> 00:16:56,214 - Come on Jimmy, don't let her get away. 235 00:16:56,238 --> 00:16:57,438 Come on. 236 00:17:00,492 --> 00:17:02,887 Come on, jolly little fella. 237 00:17:02,911 --> 00:17:05,056 That's the way, that's the way. 238 00:17:05,080 --> 00:17:06,140 You want him, boss? 239 00:17:06,164 --> 00:17:07,100 You grab him. 240 00:17:07,124 --> 00:17:08,392 - I'm not bloody playing, mate. 241 00:17:08,416 --> 00:17:13,216 I can't get my hands dirty, I'm a doctor. 242 00:17:16,925 --> 00:17:18,605 - Hey, boss. 243 00:17:19,469 --> 00:17:21,948 - Well I'll be buggered. 244 00:17:21,972 --> 00:17:24,472 She really did come. 245 00:17:27,352 --> 00:17:29,038 Bet you didn't expect to see us 246 00:17:29,062 --> 00:17:30,498 this side of next week. 247 00:17:30,522 --> 00:17:34,418 Thought you might have better luck with the Ferguson? 248 00:17:34,442 --> 00:17:38,798 Feels like I got nothing to do with it. 249 00:17:38,822 --> 00:17:42,662 She come through like a trooper. 250 00:17:51,960 --> 00:17:54,814 - How do you feel, tired? 251 00:17:54,838 --> 00:17:56,838 - Just a little. 252 00:17:56,965 --> 00:18:01,045 Looking forward to a nice, hot tub. 253 00:18:01,678 --> 00:18:06,838 Not now, I mean when I get to the homestead. 254 00:18:47,182 --> 00:18:48,117 - What is it? 255 00:18:48,141 --> 00:18:49,744 - Scrap pheasant. 256 00:18:49,768 --> 00:18:53,728 There are two of them now, listen. 257 00:18:54,022 --> 00:18:56,709 - Place is to be stiff with them. 258 00:18:56,733 --> 00:18:59,003 You don't hear many anymore. 259 00:18:59,027 --> 00:19:05,267 Won't be enough bush to bury them in and soon enough. 260 00:19:26,096 --> 00:19:27,531 - He's a bit confused. 261 00:19:27,555 --> 00:19:31,244 Probably thinks there's a strange dog in his territory. 262 00:19:31,268 --> 00:19:32,453 It's amazing. 263 00:19:32,477 --> 00:19:34,038 - Well you soon get the hang of it. 264 00:19:34,062 --> 00:19:35,206 - She'll need a deal of educating 265 00:19:35,230 --> 00:19:37,792 before we let her out in the bush alone. 266 00:19:37,816 --> 00:19:39,043 - She'll learn. 267 00:19:39,067 --> 00:19:41,921 - Well first up, we ought to be teaching her 268 00:19:41,945 --> 00:19:44,924 the signs of water at hand, in case she gets lost. 269 00:19:44,948 --> 00:19:48,010 You don't last long in this country without a drink. 270 00:19:48,034 --> 00:19:52,954 - Couldn't I just catch a cow and milk it? 271 00:19:55,500 --> 00:19:59,605 You need a deal of educating all right. 272 00:19:59,629 --> 00:20:01,107 - She'd have a marathon by the time 273 00:20:01,131 --> 00:20:03,506 she'd run one down. 274 00:20:19,107 --> 00:20:24,147 - Let's see if we can make some more frogs. 275 00:20:59,314 --> 00:21:03,034 Bit more of them out there now? 276 00:21:36,059 --> 00:21:39,779 - The magic of the Never Never. 277 00:21:41,689 --> 00:21:43,814 - It's beautiful. 278 00:21:46,069 --> 00:21:48,714 - Yeah, once it gets it's hooks in you, 279 00:21:48,738 --> 00:21:52,098 you'll never never leave it. 280 00:21:55,370 --> 00:22:00,410 We'll soon have you educated up to it, Mrs. 281 00:22:38,121 --> 00:22:39,801 - Oi, Dandy. 282 00:22:41,458 --> 00:22:43,138 Side saddle. 283 00:22:43,751 --> 00:22:44,801 - Yeah, 284 00:22:48,256 --> 00:22:49,733 she's a southerner. 285 00:22:49,757 --> 00:22:52,657 - Yeah, but side saddle? 286 00:23:05,607 --> 00:23:09,807 - Got plenty of stories to tell you. 287 00:23:16,993 --> 00:23:18,993 - Oi g'day, Mac. 288 00:23:20,163 --> 00:23:23,017 This here is the new boss, Aeneas Gunn. 289 00:23:23,041 --> 00:23:24,268 - Afternoon, Mr. Gunn. 290 00:23:24,292 --> 00:23:26,812 - Brian, call him the Dandy. 291 00:23:26,836 --> 00:23:32,526 The quiet fellow over the back there, that's Jack McClugh. 292 00:23:32,550 --> 00:23:36,270 This is the new boss' new boss. 293 00:23:39,015 --> 00:23:41,160 - Pleased to meet you, Mrs. Gunn. 294 00:23:41,184 --> 00:23:42,934 How do you do? 295 00:24:33,069 --> 00:24:36,789 - I knew this'd be a bit rough. 296 00:24:38,324 --> 00:24:39,593 But Aeneas told me there was a, 297 00:24:39,617 --> 00:24:41,220 what do they call it? 298 00:24:41,244 --> 00:24:43,055 Commodious station homestead on the property. 299 00:24:43,079 --> 00:24:47,159 I'd never brought you if I'd known. 300 00:24:48,334 --> 00:24:51,694 - It's not that bad, really. 301 00:24:55,383 --> 00:24:58,503 I'm glad they mislead you. 302 00:24:58,886 --> 00:25:02,866 We'll clean it up a bit, paper the walls, 303 00:25:02,890 --> 00:25:05,790 put some new windows in. 304 00:25:18,656 --> 00:25:19,856 - Doors. 305 00:25:28,791 --> 00:25:31,520 - Honestly, I love it. 306 00:25:31,544 --> 00:25:32,980 If I'd come all the way from Melbourne 307 00:25:33,004 --> 00:25:34,898 to another great cottage and a neat little garden, 308 00:25:34,922 --> 00:25:38,110 there'd be no point, would there? 309 00:25:38,134 --> 00:25:39,987 - I thought there'd be a home for us. 310 00:25:40,011 --> 00:25:41,530 - There will be. 311 00:25:41,554 --> 00:25:43,204 You'll see. 312 00:25:50,855 --> 00:25:53,375 - No bathroom, I'm afraid. 313 00:25:53,399 --> 00:25:55,079 No bathroom. 314 00:25:55,485 --> 00:25:57,588 - No kitchen either. 315 00:25:57,612 --> 00:25:59,590 - Least there's something to be said for the place. 316 00:25:59,614 --> 00:26:01,550 That's the kitchen over there. 317 00:26:01,574 --> 00:26:05,774 There's a Chinese cook on the stove. 318 00:26:07,330 --> 00:26:10,768 - I thought I'd be doing the cooking for you. 319 00:26:10,792 --> 00:26:11,935 - The men wouldn't think much of the new manager 320 00:26:11,959 --> 00:26:16,879 if he had his wife doing a Chinaman's job. 321 00:26:22,345 --> 00:26:26,545 - They're very bizarre, aren't they? 322 00:26:27,809 --> 00:26:30,704 - Well they're just shy, that's all. 323 00:26:30,728 --> 00:26:36,669 I hardly see a white woman rom one year to the next. 324 00:26:36,693 --> 00:26:39,797 - Nobody's ever been shy of me. 325 00:26:39,821 --> 00:26:42,841 I've always been the wallflower, 326 00:26:42,865 --> 00:26:44,740 the Plain Jane. 327 00:26:45,368 --> 00:26:48,488 - You're not a Plain Jane. 328 00:26:50,206 --> 00:26:51,433 - Sometimes I think you must've been 329 00:26:51,457 --> 00:26:54,436 quite a lady's man before you met me. 330 00:26:54,460 --> 00:26:55,187 - Me? 331 00:26:55,211 --> 00:26:56,261 Hardly. 332 00:26:56,629 --> 00:26:58,816 I learned everything from them. 333 00:26:58,840 --> 00:27:01,340 - Of course you are. 334 00:27:02,635 --> 00:27:08,242 - Jeanie, I don't know much about being married. 335 00:27:08,266 --> 00:27:13,306 Well, I'd be like them if I hadn't met you. 336 00:28:45,780 --> 00:28:46,980 Back up. 337 00:29:58,936 --> 00:30:01,436 - In a bit of a row. 338 00:30:02,899 --> 00:30:05,274 Need a bit of work. 339 00:30:39,602 --> 00:30:41,852 - That's it, easy. 340 00:30:42,605 --> 00:30:44,355 Nice and easy. 341 00:30:54,241 --> 00:30:56,470 I know you're all wondering whether things are gonna change. 342 00:30:56,494 --> 00:30:59,614 What the new boss is like. 343 00:30:59,997 --> 00:31:02,684 Well I don't know what sort of boss I am, 344 00:31:02,708 --> 00:31:03,936 but I've heard the crew here on the Elsey 345 00:31:03,960 --> 00:31:06,897 is as good as you can find anywhere. 346 00:31:06,921 --> 00:31:11,601 I'm looking forward to working with you. 347 00:31:16,347 --> 00:31:19,451 - We heard you were some sort of librarian. 348 00:31:19,475 --> 00:31:21,975 That's right, I was. 349 00:31:22,728 --> 00:31:23,728 - Oh. 350 00:31:23,938 --> 00:31:26,333 - Before that, I was up here for a few years. 351 00:31:26,357 --> 00:31:29,169 Over in the Daily River country mostly, 352 00:31:29,193 --> 00:31:31,338 exploring, fishing. 353 00:31:31,362 --> 00:31:33,882 Did a bit of droving. 354 00:31:33,906 --> 00:31:36,468 Not managing any cattle stations? 355 00:31:36,492 --> 00:31:38,929 - No, not managing any cattle stations. 356 00:31:38,953 --> 00:31:42,673 But I'd like you to gimme a go. 357 00:31:48,671 --> 00:31:52,871 - I'll be leaving after the wetting. 358 00:31:55,302 --> 00:31:56,982 It's not you. 359 00:31:59,682 --> 00:32:03,203 - Mrs. Gunn won't make any difference to things here. 360 00:32:03,227 --> 00:32:05,497 - Nothing personal. 361 00:32:05,521 --> 00:32:09,361 What have you got against women? 362 00:32:11,318 --> 00:32:12,818 - Nothing. 363 00:32:14,030 --> 00:32:14,965 - Mrs. Gunn won't be involved 364 00:32:14,989 --> 00:32:17,676 in the running of the Elsey. 365 00:32:17,700 --> 00:32:24,300 She won't be interfering with you men in any way at all. 366 00:33:09,293 --> 00:33:10,270 Morning, Jeanie. 367 00:33:10,294 --> 00:33:11,104 - You should've woken me. 368 00:33:11,128 --> 00:33:13,253 - You were tired. 369 00:33:15,216 --> 00:33:17,611 This is your domestic staff. 370 00:33:17,635 --> 00:33:18,835 There's, 371 00:33:19,470 --> 00:33:21,448 what's your name again? 372 00:33:21,472 --> 00:33:23,222 - Rosie, boss. 373 00:33:23,265 --> 00:33:24,242 - This is Rosie 374 00:33:24,266 --> 00:33:26,516 and this is Judty. 375 00:33:27,061 --> 00:33:28,288 No, this is not Judty. 