1 00:00:15,666 --> 00:00:17,416 ♪ Just one 2 00:00:17,416 --> 00:00:19,041 ♪ Drop from 3 00:00:19,041 --> 00:00:22,250 ♪ The sky like the 4 00:00:22,250 --> 00:00:23,875 ♪ Teardrop 5 00:00:23,875 --> 00:00:27,083 ♪ That forms in my eyes 6 00:00:27,083 --> 00:00:28,625 ♪ It brings 7 00:00:28,625 --> 00:00:30,083 ♪ New strength 8 00:00:30,083 --> 00:00:33,375 ♪ To take its claim 9 00:00:33,375 --> 00:00:36,750 ♪ Regeneration 10 00:00:36,750 --> 00:00:40,458 ♪ To heal our pain 11 00:00:40,458 --> 00:00:46,083 ♪ Ride into the wind 12 00:00:46,083 --> 00:00:51,750 ♪ Until you're home again 13 00:00:51,750 --> 00:00:56,708 ♪ Feel it in the rain 14 00:00:57,958 --> 00:01:03,041 ♪ Can you find the way? 15 00:01:04,125 --> 00:01:09,625 ♪ Feel it in the rain 16 00:01:10,791 --> 00:01:16,083 ♪ Can you find the way? 17 00:01:19,708 --> 00:01:24,458 ♪ It's time we start to relay 18 00:01:24,458 --> 00:01:30,458 ♪ The wonders of our history 19 00:01:30,458 --> 00:01:34,166 ♪ Our breath defies 20 00:01:34,166 --> 00:01:37,458 ♪ The story's page 21 00:01:37,458 --> 00:01:40,750 ♪ The songs created 22 00:01:40,750 --> 00:01:44,416 ♪ The path we made 23 00:01:44,416 --> 00:01:50,000 ♪ Ride into the wind 24 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:55,666 ♪ Until you're home again 25 00:01:55,666 --> 00:02:00,750 ♪ Feel it in the rain Feel it in the rain 26 00:02:02,208 --> 00:02:04,625 ♪ Can you find the way? 27 00:02:04,625 --> 00:02:08,666 ♪ The way, yeah, yeah, yeah 28 00:02:08,666 --> 00:02:13,583 ♪ Feel it in the rain The rain 29 00:02:14,958 --> 00:02:17,375 ♪ Can you find the way? 30 00:02:17,375 --> 00:02:20,708 ♪ The way, yeah, yeah, yeah 31 00:02:20,708 --> 00:02:23,208 ♪ Feel it in the rain. ♪ 32 00:02:58,958 --> 00:03:01,583 Drover! It's the Drover! 33 00:03:10,500 --> 00:03:11,625 - Yah! 34 00:03:31,916 --> 00:03:33,000 - Alright, alright! 35 00:03:49,625 --> 00:03:52,666 Yeah, Drover! 36 00:03:52,666 --> 00:03:53,916 Ride him! 37 00:03:53,916 --> 00:03:56,500 Yeah, Drover! Drover! 38 00:03:59,416 --> 00:04:00,625 - Yeah, I try to be. 39 00:04:03,708 --> 00:04:05,041 - Maybe. 40 00:04:06,833 --> 00:04:08,875 - I go droving 'cause that's my job. 41 00:04:16,083 --> 00:04:17,583 - Alright, boys, that'll do. 42 00:04:17,583 --> 00:04:19,208 Bring 'em down the back paddock, will ya? 43 00:04:27,250 --> 00:04:29,333 - Yeah. 44 00:04:29,333 --> 00:04:32,666 Listen. It's up to Missus Boss what you do, alright? 45 00:04:32,666 --> 00:04:35,208 Come on inside, boys. It's time for dinner. 46 00:04:35,208 --> 00:04:36,916 I'm coming. 47 00:04:36,916 --> 00:04:38,625 Jedda, come on! 48 00:04:38,625 --> 00:04:39,958 Come on, girl. 49 00:04:39,958 --> 00:04:42,250 Come on! 50 00:04:45,750 --> 00:04:47,708 Emmett Dutton radioed in today. 51 00:04:47,708 --> 00:04:49,875 They're putting together a big Army drove. 52 00:04:49,875 --> 00:04:51,375 He wants me to lead it. 53 00:04:51,375 --> 00:04:53,916 Absolutely not. You just got back. 54 00:04:53,916 --> 00:04:55,458 Really? 55 00:04:59,250 --> 00:05:00,791 - What's wrong? 56 00:05:00,791 --> 00:05:02,375 - I'm just not used to people 57 00:05:02,375 --> 00:05:04,166 making decisions for me, that's all. 58 00:05:04,166 --> 00:05:06,500 - I was just expressing an opinion. 59 00:05:08,083 --> 00:05:09,583 Captain Dutton told me about 60 00:05:09,583 --> 00:05:11,375 this wonderful School of the Air. 61 00:05:11,375 --> 00:05:13,833 It's conducted by radio all across the country. 62 00:05:13,833 --> 00:05:15,666 I thought it would be good for Nullah. 63 00:05:15,666 --> 00:05:18,541 - He wants to go walkabout with King George. 64 00:05:18,541 --> 00:05:20,458 - That's ridiculous. He's a little boy. 65 00:05:20,458 --> 00:05:22,