376 00:33:28,312 --> 00:33:31,291 This is Judty and this is Nellie. 377 00:33:31,315 --> 00:33:32,751 This is the new Mrs. 378 00:33:32,775 --> 00:33:39,375 She's cranky as blazers, so you better do what she says. 379 00:33:39,406 --> 00:33:40,300 They'll clean up the house for you, 380 00:33:40,324 --> 00:33:41,843 wash, that sort of thing. 381 00:33:41,867 --> 00:33:44,387 Keep an eye on them, otherwise they'll clear out. 382 00:33:44,411 --> 00:33:46,890 The boys over there at the wood heap will do the heavy work 383 00:33:46,914 --> 00:33:47,891 and there's supposed to be a garden 384 00:33:47,915 --> 00:33:49,101 of some sort around there. 385 00:33:49,125 --> 00:33:51,061 That's their job too, so keep them at it. 386 00:33:51,085 --> 00:33:52,896 - I'll be all right, don't worry about me. 387 00:33:52,920 --> 00:33:54,856 I'll just unpack and clean up. 388 00:33:54,880 --> 00:33:57,275 - These three' clean up, you just tell them what to do. 389 00:33:57,299 --> 00:33:58,610 We'll be home before dark. 390 00:33:58,634 --> 00:33:59,402 - I'll be all right. 391 00:33:59,426 --> 00:34:01,426 - See you later. 392 00:34:04,431 --> 00:34:08,271 - Don't go milking any cows, Mrs. 393 00:34:39,967 --> 00:34:41,017 - Well, 394 00:34:43,304 --> 00:34:45,554 it's Judty and Ro- 395 00:34:45,848 --> 00:34:46,825 - Rosie, Mrs. 396 00:34:46,849 --> 00:34:48,118 - Rosie, of course. 397 00:34:48,142 --> 00:34:50,267 Judty and Nellie. 398 00:34:50,853 --> 00:34:53,228 Well I'm Mrs. Gunn. 399 00:34:53,564 --> 00:34:58,086 I suppose be may as well get started on the veranda. 400 00:34:58,110 --> 00:35:02,310 Do you know where the mops are kept? 401 00:35:06,577 --> 00:35:07,577 Mops? 402 00:35:09,413 --> 00:35:10,413 - Mop? 403 00:35:18,130 --> 00:35:21,026 - Which of you is in charge? 404 00:35:21,050 --> 00:35:22,800 The head-maid? 405 00:35:28,015 --> 00:35:31,015 You three, which is boss? 406 00:35:32,436 --> 00:35:34,686 - Rosie boss, Mrs. 407 00:35:34,980 --> 00:35:38,877 Scrub them, scrape them, wash them, rub them out, boss. 408 00:35:38,901 --> 00:35:41,171 That's very impressive, Rosie. 409 00:35:41,195 --> 00:35:44,257 We'll make you head of the household staff. 410 00:35:44,281 --> 00:35:47,177 Where are the mops kept? 411 00:35:47,201 --> 00:35:48,251 - Mops? 412 00:35:50,079 --> 00:35:53,892 - Oh never mind, use the rags in the, 413 00:35:53,916 --> 00:35:57,729 you scrub them, wash them veranda. 414 00:35:57,753 --> 00:35:59,433 - Right, Mrs. 415 00:36:00,005 --> 00:36:01,005 - Yes. 416 00:36:10,557 --> 00:36:11,557 Hello. 417 00:36:18,565 --> 00:36:21,190 Who do you belong to? 418 00:36:21,777 --> 00:36:22,629 What's your name? 419 00:36:22,653 --> 00:36:24,528 - Me Bett Bett. 420 00:36:24,571 --> 00:36:26,251 - Bett Bett. 421 00:36:27,574 --> 00:36:30,178 Would you like some breakfast? 422 00:36:30,202 --> 00:36:31,882 Some tucker? 423 00:36:32,121 --> 00:36:33,121 - Yes. 424 00:36:34,790 --> 00:36:36,665 - Come on then. 425 00:36:59,982 --> 00:37:02,732 Good morning, Sam Lee. 426 00:37:03,610 --> 00:37:05,046 Sorry I missed breakfast. 427 00:37:05,070 --> 00:37:07,070 Breakfast, Miss. 428 00:37:08,115 --> 00:37:10,510 - Yes finished, I know. 429 00:37:10,534 --> 00:37:12,512 Oh could you save those feathers for me? 430 00:37:12,536 --> 00:37:13,972 I'll boil them and make some pillows. 431 00:37:13,996 --> 00:37:16,975 If you're killing any more birds, I'd be grateful for them. 432 00:37:16,999 --> 00:37:18,351 Well I'll just scramble some eggs. 433 00:37:18,375 --> 00:37:20,250 - Sam Lee cook. 434 00:37:21,003 --> 00:37:22,689 - Yes, I know. 435 00:37:22,713 --> 00:37:24,274 But you're busy, so I can do it. 436 00:37:24,298 --> 00:37:25,817 - Sam Lee cook. 437 00:37:25,841 --> 00:37:28,236 - Well then I'll have some scrambled eggs please 438 00:37:28,260 --> 00:37:30,989 and a glass of milk and the same for Bett Bett. 439 00:37:31,013 --> 00:37:33,616 - Sam Lee cook for men, cook for Miss, 440 00:37:33,640 --> 00:37:36,515 no cook for damn black. 441 00:37:39,021 --> 00:37:41,833 - Either you will cook us scrambled eggs or I will. 442 00:37:41,857 --> 00:37:43,207 - I cook. 443 00:37:43,484 --> 00:37:45,164 - Then cook. 444 00:37:45,694 --> 00:37:49,894 - Cook in kitchen, eat at the house. 445 00:37:50,032 --> 00:37:51,259 - Then we will eat at the house. 446 00:37:51,283 --> 00:37:53,658 Thank you, Sam Lee. 447 00:38:00,751 --> 00:38:02,876 Mate, steady now. 448 00:38:11,178 --> 00:38:12,906 - Morning, Jack. 449 00:38:12,930 --> 00:38:14,805 - Morning, Mrs. 450 00:38:15,557 --> 00:38:17,207 Steady now. 451 00:38:19,353 --> 00:38:21,414 What are you doing? 452 00:38:21,438 --> 00:38:22,938 - Bagging. 453 00:38:23,607 --> 00:38:24,417 Be steady mate. 454 00:38:24,441 --> 00:38:25,502 - What's it do? 455 00:38:25,526 --> 00:38:26,878 Steady, mate. 456 00:38:26,902 --> 00:38:30,622 Quietens him, get around there. 457 00:38:31,532 --> 00:38:34,677 - Where did you learn about horses, Jack? 458 00:38:34,701 --> 00:38:37,389 - You don't learn about horses, Mrs. 459 00:38:37,413 --> 00:38:38,723 You either know them or you don't. 460 00:38:38,747 --> 00:38:40,308 Stand up, mate. 461 00:38:40,332 --> 00:38:42,435 Watch your bloody self. 462 00:38:42,459 --> 00:38:44,334 Watch it, mate. 463 00:38:44,461 --> 00:38:45,563 Back, get back. 464 00:38:45,587 --> 00:38:48,733 - Seems to make him nervous. 465 00:38:48,757 --> 00:38:50,193 - Begging your pardon Mrs, 466 00:38:50,217 --> 00:38:51,903 but it's you that's making him nervous. 467 00:38:51,927 --> 00:38:52,927 Move. 468 00:38:53,929 --> 00:38:57,200 He aingt never seen a woman before. 469 00:38:57,224 --> 00:38:58,224 - Oh. 470 00:38:59,393 --> 00:39:00,893 I'm sorry. 471 00:39:04,606 --> 00:39:07,356 - Come on, move, move. 472 00:39:38,849 --> 00:39:40,049 - Hello. 473 00:39:43,020 --> 00:39:44,789 Hello, I'm Mrs. Gunn. 474 00:39:44,813 --> 00:39:46,958 I believe you men work in the garden. 475 00:39:46,982 --> 00:39:49,127 - No, we're gonna chop the wood, Mrs. 476 00:39:49,151 --> 00:39:51,129 - Well when you finish chopping the wood. 477 00:39:51,153 --> 00:39:53,798 - We gotta cut the wood. 478 00:39:53,822 --> 00:39:55,467 - Well when you finish with the wood, I understand you. 479 00:39:55,491 --> 00:39:58,366 You work in the garden? 480 00:39:58,827 --> 00:40:00,177 - No Mrs. 481 00:40:02,039 --> 00:40:04,225 - Oh, where is he? 482 00:40:04,249 --> 00:40:07,520 - I saw him go, sent him in the place with the boys. 483 00:40:07,544 --> 00:40:09,147 - Where's that? 484 00:40:09,171 --> 00:40:13,401 - Go on up on business with all the boys. 485 00:40:13,425 --> 00:40:16,785 - It's the older place, Mrs. 486 00:40:17,638 --> 00:40:19,318 - Oh, I see. 487 00:40:35,322 --> 00:40:36,633 - Well I'll be off then. 488 00:40:36,657 --> 00:40:37,657 - Off? 489 00:40:37,908 --> 00:40:39,886 - I hope things turn out all right. 490 00:40:39,910 --> 00:40:42,805 Well I'm finished here now. 491 00:40:42,829 --> 00:40:45,350 I'm afraid the Elsey's your husband's problem. 492 00:40:45,374 --> 00:40:47,054 - Oh, I see. 493 00:40:47,668 --> 00:40:49,479 - Aingt been enough for cattle stations to last me a while. 494 00:40:49,503 --> 00:40:50,897 Taking up contract carrier. 495 00:40:50,921 --> 00:40:53,316 Well I'll be seeing you around July with the wagons. 496 00:40:53,340 --> 00:40:55,026 "- Oh will you be bringin" my bags in? 497 00:40:55,050 --> 00:40:57,050 - All six cases. 498 00:40:59,846 --> 00:41:01,449 Best of luck to you, Mrs. 499 00:41:01,473 --> 00:41:04,098 - Thank you, goodbye. 500 00:41:06,061 --> 00:41:07,038 - See you, Mac. 501 00:41:07,062 --> 00:41:08,112 - Jack. 502 00:41:20,867 --> 00:41:22,220 - Mr. MacLellan? 503 00:41:22,244 --> 00:41:23,744 Mrs. Gunn? 504 00:41:24,246 --> 00:41:25,723 If you see any Chinese cooks, 505 00:41:25,747 --> 00:41:31,938 you could tell them there's a job here if they wanted. 506 00:41:31,962 --> 00:41:33,642 I'll do that. 507 00:41:34,256 --> 00:41:37,376 I knew you'd be all right. 508 00:42:10,584 --> 00:42:12,834 - Enjoy your trip? 509 00:42:24,139 --> 00:42:26,826 - Gonna hurt yourself. 510 00:42:26,850 --> 00:42:28,725 He's all right. 511 00:42:29,770 --> 00:42:32,999 - Rest him, I'll get you another one. 512 00:42:33,023 --> 00:42:35,023 - You all right? 513 00:42:36,193 --> 00:42:37,243 - Yeah. 514 00:42:38,445 --> 00:42:40,820 It's gonna be okay. 515 00:42:59,341 --> 00:43:00,341 - Hey! 516 00:43:00,592 --> 00:43:01,819 Looks like the blacks are getting the Mrs 517 00:43:01,843 --> 00:43:03,968 working for them. 518 00:43:04,346 --> 00:43:06,157 - Yeah they don't go walkabout about on you, 519 00:43:06,181 --> 00:43:07,931 did they, Mrs? 520 00:43:08,475 --> 00:43:10,328 - They just vanished. 521 00:43:10,352 --> 00:43:11,829 - Yeah, they're pretty good at the disappearing trick 522 00:43:11,853 --> 00:43:13,623 when there's work on. 523 00:43:13,647 --> 00:43:15,500 We better do something about it for you? 524 00:43:15,524 --> 00:43:18,336 - Oh it doesn't matter, I'm happy to do it myself. 525 00:43:18,360 --> 00:43:22,080 - That's not the point, Jeanie. 526 00:43:55,480 --> 00:43:57,480 Get in here you! 527 00:44:06,908 --> 00:44:09,033 - Hey Goggle Eye. 528 00:44:24,885 --> 00:44:29,282 We give you fellas flour, sugar, tobacco. 529 00:44:29,306 --> 00:44:31,306 You fellas work. 530 00:44:35,145 --> 00:44:41,145 You mob working garden, work in house, work cattle? 531 00:44:41,610 --> 00:44:44,110 No work, no rations. 532 00:44:53,830 --> 00:44:56,517 These women cleared out. 533 00:44:56,541 --> 00:44:57,541 Okay? 534 00:45:00,003 --> 00:45:02,378 No work, no tucker. 535 00:45:07,010 --> 00:45:08,279 - 'Bacco, boss? 536 00:45:08,303 --> 00:45:10,053 No, no 'bacco. 537 00:45:15,852 --> 00:45:18,790 - This man's in charge of supplies, you know that. 538 00:45:18,814 --> 00:45:21,564 - No work, no tobacco. 539 00:45:36,581 --> 00:45:38,261 - Stop that. 540 00:45:39,751 --> 00:45:41,501 You stop that! 541 00:45:44,339 --> 00:45:46,089 Put that down. 542 00:45:46,633 --> 00:45:48,633 You put it down! 543 00:45:59,396 --> 00:46:01,046 - Look Mrs, 544 00:46:01,815 --> 00:46:03,815 that's my woman. 545 00:46:03,859 --> 00:46:05,211 - It gives you no right to beat her. 546 00:46:05,235 --> 00:46:08,235 No right, do you hear me? 547 00:46:20,542 --> 00:46:22,353 - We was going to hit her. 548 00:46:22,377 --> 00:46:26,337 - You're probably killing him now. 549 00:46:32,178 --> 00:46:34,365 - Judty belong to Charly. 550 00:46:34,389 --> 00:46:37,368 - That gives him no right to hit her. 551 00:46:37,392 --> 00:46:38,392 Mrs.. 552 00:46:47,819 --> 00:46:52,019 - Jeanie, it's none of our business. 553 00:46:58,705 --> 00:47:00,385 You tell her. 554 00:47:18,266 --> 00:47:19,577 - Hey Sam? - Yeah? 555 00:47:19,601 --> 00:47:20,912 - Where's the milk? 556 00:47:20,936 --> 00:47:23,247 - Well Mrs. give it to pickaninny. 557 00:47:23,271 --> 00:47:24,665 - Did she give it to a black? 558 00:47:24,689 --> 00:47:25,583 - Yeah. 559 00:47:25,607 --> 00:47:27,251 - She's gonna be trouble. 560 00:47:27,275 --> 00:47:29,420 - Hey Jack, you hear what she said? 561 00:47:29,444 --> 00:47:33,841 She'll reckon she'd run down a cow and milk it. 562 00:47:33,865 --> 00:47:35,009 Bloody women. 563 00:47:35,033 --> 00:47:36,233 - Woman? 564 00:47:36,326 --> 00:47:38,951 She's a flaming lady. 565 00:47:49,130 --> 00:47:55,370 - You've made a mark on the place already, it's nice. 566 00:48:00,266 --> 00:48:01,786 We've got the frame in. 567 00:48:01,810 --> 00:48:06,082 All we need's more timber and we can finish the place. 568 00:48:06,106 --> 00:48:08,459 I'll have to do some work on the station first, though. 569 00:48:08,483 --> 00:48:11,796 - It's all right, it'll do for now. 570 00:48:11,820 --> 00:48:14,090 Why if there's so much timber, 571 00:48:14,114 --> 00:48:15,925 why do the Aborigines live the way they do 572 00:48:15,949 --> 00:48:18,074 in those humpies? 573 00:48:18,118 --> 00:48:22,348 I never expected it to be so primitive. 574 00:48:22,372 --> 00:48:26,727 - It isn't really, if you think about it. 575 00:48:26,751 --> 00:48:28,646 They're nomadic, 576 00:48:28,670 --> 00:48:32,149 or they were before the whites came. 577 00:48:32,173 --> 00:48:36,112 All they need is something provide shelter and shade 578 00:48:36,136 --> 00:48:41,534 that's quick to erect out of whatever comes to hand. 579 00:48:41,558 --> 00:48:44,537 In this climate, those humpies probably make more sense 580 00:48:44,561 --> 00:48:47,123 than the houses we build. 581 00:48:47,147 --> 00:48:49,542 - What does Melaka mean? 582 00:48:49,566 --> 00:48:50,835 - Pardon? 583 00:48:50,859 --> 00:48:53,129 - The old man and his cat. 584 00:48:53,153 --> 00:48:55,778 He called you Melaka. 585 00:48:58,533 --> 00:49:00,678 Hard to translate it exactly. 586 00:49:00,702 --> 00:49:04,422 It's a sort of term of respect. 587 00:49:04,706 --> 00:49:09,562 Could have meant boss, leader, man of high station. 588 00:49:09,586 --> 00:49:11,772 Something like that. 589 00:49:11,796 --> 00:49:14,692 - You never told me you spoke their language. 590 00:49:14,716 --> 00:49:17,069 - I learned it when I was here before. 591 00:49:17,093 --> 00:49:19,718 - Could you teach me? 592 00:49:21,431 --> 00:49:24,243 - Well I could, but you wouldn't need it. 593 00:49:24,267 --> 00:49:26,037 If you speak simply, 594 00:49:26,061 --> 00:49:28,706 they understand enough English to follow orders. 595 00:49:28,730 --> 00:49:30,875 - But you learned it. 596 00:49:30,899 --> 00:49:31,949 - Yeah. 597 00:49:54,005 --> 00:49:55,685 - Thank you. 598 00:49:56,591 --> 00:49:57,443 He's beaten you. 599 00:49:57,467 --> 00:50:00,467 Aeneas, look at her face. 600 00:50:00,762 --> 00:50:01,762 - Yes. 601 00:50:03,056 --> 00:50:05,993 - I'll see that he's punished. 602 00:50:06,017 --> 00:50:10,206 - Jeanie, they have their own way of doing things. 603 00:50:10,230 --> 00:50:15,870 Whether we approve or not, we must respect that. 604 00:50:20,615 --> 00:50:21,467 Where's the milk? 605 00:50:21,491 --> 00:50:22,760 - Milk gone. 606 00:50:22,784 --> 00:50:24,784 Mrs. drink milk. 607 00:50:26,329 --> 00:50:27,329 - How? 608 00:50:27,872 --> 00:50:29,308 Milk gone. 609 00:50:29,332 --> 00:50:31,332 Mrs. drink milk. 610 00:50:32,627 --> 00:50:33,896 - I didn't realise that was all you had. 611 00:50:33,920 --> 00:50:35,856 You might've said something. 612 00:50:35,880 --> 00:50:37,608 - Was there some for the men? 613 00:50:37,632 --> 00:50:39,443 - Mrs. drink milk. 614 00:50:39,467 --> 00:50:41,403 - I'm sorry, Aeneas. 615 00:50:41,427 --> 00:50:43,552 I didn't realise. 616 00:50:43,930 --> 00:50:45,449 You might've told me, Sam Lee. 617 00:50:45,473 --> 00:50:47,409 - That's all right, Jeanie. 618 00:50:47,433 --> 00:50:51,393 That'll be all Sam Lee, thank you. 619 00:51:05,451 --> 00:51:07,054 For what we are about to receive, 620 00:51:07,078 --> 00:51:08,931 may the Lord make us truly thankful. 621 00:51:08,955 --> 00:51:09,807 Amen. 622 00:51:09,831 --> 00:51:10,881 - Amen. 623 00:51:12,208 --> 00:51:13,644 I'm sorry about the milk. 624 00:51:13,668 --> 00:51:18,228 - It's all right, don't worry about it. 625 00:51:25,305 --> 00:51:29,660 We're gonna start mustering next month south of the river. 626 00:51:29,684 --> 00:51:33,644 We'll be away three or four weeks. 627 00:51:33,855 --> 00:51:34,957 I be rough. 628 00:51:34,981 --> 00:51:37,209 We'll be camping, but I thought 629 00:51:37,233 --> 00:51:40,296 you might like to come with us. 630 00:51:40,320 --> 00:51:42,000 I'd love to. 631 00:51:42,739 --> 00:51:44,239 Thank you. 632 00:52:26,991 --> 00:52:30,262 - We can't slow them down altogether. 633 00:52:30,286 --> 00:52:31,180 - I'm all right. 634 00:52:31,204 --> 00:52:34,104 - Try to keep us inside. 635 00:53:04,404 --> 00:53:07,029 Jack, watch that one! 636 00:53:44,110 --> 00:53:48,590 - You learn that one in the library, did you? 637 00:53:48,614 --> 00:53:51,051 - I want you to think about staying on. 638 00:53:51,075 --> 00:53:53,200 - Reckon I might. 639 00:54:12,680 --> 00:54:18,080 - Jeanie get on your horse, get on your horse! 640 00:54:52,303 --> 00:54:54,303 There's flowers. 641 00:54:56,516 --> 00:54:58,891 Here come the bull! 642 00:55:00,895 --> 00:55:03,270 Here come the bull! 643 00:55:06,192 --> 00:55:07,503 - Come on, Mrs. 644 00:55:07,527 --> 00:55:09,338 You can dodge most things in the bush, 645 00:55:09,362 --> 00:55:13,562 but you can't dodge a Jack for long. 646 00:55:36,180 --> 00:55:37,574 - I'm sorry, me love. 647 00:55:37,598 --> 00:55:41,245 I know I shouldn't have been laughing. 648 00:55:41,269 --> 00:55:44,206 I wasn't really laughing at you. 649 00:55:44,230 --> 00:55:46,917 Was pretty funny though? 650 00:55:46,941 --> 00:55:48,141 Come on. 651 00:55:49,569 --> 00:55:51,922 - I might've got you killed. 652 00:55:51,946 --> 00:55:52,946 - Hey. 653 00:55:54,407 --> 00:55:59,346 That sort of thing happens, don't worry about it. 654 00:55:59,370 --> 00:56:01,870 - Oh God, I love you 655 00:56:02,582 --> 00:56:04,935 and I wanna be a good wife. 656 00:56:04,959 --> 00:56:06,353 - You are, you are. 657 00:56:06,377 --> 00:56:07,877 It's just, 658 00:56:08,796 --> 00:56:12,756 I'm not being a very good husband. 659 00:56:27,982 --> 00:56:29,585 - Who did it? 660 00:56:29,609 --> 00:56:31,359 - Carle, boss. 661 00:56:32,153 --> 00:56:34,403 Wild of Blackwell. 662 00:56:34,614 --> 00:56:36,989 - They're all wild. 663 00:56:42,455 --> 00:56:43,974 - How many? 664 00:56:43,998 --> 00:56:46,898 - They mount camp today. 665 00:56:47,043 --> 00:56:48,854 - Which way are they headed? 666 00:56:48,878 --> 00:56:49,688 - Who knows? 667 00:56:49,712 --> 00:56:51,398 Very clever, Blackwell. 668 00:56:51,422 --> 00:56:53,400 - Can you track them? 669 00:56:53,424 --> 00:56:55,549 - Not me, Maleka. 670 00:56:56,177 --> 00:56:57,863 - Can't let them get away with it. 671 00:56:57,887 --> 00:56:59,615 They'll all be doing it. 672 00:56:59,639 --> 00:57:03,285 - They're not going to get away with it. 673 00:57:03,309 --> 00:57:08,949 If we find them, we'll run them off the station. 674 00:57:19,492 --> 00:57:23,805 We won't make it back to the main camp by dark. 675 00:57:23,829 --> 00:57:25,432 - Horses need water. 676 00:57:25,456 --> 00:57:27,059 - There's another hole about a mile up. 677 00:57:27,083 --> 00:57:31,163 If this one's dry, they're all dry. 678 00:57:32,046 --> 00:57:35,859 - Do you know where we can find water close by? 679 00:57:35,883 --> 00:57:37,528 - Of course he knows. 680 00:57:37,552 --> 00:57:39,571 Won't tell us that, will you mate? 681 00:57:39,595 --> 00:57:41,031 - No fear, boss. 682 00:57:41,055 --> 00:57:44,076 The water here Blackwell water. 683 00:57:44,100 --> 00:57:45,285 Around the hills, 684 00:57:45,309 --> 00:57:46,828 see any water belongs to the station. 685 00:57:46,852 --> 00:57:48,455 - Too right, boss. 686 00:57:48,479 --> 00:57:51,719 You own it, you'll find it. 687 00:57:55,403 --> 00:57:56,672 - I was mustering some stuff 688 00:57:56,696 --> 00:57:59,550 through here a couple years ago. 689 00:57:59,574 --> 00:58:01,843 I left some of them over there. 690 00:58:01,867 --> 00:58:04,388 Odds are we're heading for water. 691 00:58:04,412 --> 00:58:05,462 - Ride. 692 00:58:09,959 --> 00:58:11,311 - If he's helping us with the cattle, 693 00:58:11,335 --> 00:58:14,690 why would he show us where the water is? 694 00:58:14,714 --> 00:58:18,318 - He knows that one day we might be hunting him. 695 00:58:18,342 --> 00:58:19,486 If there's a waterhole we don't know about, 696 00:58:19,510 --> 00:58:21,488 it makes a good place for him to hide. 697 00:58:21,512 --> 00:58:22,948 Cunning buggers. 698 00:58:22,972 --> 00:58:23,949 - Don't know about cunning. 699 00:58:23,973 --> 00:58:25,951 Sounds like common sense to me. 700 00:58:25,975 --> 00:58:30,055 That depends on your point of view. 701 00:58:46,829 --> 00:58:48,954 - How about that. 702 00:58:49,540 --> 00:58:52,269 It's from a spring up there somewhere. 703 00:58:52,293 --> 00:58:54,563 What do we call it? 704 00:58:54,587 --> 00:58:57,149 - You discovered it, so we'll call it Suddy's Creek. 705 00:58:57,173 --> 00:58:58,734 What about that? 706 00:58:58,758 --> 00:59:01,361 Not a creek, more a waterhole? 707 00:59:01,385 --> 00:59:04,745 How about Suddy's Hole then? 708 00:59:04,930 --> 00:59:06,116 Spot on. 709 00:59:06,140 --> 00:59:08,577 Always wanted something named after me. 710 00:59:08,601 --> 00:59:09,911 Never had any kids. 711 00:59:09,935 --> 00:59:12,414 - Not much you could name. 712 00:59:12,438 --> 00:59:13,624 - Hey, Goggle Eye. 713 00:59:13,648 --> 00:59:16,273 - Wild blacks? - Yeah. 714 00:59:17,985 --> 00:59:20,172 - How did they know we were coming? 715 00:59:20,196 --> 00:59:22,446 - Just know, boss. 716 00:59:22,782 --> 00:59:25,427 You knew about this place, didn't you? 717 00:59:25,451 --> 00:59:27,826 - Settlement place. 718 00:59:28,704 --> 00:59:31,704 - Suddy's Hole now, mate. 719 00:59:42,176 --> 00:59:44,780 - Always got me dodge which way to turn the darn thing. 720 00:59:44,804 --> 00:59:46,554 The other way. 721 00:59:48,974 --> 00:59:50,624 - That way? 722 00:59:50,685 --> 00:59:52,560 - That's right. 723 00:59:52,603 --> 00:59:53,705 - Don't know why they can't name a black 724 00:59:53,729 --> 00:59:57,167 with something that's easy to write. 725 00:59:57,191 --> 00:59:59,211 I mean Os and Ts are all right. 726 00:59:59,235 --> 01:00:02,589 It's the Ss and Rs and things that cause all the trouble. 727 01:00:02,613 --> 01:00:05,342 - Have you never learned to read? 728 01:00:05,366 --> 01:00:08,512 Too busy getting an education. 729 01:00:08,536 --> 01:00:13,183 - I thought reading had learn you most things. 730 01:00:13,207 --> 01:00:16,186 - I learned a few things in my time. 731 01:00:16,210 --> 01:00:20,530 Reading never taught me none of them. 732 01:00:23,008 --> 01:00:24,058 - Yeah. 733 01:00:28,389 --> 01:00:31,368 Don't you read either, Jack? 734 01:00:31,392 --> 01:00:33,142 -'Course I do. 735 01:00:34,228 --> 01:00:35,228 A bit. 736 01:00:37,523 --> 01:00:39,648 Still practicing. 737 01:00:39,734 --> 01:00:44,174 - I'd be glad to help you if you like. 738 01:00:44,655 --> 01:00:48,375 - I reckon I'm doing all right. 739 01:01:02,965 --> 01:01:04,645 - Goggle Eye? 740 01:01:05,050 --> 01:01:06,730 - Yes, boss? 741 01:01:07,261 --> 01:01:09,865 - Where do you think the Miles are headed? 742 01:01:09,889 --> 01:01:11,764 - Home country. 743 01:01:11,974 --> 01:01:13,849 - Where's that? 744 01:01:14,268 --> 01:01:15,918 - Warielda. 745 01:01:16,687 --> 01:01:19,583 - We don't have to chase them anymore. 746 01:01:19,607 --> 01:01:21,877 - This place they call Warielda, Mrs, 747 01:01:21,901 --> 01:01:23,670 is still on the Elsey. 748 01:01:23,694 --> 01:01:25,297 Didn't take any notice of them. 749 01:01:25,321 --> 01:01:28,759 They reckon it's all their home country. 750 01:01:28,783 --> 01:01:31,511 - Surely they have a right to hunt on their own land. 751 01:01:31,535 --> 01:01:32,763 - Their land? 752 01:01:32,787 --> 01:01:34,306 What makes it their land? 753 01:01:34,330 --> 01:01:36,057 This country was empty when I first came into it. 754 01:01:36,081 --> 01:01:38,143 - Except for the Aboriginals. 755 01:01:38,167 --> 01:01:42,147 - Yeah, but what do they put into it? 756 01:01:42,171 --> 01:01:46,611 They put in guards, boars, stocked it. 757 01:01:47,176 --> 01:01:48,779 They're ignorant heathens. 758 01:01:48,803 --> 01:01:51,114 With all due respect Mrs. Gunn, 759 01:01:51,138 --> 01:01:53,575 there's nothing can change that. 760 01:01:53,599 --> 01:01:55,285 Here, you just listen. 761 01:01:55,309 --> 01:01:57,309 Hey, Goggle Eye. 762 01:01:57,603 --> 01:01:58,603 Yeah? 763 01:01:59,021 --> 01:02:02,542 - You tell Mrs. Gunn where stars come from. 764 01:02:02,566 --> 01:02:06,406 You tell her, she wants to know. 765 01:02:07,196 --> 01:02:08,298 Big fella. 766 01:02:08,322 --> 01:02:12,162 Chop up moon tossing all of that. 767 01:02:12,868 --> 01:02:15,368 What about the moon? 768 01:02:16,956 --> 01:02:20,018 - Big mop moon live over that way. 769 01:02:20,042 --> 01:02:24,356 Black fellow catch him, chop off star. 770 01:02:24,380 --> 01:02:26,380 This fella moon, 771 01:02:28,342 --> 01:02:29,392 Finish. 772 01:02:33,681 --> 01:02:38,241 Where white fella star come from, boss? 773 01:02:39,061 --> 01:02:40,111 - What? 774 01:02:40,604 --> 01:02:43,750 Where white fella star come from? 775 01:02:43,774 --> 01:02:47,494 God made the stars, Goggle Eye. 776 01:02:48,654 --> 01:02:51,341 - Godfather made ours. 777 01:02:51,365 --> 01:02:52,759 No no, you don't understand. 778 01:02:52,783 --> 01:02:55,658 God made all the stars. 779 01:02:55,870 --> 01:02:57,514 - All of them? 780 01:02:57,538 --> 01:02:59,057 - That's right. 781 01:02:59,081 --> 01:03:01,184 Stars, the moon, everything. 782 01:03:01,208 --> 01:03:03,708 God made everything. 783 01:03:07,089 --> 01:03:09,901 - If white fellow God made everything, 784 01:03:09,925 --> 01:03:16,285 why didn't he make white fella some bush of their own? 785 01:03:16,432 --> 01:03:18,307 - There you go. 786 01:03:19,393 --> 01:03:22,789 They're bloody idiots, you can't teach them anything. 787 01:03:22,813 --> 01:03:25,834 - I don't want to teach them anything. 788 01:03:25,858 --> 01:03:28,978 I want to learn from them. 789 01:03:29,111 --> 01:03:33,008 God you're a flaming character, Mrs. 790 01:03:33,032 --> 01:03:36,152 There's no doubt about it. 791 01:03:51,050 --> 01:03:53,028 - There it goes, aingt it? 792 01:03:53,052 --> 01:03:54,102 Timber! 793 01:04:15,741 --> 01:04:19,054 - Mrs, come down to inspect the new dining room, did you? 794 01:04:19,078 --> 01:04:20,828 - Yes, I have. 795 01:04:24,625 --> 01:04:26,061 - Seems a pity to spoil all this 796 01:04:26,085 --> 01:04:32,085 just to shut you in from anything worth looking at. 797 01:04:33,717 --> 01:04:35,111 Isn't too bad. 798 01:04:35,135 --> 01:04:37,614 Reckon might cover you more than the plum now? 799 01:04:37,638 --> 01:04:39,950 - I'm afraid I'm causing a lot of work for you all. 800 01:04:39,974 --> 01:04:41,743 - It'll be worth it, Mrs. 801 01:04:41,767 --> 01:04:44,496 - Why don't you make camp yourself over there in the shade? 802 01:04:44,520 --> 01:04:46,873 - What can I do to help? 803 01:04:46,897 --> 01:04:48,708 They'd really appreciate a cup of tea. 804 01:04:48,732 --> 01:04:49,732 - Yes. 805 01:04:51,527 --> 01:04:53,338 - Will I light the fire for you? 806 01:04:53,362 --> 01:04:55,042 -I can do it. 807 01:05:17,052 --> 01:05:19,677 - Watch out, mongrel. 808 01:05:38,073 --> 01:05:39,823 There they go. 809 01:05:40,159 --> 01:05:43,399 Faster, go a little faster. 810 01:05:51,587 --> 01:05:53,712 We did it, Dandy. 811 01:05:54,089 --> 01:05:57,027 Not bad for an old feller? 812 01:05:57,051 --> 01:06:00,891 Want me to roll a smoke, Johnny? 813 01:06:27,456 --> 01:06:28,506 - Jack. 814 01:06:35,422 --> 01:06:36,566 Tea's up. 815 01:06:36,590 --> 01:06:38,715 - Oh, thanks Mrs. 816 01:06:38,842 --> 01:06:40,842 Oh, have a seat. 817 01:06:41,136 --> 01:06:42,572 - You've been working. 818 01:06:42,596 --> 01:06:45,283 - Oh no, as my old dad always said, 819 01:06:45,307 --> 01:06:46,618 "Why stand when you can sit?" 820 01:06:46,642 --> 01:06:48,119 Why sit when you can lie down? 821 01:06:48,143 --> 01:06:50,747 Why work when you can ride?” 822 01:06:50,771 --> 01:06:52,373 - Did he live to a ripe-old age? 823 01:06:52,397 --> 01:06:56,237 - No, he got thrown by his horse. 824 01:07:03,158 --> 01:07:05,887 Haven't you come through here before? 825 01:07:05,911 --> 01:07:06,888 No no, come on. 826 01:07:06,912 --> 01:07:09,162 You've got a team. 827 01:07:09,248 --> 01:07:10,225 - Next. 828 01:07:10,249 --> 01:07:11,059 - Oh come on, 829 01:07:11,083 --> 01:07:13,833 I haven't got all day. 830 01:07:15,254 --> 01:07:17,004 No more sugar. 831 01:07:18,632 --> 01:07:19,832 Tobacco? 832 01:07:29,143 --> 01:07:33,790 - Mr. Bryant, why did we give these to the Aborigines? 833 01:07:33,814 --> 01:07:35,458 - They're for the station hands and the houseboys. 834 01:07:35,482 --> 01:07:37,919 We won't be giving the camp blankets for nothing. 835 01:07:37,943 --> 01:07:41,256 - If we had a proper garden, we could have fresh vegetables. 836 01:07:41,280 --> 01:07:46,080 Spinach, cabbage, squash, fresh tomatoes. 837 01:07:46,535 --> 01:07:49,973 Would you be willing to work in the garden? 838 01:07:49,997 --> 01:07:51,872 Would you work? 839 01:07:52,666 --> 01:07:56,026 You can wear these trousers. 840 01:07:57,713 --> 01:07:58,982 - More 'bacco? 841 01:07:59,006 --> 01:08:01,359 - Yes, you can have more tobacco. 842 01:08:01,383 --> 01:08:03,319 You come to work in the garden tomorrow 843 01:08:03,343 --> 01:08:04,904 and you can wear these. 844 01:08:04,928 --> 01:08:08,648 - Mrs. Gunn, you'll spoil them. 845 01:08:12,936 --> 01:08:15,665 - Good morning, Goggle Eye. 846 01:08:15,689 --> 01:08:18,501 Now, I'm going to plant these seeds. 847 01:08:18,525 --> 01:08:23,298 So I want you to sort out all the stones. 848 01:08:23,322 --> 01:08:24,522 You see? 849 01:08:24,698 --> 01:08:26,176 Throw away the stones. 850 01:08:26,200 --> 01:08:28,325 - All right, Mrs. 851 01:08:38,003 --> 01:08:40,106 - Gonna have your work cut out 852 01:08:40,130 --> 01:08:41,983 turning that old rascal into a gardener. 853 01:08:42,007 --> 01:08:44,485 - I'm sure he'll make a very good gardener. 854 01:08:44,509 --> 01:08:48,573 - Just don't empty the store til the pumpkins arrive. 855 01:08:48,597 --> 01:08:51,242 - G'day boss, g'day Mrs. 856 01:08:51,266 --> 01:08:56,786 Today we're about meeting new cook named Cheon. 857 01:08:57,898 --> 01:08:58,875 Very good cook. 858 01:08:58,899 --> 01:08:59,751 He'll serve you all about. 859 01:08:59,775 --> 01:09:02,170 He's good at cooking, gardening. 860 01:09:02,194 --> 01:09:04,881 Milking cow, milking goat and shooting. 861 01:09:04,905 --> 01:09:06,585 Fishing and. 862 01:09:07,407 --> 01:09:10,032 Very good cook, boss. 863 01:09:14,039 --> 01:09:15,539 - Oh dear. 864 01:09:16,041 --> 01:09:18,186 I'm afraid I forgot to tell you, dear. 865 01:09:18,210 --> 01:09:19,729 I didn't expect anything to come of it, 866 01:09:19,753 --> 01:09:22,273 but I asked Mr. MacLellan if he ran into any Chinese cooks 867 01:09:22,297 --> 01:09:24,609 to send them along. 868 01:09:24,633 --> 01:09:26,611 - But we've already got a cook. 869 01:09:26,635 --> 01:09:27,904 - He's a deliberate troublemaker 870 01:09:27,928 --> 01:09:29,364 and yes I want to get rid of him. 871 01:09:29,388 --> 01:09:31,616 If that's all right with you, of course. 872 01:09:31,640 --> 01:09:33,618 - That's all right darling, it's your department. 873 01:09:33,642 --> 01:09:35,322 - Thank you. 874 01:10:02,337 --> 01:10:04,587 Now just a minute. 875 01:10:05,048 --> 01:10:06,398 Be quiet! 876 01:10:07,092 --> 01:10:09,821 One of us has to go and it's not going to be me. 877 01:10:09,845 --> 01:10:11,072 You're dismissed. 878 01:10:11,096 --> 01:10:14,284 You can have a week's pay in lieu of notice. 879 01:10:14,308 --> 01:10:15,493 - All right, Miss. 880 01:10:15,517 --> 01:10:17,287 You send me, I go. 881 01:10:17,311 --> 01:10:19,247 Sooner or later, you go too. 882 01:10:19,271 --> 01:10:23,471 You don't want here, you damn woman! 883 01:10:53,138 --> 01:10:56,701 - Do you get homesick sometimes? 884 01:10:56,725 --> 01:10:57,725 - No. 885 01:10:58,268 --> 01:11:00,893 - You must sometimes. 886 01:11:53,198 --> 01:11:55,823 Hello, Mr. MacLellan! 887 01:12:09,464 --> 01:12:12,402 You've certainly made some changes. 888 01:12:12,426 --> 01:12:14,946 - Have you got my trunks? 889 01:12:14,970 --> 01:12:16,650 - The trunks? 890 01:12:17,931 --> 01:12:24,171 Well now, as a matter of fact I have all six of them. 891 01:12:26,189 --> 01:12:28,209 - What's this all about? 892 01:12:28,233 --> 01:12:30,358 Cheon, thank you. 893 01:12:31,361 --> 01:12:32,861 Over here. 894 01:12:46,793 --> 01:12:49,543 No, that's only grass. 895 01:12:50,672 --> 01:12:53,276 - We live California long time. 896 01:12:53,300 --> 01:12:55,653 Him see all the same gold. 897 01:12:55,677 --> 01:12:56,737 Well it must be gold 898 01:12:56,761 --> 01:12:57,989 if you've been to California. 899 01:12:58,013 --> 01:12:59,693 - Too right. 900 01:13:01,850 --> 01:13:03,050 - Cheon? 901 01:13:04,978 --> 01:13:08,698 You might be able to use these. 902 01:13:08,982 --> 01:13:09,982 Mrs. 903 01:13:13,278 --> 01:13:14,278 Mrs. 904 01:13:16,406 --> 01:13:17,606 My word. 905 01:13:19,493 --> 01:13:21,173 My goodness. 906 01:13:42,182 --> 01:13:44,285 - Hello, Mr. MacLellan. 907 01:13:44,309 --> 01:13:45,989 - Mrs. Gunn. 908 01:13:56,446 --> 01:13:59,467 My gosh, you have changed things. 909 01:13:59,491 --> 01:14:01,616 - Do you like it? 910 01:14:05,038 --> 01:14:07,038 A woman's touch? 911 01:14:07,541 --> 01:14:10,520 I reckon I've seen this many knickknacks since I was a kid. 912 01:14:10,544 --> 01:14:12,021 - Well it feels more homey. 913 01:14:12,045 --> 01:14:14,795 - Oh I'm sure it does. 914 01:14:20,220 --> 01:14:21,447 How's the new cook? 915 01:14:21,471 --> 01:14:23,471 - Oh he's a gem. 916 01:14:23,515 --> 01:14:24,825 Thank you for sending him. 917 01:14:24,849 --> 01:14:27,286 - Well I knew you'd have your work cut out just 918 01:14:27,310 --> 01:14:28,913 making things right for yourself 919 01:14:28,937 --> 01:14:34,085 without that Sam Lee spiking your guns every chance he got. 920 01:14:34,109 --> 01:14:36,671 - I understand now why the men were a bit weary of me. 921 01:14:36,695 --> 01:14:38,089 - Yeah now don't you worry about that. 922 01:14:38,113 --> 01:14:39,340 Everyone's gonna settle down 923 01:14:39,364 --> 01:14:43,804 when they see you've found your place. 924 01:14:45,579 --> 01:14:46,779 - I see. 925 01:14:51,710 --> 01:14:55,790 - It's a real nice room, Mrs. Gunn. 926 01:14:59,259 --> 01:15:00,939 - Thank you. 927 01:15:04,431 --> 01:15:11,151 - Well I'm all outta stuff, so I suppose I better be off. 928 01:15:13,106 --> 01:15:15,856 You keep your chin up. 929 01:15:28,955 --> 01:15:32,101 - It will only be a day or two, three at the most. 930 01:15:32,125 --> 01:15:35,245 - I'll be all right. - Bye. 931 01:17:36,875 --> 01:17:40,955 - Afternoon, Mrs. - Good afternoon. 932 01:17:44,299 --> 01:17:46,861 - Me and me mate had just come over from Queensland. 933 01:17:46,885 --> 01:17:48,654 Bit short on tucker. 934 01:17:48,678 --> 01:17:51,532 Don't suppose there be a couple of jobs going? 935 01:17:51,556 --> 01:17:52,742 - Oh I'm sorry. 936 01:17:52,766 --> 01:17:54,744 My husband's out at the moment with the men. 937 01:17:54,768 --> 01:17:56,746 I don't think so. 938 01:17:56,770 --> 01:17:58,664 But you're welcome to food, of course, 939 01:17:58,688 --> 01:18:00,875 and to stay as long as you like. 940 01:18:00,899 --> 01:18:02,918 - Very kind of you, Mrs., thank you. 941 01:18:02,942 --> 01:18:04,420 If could just take some stuff back to me mate. 942 01:18:04,444 --> 01:18:06,444 Oh, where is he? 943 01:18:06,821 --> 01:18:08,299 - There's water about five mile back. 944 01:18:08,323 --> 01:18:10,885 There's a hut next to it. 945 01:18:10,909 --> 01:18:12,094 - All are ponds. 946 01:18:12,118 --> 01:18:14,054 I left him camp there. 947 01:18:14,078 --> 01:18:17,308 He's a bit crook, got the fever. 948 01:18:17,332 --> 01:18:19,101 - Well, shouldn't we bring him here? 949 01:18:19,125 --> 01:18:20,311 We can nurse him. 950 01:18:20,335 --> 01:18:22,563 - He's pretty bad, Mrs. 951 01:18:22,587 --> 01:18:25,900 I've done a job getting him as far as this. 952 01:18:25,924 --> 01:18:26,817 Well it's only a couple of miles. 953 01:18:26,841 --> 01:18:28,319 We'll take the buggy out. 954 01:18:28,343 --> 01:18:29,820 - That's very kind of you Mrs., thank you. 955 01:18:29,844 --> 01:18:33,115 But I'm sure we wouldn't wanna trouble you, though. 956 01:18:33,139 --> 01:18:35,326 - It's no trouble, for Heaven's sake. 957 01:18:35,350 --> 01:18:37,328 - I'll suggest it to me mate, Mrs. 958 01:18:37,352 --> 01:18:40,456 If I could just take him some milk and eggs, 959 01:18:40,480 --> 01:18:42,333 stuff like that? 960 01:18:42,357 --> 01:18:44,752 Some stewed fruit if you got it. 961 01:18:44,776 --> 01:18:47,171 I reckon that'll see him right. 962 01:18:47,195 --> 01:18:48,875 - All right. 963 01:18:49,572 --> 01:18:51,072 Of course. 964 01:19:14,973 --> 01:19:15,973 Dear? 965 01:19:16,057 --> 01:19:17,326 - Jeanie get away! 966 01:19:17,350 --> 01:19:19,850 Get away from there! 967 01:19:46,421 --> 01:19:48,649 - I've been trying to nurse him myself. 968 01:19:48,673 --> 01:19:50,901 We ran outta tucker except for salt beef. 969 01:19:50,925 --> 01:19:53,028 Didn't like me asking the Mrs. 970 01:19:53,052 --> 01:19:56,412 Didn't say I had any choice? 971 01:20:01,102 --> 01:20:04,002 - Hello mate, what's up? 972 01:20:14,824 --> 01:20:16,886 You should be at the homestead. 973 01:20:16,910 --> 01:20:19,263 - I don't wanna trouble the lady. 974 01:20:19,287 --> 01:20:21,181 - There's no trouble. 975 01:20:21,205 --> 01:20:24,205 - No, I couldn't do that. 976 01:20:26,419 --> 01:20:31,108 I couldn't stand having a woman fussing about me. 977 01:20:31,132 --> 01:20:36,772 - Listen, you need proper care and a proper bed. 978 01:20:39,682 --> 01:20:42,036 - I don't think it'll do a lot good for him, boss. 979 01:20:42,060 --> 01:20:47,940 - Saw him camping out here sleeping on the ground. 980 01:21:42,745 --> 01:21:43,806 - How is he? 981 01:21:43,830 --> 01:21:44,807 - It's fever. 982 01:21:44,831 --> 01:21:46,475 - I thought so. 983 01:21:46,499 --> 01:21:49,770 - Jeanie, I promised him you wouldn't be nursing him. 984 01:21:49,794 --> 01:21:51,444 - You what? 985 01:21:51,671 --> 01:21:57,431 - It was the only way I could get him to come in. 986 01:23:54,627 --> 01:23:58,899 In the midst of life we are in death. 987 01:23:58,923 --> 01:24:05,239 From whom may we seek for help but from you, Lord God. 988 01:24:05,263 --> 01:24:09,868 Though you are justly displeased on account of our sins 989 01:24:09,892 --> 01:24:11,662 and yet Lord God Almighty, 990 01:24:11,686 --> 01:24:14,915 most holy and most merciful Savior, 991 01:24:14,939 --> 01:24:18,252 deliver us from the bitterness of eternal death. 992 01:24:18,276 --> 01:24:21,421 You who know the secrets of our hearts 993 01:24:21,445 --> 01:24:26,845 mercifully hear us, most worthy judge eternal. 994 01:24:36,169 --> 01:24:38,438 In the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, 995 01:24:38,462 --> 01:24:41,275 the love of God and fellowship of the Holy Ghost, 996 01:24:41,299 --> 01:24:44,945 be with us all for evermore, amen. 997 01:24:44,969 --> 01:24:46,019 - Amen. 998 01:24:46,679 --> 01:24:47,679 Amen. 999 01:25:23,883 --> 01:25:25,694 - Would you mind taking the Mrs. 1000 01:25:25,718 --> 01:25:26,945 back to the homestead for me? 1001 01:25:26,969 --> 01:25:29,031 She's had about all she can take, I think. 1002 01:25:29,055 --> 01:25:32,175 I'll look after this here. 1003 01:26:06,759 --> 01:26:11,281 - They should've reckoned it's nothing bad about you, Mrs. 1004 01:26:11,305 --> 01:26:14,576 - Would you like me to write to his family? 1005 01:26:14,600 --> 01:26:17,350 - It's all right, Mrs. 1006 01:26:17,645 --> 01:26:18,695 Thanks. 1007 01:27:00,104 --> 01:27:03,500 - I asked him to stay on but he wouldn't. 1008 01:27:03,524 --> 01:27:06,764 Poor man is terribly upset. 1009 01:27:06,819 --> 01:27:10,299 - He wouldn't admit it to me. 1010 01:27:10,323 --> 01:27:12,823 - No, of course not. 1011 01:27:14,535 --> 01:27:17,035 - Why of course not? 1012 01:27:19,165 --> 01:27:20,434 - Pardon? 1013 01:27:20,458 --> 01:27:22,102 - What is so terrible about admitting 1014 01:27:22,126 --> 01:27:26,440 that you're frightened or sad or upset? 1015 01:27:26,464 --> 01:27:31,528 - I don't know, it's just not done, that's all. 1016 01:27:31,552 --> 01:27:32,821 Why do these men pretend 1017 01:27:32,845 --> 01:27:35,490 they're so tough all the time? 1018 01:27:35,514 --> 01:27:36,825 What are they afraid of? 1019 01:27:36,849 --> 01:27:40,809 - They are tough, they have to be. 1020 01:27:40,895 --> 01:27:42,622 - You mean they don't have feelings? 1021 01:27:42,646 --> 01:27:43,874 'Course they do. 1022 01:27:43,898 --> 01:27:45,167 - Then why don't they show them sometimes? 1023 01:27:45,191 --> 01:27:46,626 That man might still be alive 1024 01:27:46,650 --> 01:27:48,503 if he'd come here in the first place. 1025 01:27:48,527 --> 01:27:50,172 If he hadn't been afraid of letting a woman see 1026 01:27:50,196 --> 01:27:52,382 that he was frightened and sick and needed help. 1027 01:27:52,406 --> 01:27:54,176 - I told you before, they're shy that's all. 1028 01:27:54,200 --> 01:27:56,094 - Oh, balderdash! 1029 01:27:56,118 --> 01:27:56,928 - Here? 1030 01:27:56,952 --> 01:27:57,721 - Well it is 1031 01:27:57,745 --> 01:28:00,120 and you know it is. 1032 01:28:03,125 --> 01:28:04,019 - What's this all about? 1033 01:28:04,043 --> 01:28:05,270 What's the matter with you? 1034 01:28:05,294 --> 01:28:07,147 - I don't want to be shut out, Aeneas. 1035 01:28:07,171 --> 01:28:09,316 Those men haven't wanted me here from the beginning. 1036 01:28:09,340 --> 01:28:10,150 I've tried to be friendly. 1037 01:28:10,174 --> 01:28:11,568 - They're wary of you 1038 01:28:11,592 --> 01:28:12,402 because you're a stranger. 1039 01:28:12,426 --> 01:28:14,154 - Because I'm a woman. 1040 01:28:14,178 --> 01:28:15,572 - All right because you're a woman. 1041 01:28:15,596 --> 01:28:16,698 But they'll be fine now you'll see 1042 01:28:16,722 --> 01:28:18,116 now that you've settled in. 1043 01:28:18,140 --> 01:28:20,160 - As long as I keep pretending to be the little Mrs. 1044 01:28:20,184 --> 01:28:22,329 tatting, embroidering, drinking tea and nothing else, 1045 01:28:22,353 --> 01:28:23,580 then they'll accept me. 1046 01:28:23,604 --> 01:28:24,373 - I thought that's what you wanted. 1047 01:28:24,397 --> 01:28:25,207 They build it for you. 1048 01:28:25,231 --> 01:28:26,583 - No they didn't. 1049 01:28:26,607 --> 01:28:28,668 They built me to keep me away from you. 1050 01:28:28,692 --> 01:28:30,295 Now you're being ridiculous. 1051 01:28:30,319 --> 01:28:31,519 -Am 17?2 1052 01:28:31,570 --> 01:28:32,672 I'm not going to sit here pretending 1053 01:28:32,696 --> 01:28:34,132 I'm in a little cottage in Melbourne. 1054 01:28:34,156 --> 01:28:40,055 If I'd wanted that, I would've stayed in Melbourne. 1055 01:28:40,079 --> 01:28:42,454 - What do you want? 1056 01:28:46,961 --> 01:28:51,191 - The same as I wanted when we got married. 1057 01:28:51,215 --> 01:28:53,402 I want us to be happy, 1058 01:28:53,426 --> 01:28:55,106 to be close. 1059 01:28:55,970 --> 01:29:00,290 I don't want you hiding from me, too. 1060 01:29:00,558 --> 01:29:03,328 I want to share your life. 1061 01:29:03,352 --> 01:29:06,915 - You do, but I've got a station to run out there. 1062 01:29:06,939 --> 01:29:09,209 - And I've got this little house to run, is that it? 1063 01:29:09,233 --> 01:29:10,233 - Yes. 1064 01:29:38,220 --> 01:29:41,116 - Goggle Eye, why aren't you wearing your trousers? 1065 01:29:41,140 --> 01:29:42,242 -I am, Mrs. 1066 01:29:42,266 --> 01:29:44,411 - Why aren't you wearing them properly? 1067 01:29:44,435 --> 01:29:45,435 , Mrs. 1068 01:29:46,145 --> 01:29:47,998 - You must wear your trousers around the house. 1069 01:29:48,022 --> 01:29:50,417 You want your tobacco, don't you? 1070 01:29:50,441 --> 01:29:51,668 - Yes, Mrs. 1071 01:29:51,692 --> 01:29:56,012 - Then you must put your trousers on. 1072 01:29:56,280 --> 01:29:57,960 - Wash, Mrs. 1073 01:29:57,990 --> 01:29:59,384 - Oh wait a minute, Rosie. 1074 01:29:59,408 --> 01:30:01,783 I'll come with you. 1075 01:31:05,516 --> 01:31:08,141 It's my bathing gown. 1076 01:31:32,876 --> 01:31:33,770 Oh, 1077 01:31:33,794 --> 01:31:35,474 it's lovely! 1078 01:33:20,025 --> 01:33:21,025 , Mrs? 1079 01:33:23,445 --> 01:33:25,715 Him rapture you, you want him. 1080 01:33:25,739 --> 01:33:28,426 - Why would he run at me if he's blind? 1081 01:33:28,450 --> 01:33:29,803 - You stand up, Mrs. 1082 01:33:29,827 --> 01:33:30,637 He think you are tree. 1083 01:33:30,661 --> 01:33:32,161 He run up. 1084 01:33:32,746 --> 01:33:34,057 We actually watch out. 1085 01:33:34,081 --> 01:33:35,761 - Yes, Rosie. 1086 01:33:36,125 --> 01:33:38,000 I'll watch out. 1087 01:34:22,129 --> 01:34:25,275 - Bett Bett, where'd your mother live? 1088 01:34:25,299 --> 01:34:26,276 - Uluru. 1089 01:34:26,300 --> 01:34:27,110 - Where's that? 1090 01:34:27,134 --> 01:34:28,778 - That way, Mrs. 1091 01:34:28,802 --> 01:34:30,302 - How far? 1092 01:34:30,763 --> 01:34:32,073 - It be five days. 1093 01:34:32,097 --> 01:34:33,972 Big move, days. 1094 01:34:34,141 --> 01:34:36,661 - What's she doing so far away from her? 1095 01:34:36,685 --> 01:34:37,871 - Me mother's sick. 1096 01:34:37,895 --> 01:34:38,895 Dying. 1097 01:34:39,605 --> 01:34:41,730 Sended Bett Bett. 1098 01:34:41,774 --> 01:34:44,674 We're looking for daddy. 1099 01:34:45,277 --> 01:34:46,957 - Where's he? 1100 01:34:46,987 --> 01:34:48,667 - In Manilla. 1101 01:34:49,531 --> 01:34:51,259 He white fella. 1102 01:34:51,283 --> 01:34:52,886 - Father's a white man. 1103 01:34:52,910 --> 01:34:55,138 Well who's looking after her? 1104 01:34:55,162 --> 01:34:57,515 Who does she live with? 1105 01:34:57,539 --> 01:34:59,434 - Don't fear, Mrs. 1106 01:34:59,458 --> 01:35:02,896 She living at the black fella. 1107 01:35:02,920 --> 01:35:04,600 - Bett Bett, 1108 01:35:06,924 --> 01:35:09,819 would you like to come home with me? 1109 01:35:09,843 --> 01:35:11,780 Would you like to sleep long a house? 1110 01:35:11,804 --> 01:35:13,929 Sleep long a Mrs? 1111 01:35:15,599 --> 01:35:17,249 - Yes, Mrs. 1112 01:35:19,937 --> 01:35:22,123 - She was perfectly all right where she was. 1113 01:35:22,147 --> 01:35:23,833 - No, she might have survived 1114 01:35:23,857 --> 01:35:26,795 but she was not perfectly all right. 1115 01:35:26,819 --> 01:35:31,619 - Well what are you going to do with her? 1116 01:35:35,369 --> 01:35:37,244 - I don't know. 1117 01:35:39,790 --> 01:35:43,150 I'm going to look after her. 1118 01:35:57,808 --> 01:35:59,327 - You can't do that. 1119 01:35:59,351 --> 01:36:01,037 You can't just take her away from her own people. 1120 01:36:01,061 --> 01:36:05,208 - She doesn't have any people, that's the point. 1121 01:36:05,232 --> 01:36:07,043 - Jeanie, you're a stranger here. 1122 01:36:07,067 --> 01:36:08,962 You're a southerner, you don't understand how things are. 1123 01:36:08,986 --> 01:36:11,339 - No, but I'm beginning to. 1124 01:36:11,363 --> 01:36:12,382 I'm beginning to see why a white woman 1125 01:36:12,406 --> 01:36:15,009 is so unwelcome here. 1126 01:36:15,033 --> 01:36:17,804 - What's that supposed to mean? 1127 01:36:17,828 --> 01:36:20,890 - Her father was a white man, did you know that? 1128 01:36:20,914 --> 01:36:23,893 He went off and abandoned them. 1129 01:36:23,917 --> 01:36:27,146 - Yes well, probably a lineman or an overlander, it happens. 1130 01:36:27,170 --> 01:36:28,606 But you have to make allowances for these people. 1131 01:36:28,630 --> 01:36:31,067 They hardly see a white woman from one year to the next. 1132 01:36:31,091 --> 01:36:33,528 - No no, I'm not gonna swallow that one anymore. 1133 01:36:33,552 --> 01:36:35,071 It's no excuse. 1134 01:36:35,095 --> 01:36:37,031 It's their own choice and I'm starting to see 1135 01:36:37,055 --> 01:36:39,180 why they make it. 1136 01:36:46,940 --> 01:36:50,780 Come on Bett Bett, it's bedtime. 1137 01:37:05,459 --> 01:37:09,299 - You won't be able to train her. 1138 01:37:13,133 --> 01:37:15,862 Clean her, feed her and clothe her. 1139 01:37:15,886 --> 01:37:17,655 One day she will get up and go walkabout 1140 01:37:17,679 --> 01:37:20,679 without even telling you. 1141 01:37:20,974 --> 01:37:22,660 - Don't want to train her. 1142 01:37:22,684 --> 01:37:24,120 - Then what do you want to do with her? 1143 01:37:24,144 --> 01:37:25,644 - Nothing. 1144 01:37:25,938 --> 01:37:29,042 She's a very intelligent little girl. 1145 01:37:29,066 --> 01:37:31,316 She needs someone. 1146 01:37:31,944 --> 01:37:33,819 I need someone. 1147 01:37:38,742 --> 01:37:42,055 - Well I don't like you getting too familiar with them. 1148 01:37:42,079 --> 01:37:46,601 It encourages them to forget their place. 1149 01:37:46,625 --> 01:37:50,855 - Are you worried that I might forget my place? 1150 01:37:50,879 --> 01:37:53,066 - Do you mean by that? 1151 01:37:53,090 --> 01:37:55,610 - You're the same as the men, aren't you? 1152 01:37:55,634 --> 01:37:58,874 You think they're inferior. 1153 01:37:59,346 --> 01:38:01,324 - The men believe it and the blacks believe it. 1154 01:38:01,348 --> 01:38:02,283 That's what matters. 1155 01:38:02,307 --> 01:38:03,493 - No, what do you believe? 1156 01:38:03,517 --> 01:38:05,745 That's what matters. 1157 01:38:05,769 --> 01:38:07,705 Do you think they should be kept in their place 1158 01:38:07,729 --> 01:38:10,750 and that their place is as far from us as we can get them? 1159 01:38:10,774 --> 01:38:11,960 - Yes they should be left alone 1160 01:38:11,984 --> 01:38:17,384 to live their own ways, that's what I believe. 1161 01:38:19,157 --> 01:38:23,477 - Why does it have to be them and us? 1162 01:38:24,204 --> 01:38:26,933 Why can't we live together? 1163 01:38:26,957 --> 01:38:28,476 - Because the more we involve ourselves with them, 1164 01:38:28,500 --> 01:38:31,270 the more harm we do in the end. 1165 01:38:31,294 --> 01:38:34,107 - Begging for tobacco and sugar, 1166 01:38:34,131 --> 01:38:36,985 using them as gardeners and stock men. 1167 01:38:37,009 --> 01:38:40,321 It's not letting them live their own ways. 1168 01:38:40,345 --> 01:38:42,198 - But Jeanie, the men have a job to do. 1169 01:38:42,222 --> 01:38:44,367 There's four of us and over a million acres. 1170 01:38:44,391 --> 01:38:46,035 You have to see their point of view, too. 1171 01:38:46,059 --> 01:38:47,036 - Why? 1172 01:38:47,060 --> 01:38:48,538 Why should I? 1173 01:38:48,562 --> 01:38:49,831 - Well I have to. - Why? 1174 01:38:49,855 --> 01:38:50,790 - Oh don't be silly. 1175 01:38:50,814 --> 01:38:52,750 - No I'm not being silly. 1176 01:38:52,774 --> 01:38:56,004 Ever since you've come here, you've sided with the men. 1177 01:38:56,028 --> 01:38:58,715 You're closer to them than you are to me. 1178 01:38:58,739 --> 01:39:01,676 - But I have to work with them, it's important. 1179 01:39:01,700 --> 01:39:04,387 - You have to live with me. 1180 01:39:04,411 --> 01:39:07,891 I thought that was important. 1181 01:39:08,832 --> 01:39:10,032 - It is. 1182 01:39:19,718 --> 01:39:22,218 - What do you think? 1183 01:39:25,432 --> 01:39:27,368 - It's a bit bright. 1184 01:39:27,392 --> 01:39:29,072 - I like it. 1185 01:40:47,931 --> 01:40:50,159 Goggle Eye, I shouldn't be here. 1186 01:40:50,183 --> 01:40:51,244 I'll go. 1187 01:40:51,268 --> 01:40:52,954 - It's all right, Mrs. 1188 01:40:52,978 --> 01:40:54,628 No worries. 1189 01:42:19,898 --> 01:42:21,751 Good dancing, boss? 1190 01:42:21,775 --> 01:42:22,825 - Yeah. 1191 01:42:27,739 --> 01:42:30,614 - You should have a go. 1192 01:42:33,286 --> 01:42:36,057 Afraid they might come and get you? 1193 01:42:36,081 --> 01:42:37,581 - Get out! 1194 01:42:43,922 --> 01:42:46,275 - Good on you, Dandy. 1195 01:42:46,299 --> 01:42:48,569 What the blazes are we doing sitting around? 1196 01:42:48,593 --> 01:42:50,363 Bunch of bloody heathens. 1197 01:42:50,387 --> 01:42:53,616 They got their place and we got ours, right? 1198 01:42:53,640 --> 01:42:56,035 Three cheers for King Edward. 1199 01:42:56,059 --> 01:42:57,203 - Yeah, you're right. 1200 01:42:57,227 --> 01:42:58,913 Three cheers for the King. 1201 01:42:58,937 --> 01:42:59,747 Hip-hip- 1202 01:42:59,771 --> 01:43:01,121 - Hooray! 1203 01:43:03,441 --> 01:43:06,212 - Put those guns away, put them away! 1204 01:43:06,236 --> 01:43:10,049 - Come back, they won't hurt you! 1205 01:43:10,073 --> 01:43:11,573 Bett Bett? 1206 01:43:26,214 --> 01:43:27,894 Hello, Rosie. 1207 01:43:49,112 --> 01:43:50,612 Bett Bett? 1208 01:43:54,534 --> 01:43:56,284 Wait a minute. 1209 01:44:03,335 --> 01:44:05,104 Where are you going? 1210 01:44:05,128 --> 01:44:07,253 - Mrs, walkabout. 1211 01:44:08,256 --> 01:44:09,456 - Where? 1212 01:44:13,845 --> 01:44:16,157 I thought you were going to stay with me. 1213 01:44:16,181 --> 01:44:17,533 We're gonna have Christmas soon. 1214 01:44:17,557 --> 01:44:21,397 There'll be presents and pudding. 1215 01:44:25,899 --> 01:44:28,085 But you can't go out there alone. 1216 01:44:28,109 --> 01:44:31,005 Does Goggle Eye know you're going? 1217 01:44:31,029 --> 01:44:34,383 - Him sick, him close up die. 1218 01:44:34,407 --> 01:44:35,343 - What? 1219 01:44:35,367 --> 01:44:37,492 Him close up die. 1220 01:45:08,233 --> 01:45:09,913 - Goggle Eye? 1221 01:45:13,905 --> 01:45:15,555 What is it? 1222 01:45:15,615 --> 01:45:17,295 What's wrong? 1223 01:45:18,243 --> 01:45:19,923 - Dying, Mrs. 1224 01:45:24,165 --> 01:45:27,144 - Of course you're not dying. 1225 01:45:27,168 --> 01:45:30,168 - People singing me dead. 1226 01:45:33,925 --> 01:45:39,205 - I'll get some medicine, I'll be right back. 1227 01:46:23,433 --> 01:46:25,494 - They've put a curse on him. 1228 01:46:25,518 --> 01:46:27,768 - That's nonsense. 1229 01:46:31,149 --> 01:46:32,626 - You might think so, Jeanie. 1230 01:46:32,650 --> 01:46:36,630 But if they've sang and he believes it, it'll kill him. 1231 01:46:36,654 --> 01:46:38,334 - He is sick. 1232 01:46:38,406 --> 01:46:40,009 The same as that traveler. 1233 01:46:40,033 --> 01:46:43,273 He's got the same symptoms. 1234 01:46:44,996 --> 01:46:47,850 - It's best not to interfere, Mrs. 1235 01:46:47,874 --> 01:46:50,227 - I think it's a little late for that, isn't it? 1236 01:46:50,251 --> 01:46:53,689 - Seen it before, nothing you can do. 1237 01:46:53,713 --> 01:47:00,433 - I'm sick of people telling me there's nothing I can do. 1238 01:47:29,832 --> 01:47:31,707 Is that better? 1239 01:47:32,043 --> 01:47:33,393 - Finish. 1240 01:47:35,296 --> 01:47:39,256 If you believe that, you will die. 1241 01:47:39,467 --> 01:47:41,967 Got to fight for it. 1242 01:47:42,053 --> 01:47:43,733 - Too tired. 1243 01:47:49,352 --> 01:47:52,592 - Nobody dies from singing. 1244 01:48:05,743 --> 01:48:06,929 You hear 1245 01:48:06,953 --> 01:48:08,681 there's a half-Chinese black fellow once. 1246 01:48:08,705 --> 01:48:10,224 Come clean across from Queensland 1247 01:48:10,248 --> 01:48:13,102 to get away from the singing. 1248 01:48:13,126 --> 01:48:16,230 Didn't do him any good either. 1249 01:48:16,254 --> 01:48:17,304 - Yeah. 1250 01:48:23,428 --> 01:48:25,928 - Have a seat, boss? 1251 01:48:28,099 --> 01:48:29,779 - No thanks. 1252 01:48:34,897 --> 01:48:38,737 - Mrs. is pretty upset about it. 1253 01:48:39,611 --> 01:48:40,661 - Yeah. 1254 01:48:47,910 --> 01:48:50,723 She's quite right, of course. 1255 01:48:50,747 --> 01:48:54,467 It's too late not to interfere. 1256 01:48:57,670 --> 01:49:00,790 Aeneas too got me bluffed. 1257 01:49:01,924 --> 01:49:03,924 - You all right? 1258 01:49:09,390 --> 01:49:13,230 - Anybody think it was our fault. 1259 01:49:17,148 --> 01:49:18,348 - It is. 1260 01:50:23,715 --> 01:50:24,715 Mrs? 1261 01:50:27,844 --> 01:50:28,821 - Yes? 1262 01:50:28,845 --> 01:50:29,845 - Mrs, 1263 01:50:32,098 --> 01:50:33,098 hot. 1264 01:50:35,017 --> 01:50:36,217 Wipe me. 1265 01:50:51,284 --> 01:50:52,636 - I'll do that, Jeanie. 1266 01:50:52,660 --> 01:50:53,679 I can do it. 1267 01:50:53,703 --> 01:50:55,222 - I know you can. 1268 01:50:55,246 --> 01:51:00,166 But if it's fever, it could be contagious. 1269 01:51:17,560 --> 01:51:19,663 - Is that better? 1270 01:51:19,687 --> 01:51:21,337 - Yes, Mrs. 1271 01:51:21,898 --> 01:51:24,023 I reckon I dying. 1272 01:51:25,818 --> 01:51:28,714 You tell your big fella God, 1273 01:51:28,738 --> 01:51:31,363 chase away the devil. 1274 01:51:32,533 --> 01:51:35,304 - You want me to pray for you? 1275 01:51:35,328 --> 01:51:38,808 - You tell him, you tell him. 1276 01:51:46,297 --> 01:51:47,977 You tell him. 1277 01:52:05,566 --> 01:52:08,466 - Where did we go wrong? 1278 01:52:08,778 --> 01:52:10,653 - I don't know. 1279 01:52:12,156 --> 01:52:16,236 Just starts with tobacco and sugar. 1280 01:52:18,621 --> 01:52:21,496 Before that, I suppose. 1281 01:53:49,712 --> 01:53:51,392 There you go. 1282 01:53:56,928 --> 01:54:00,048 - What will the men think? 1283 01:54:00,306 --> 01:54:04,026 - I don't care what they think. 1284 01:54:27,708 --> 01:54:30,479 Jimmy, can you use this? 1285 01:54:30,503 --> 01:54:31,503 - Yes. 1286 01:54:31,629 --> 01:54:33,440 - Take the lot. 1287 01:54:33,464 --> 01:54:36,068 - I'd like to make a bed for myself. 1288 01:54:36,092 --> 01:54:39,332 - Oh good, Merry Christmas. 1289 01:54:46,477 --> 01:54:47,621 - Won't make any difference, you know? 1290 01:54:47,645 --> 01:54:49,748 They're only here for the rations. 1291 01:54:49,772 --> 01:54:51,249 - That's right. 1292 01:54:51,273 --> 01:54:53,085 - What happens when we run out? 1293 01:54:53,109 --> 01:54:56,338 - Then if we run out, we run out. 1294 01:54:56,362 --> 01:54:57,412 - Yeah. 1295 01:54:58,322 --> 01:54:59,672 Now then? 1296 01:55:00,282 --> 01:55:02,282 - Hey, Jackaroo. 1297 01:55:02,743 --> 01:55:04,137 Where you been, mate? 1298 01:55:04,161 --> 01:55:06,473 Haven't been walkabout, have you? 1299 01:55:06,497 --> 01:55:08,475 - Goggle Eye my brother, boss. 1300 01:55:08,499 --> 01:55:10,727 Thought I might sing him. 1301 01:55:10,751 --> 01:55:12,401 Killed him. 1302 01:55:12,795 --> 01:55:13,795 - Oh. 1303 01:55:15,297 --> 01:55:16,297 Here. 1304 01:55:16,507 --> 01:55:17,857 - Thanks. 1305 01:55:18,050 --> 01:55:21,890 Hey boss, I have one more thing. 1306 01:55:22,388 --> 01:55:24,324 Merry Christmas. 1307 01:55:24,348 --> 01:55:25,492 Got a new pickaninny. 1308 01:55:25,516 --> 01:55:26,284 - Have you? 1309 01:55:26,308 --> 01:55:27,202 - Yeah. 1310 01:55:27,226 --> 01:55:29,101 - Oh all right. 1311 01:55:29,687 --> 01:55:30,914 - Thank you, boss. 1312 01:55:30,938 --> 01:55:34,960 - Hey, you want to give one cheeky fellow mate. 1313 01:55:34,984 --> 01:55:37,234 Hey Nellie, Judty. 1314 01:55:38,237 --> 01:55:39,237 Here. 1315 01:55:40,197 --> 01:55:44,517 All right, who wants some more plums? 1316 01:55:53,085 --> 01:55:54,085 - Mrs. 1317 01:55:56,088 --> 01:55:58,338 - Merry Christmas. 1318 01:56:00,176 --> 01:56:01,526 - For me? 1319 01:56:02,178 --> 01:56:03,780 - It's from Aeneas and myself. 1320 01:56:03,804 --> 01:56:05,804 It's only small. 1321 01:56:08,017 --> 01:56:09,697 - Thank you. 1322 01:56:40,466 --> 01:56:46,448 - I suppose you all know that we came here for just a year 1323 01:56:46,472 --> 01:56:49,472 and the time's almost up. 1324 01:56:51,852 --> 01:56:53,580 The new herders have asked me to sign on again, 1325 01:56:53,604 --> 01:56:56,249 but I've been talking it over with Jeanie 1326 01:56:56,273 --> 01:56:58,043 for the last couple of days. 1327 01:56:58,067 --> 01:56:59,817 - Yeah? - Yeah. 1328 01:57:01,779 --> 01:57:04,404 What we've decided is 1329 01:57:06,075 --> 01:57:09,221 we're staying on at the Elsey. 1330 01:57:09,245 --> 01:57:11,995 Oh that's pretty good? 1331 01:57:14,917 --> 01:57:15,894 - I'll drink to that. 1332 01:57:15,918 --> 01:57:19,278 - Yeah, why not? - So will I. 1333 01:57:23,926 --> 01:57:25,403 - Dinner boss, dinner Mrs. 1334 01:57:25,427 --> 01:57:29,507 Dinner all about soup, turkey, ham, 1335 01:57:30,683 --> 01:57:32,933 Cauliflower, peas, 1336 01:57:33,060 --> 01:57:36,300 bean, tomato, sweet potato. 1337 01:57:37,273 --> 01:57:40,993 Cream custard and plum pudding. 1338 01:57:41,360 --> 01:57:44,110 - Oh that's marvelous. 1339 01:57:55,541 --> 01:57:57,185 - What's that one? 1340 01:57:57,209 --> 01:57:58,559 - Mardit. 1341 01:57:59,170 --> 01:58:00,520 - Mardit. 1342 01:58:01,380 --> 01:58:03,483 - And over there? 1343 01:58:03,507 --> 01:58:04,857 - Turdit. 1344 01:58:07,678 --> 01:58:08,488 - Mardit. 1345 01:58:08,512 --> 01:58:09,322 - Yeah. 1346 01:58:09,346 --> 01:58:10,157 - Turdit. 1347 01:58:10,181 --> 01:58:11,181 - Yes. 1348 01:58:13,142 --> 01:58:17,289 - Rosie, do you know where Bett Bett's gone to? 1349 01:58:17,313 --> 01:58:19,563 - Talk about Mrs.? 1350 01:58:21,192 --> 01:58:24,129 Don't worry, she will be back. 1351 01:58:24,153 --> 01:58:25,153 Mrs. 1352 01:58:27,114 --> 01:58:28,794 - What is it? 1353 01:58:30,993 --> 01:58:32,343 - Melaka? 1354 01:58:39,877 --> 01:58:41,479 What's happened? 1355 01:58:41,503 --> 01:58:45,583 - He took sick outta the nine-wall. 1356 01:58:56,143 --> 01:58:57,793 It's fever. 1357 01:58:58,145 --> 01:59:01,166 - It's the same, isn't it? 1358 01:59:01,190 --> 01:59:02,240 - Yeah. 1359 01:59:05,527 --> 01:59:07,902 I'll do what I can. 1360 01:59:08,447 --> 01:59:10,572 - I'll nurse him. 1361 01:59:13,160 --> 01:59:15,013 - I don't think you understand, Mrs. Gunn. 1362 01:59:15,037 --> 01:59:19,434 If it's fever, it's not very pleasant. 1363 01:59:19,458 --> 01:59:22,818 - Thank you, I'll nurse him. 1364 02:00:35,075 --> 02:00:36,425 - Jeanie. 1365 02:00:43,125 --> 02:00:44,175 Jeanie. 1366 02:00:50,674 --> 02:00:51,724 Jeanie. 1367 02:01:08,525 --> 02:01:09,575 Is that 1368 02:01:10,861 --> 02:01:11,861 rain? 1369 02:01:12,279 --> 02:01:13,279 - Yes. 1370 02:01:14,865 --> 02:01:16,990 - Tonight coming. 1371 02:01:27,878 --> 02:01:30,003 They're good men. 1372 02:01:31,298 --> 02:01:32,348 Jeanie, 1373 02:01:35,427 --> 02:01:37,427 they don't know. 1374 02:01:39,515 --> 02:01:41,265 I didn't know. 1375 02:01:41,934 --> 02:01:43,284 - I know. 1376 02:01:49,525 --> 02:01:51,900 - Is that the rain? 1377 02:01:52,444 --> 02:01:53,444 - Yes. 1378 02:02:03,914 --> 02:02:05,114 - I feel 1379 02:02:07,084 --> 02:02:08,434 so alone. 1380 02:02:09,795 --> 02:02:12,170 - You're not alone. 1381 02:02:16,927 --> 02:02:19,827 - All the time I wasted. 1382 02:02:26,395 --> 02:02:28,045 I need you. 1383 02:06:17,501 --> 02:06:20,401 - I'm really sorry, Mrs. 1384 02:06:27,177 --> 02:06:28,677 I'm sorry. 1385 02:07:43,879 --> 02:07:45,754 My dear sister, 1386 02:07:46,590 --> 02:07:50,670 my Melaka's gone and I'm all alone. 1387 02:07:54,139 --> 02:07:56,764 I'm so sad and tired, 1388 02:07:59,269 --> 02:08:01,144 too sad to cry. 1389 02:08:02,314 --> 02:08:05,752 After all, tears are only for the little sorrows 1390 02:08:05,776 --> 02:08:09,256 and now they're all dried up. 1391 02:08:10,280 --> 02:08:13,676 We chose a place on a hill to bury my love 1392 02:08:13,700 --> 02:08:17,555 and the men made a coffin for him. 1393 02:08:17,579 --> 02:08:19,766 To you that means nothing. 1394 02:08:19,790 --> 02:08:21,267 But when you understand, 1395 02:08:21,291 --> 02:08:26,439 you will realise the great tribute of love it is. 1396 02:08:26,463 --> 02:08:30,276 A pure white oleander cluster bloomed yesterday 1397 02:08:30,300 --> 02:08:32,069 and today the first flower in the garden 1398 02:08:32,093 --> 02:08:37,613 of our only home together lies with my husband. 1399 02:08:41,311 --> 02:08:46,125 We were so happy, too happy and now it's all over. 1400 02:08:46,149 --> 02:08:47,499 Hey, Mrs. 1401 02:08:51,029 --> 02:08:52,709 - Bett Bett. 1402 02:08:54,783 --> 02:08:58,623 - Can me sleep long a house, Mrs? 1403 02:09:03,500 --> 02:09:07,100 - Yes, you sleep long a house. 1404 02:09:15,804 --> 02:09:17,484 What's that? 1405 02:09:18,640 --> 02:09:19,617 - What's it for? 1406 02:09:19,641 --> 02:09:21,291 - You, Mrs. 1407 02:09:21,643 --> 02:09:22,495 - For me? 1408 02:09:22,519 --> 02:09:23,519 - Yes.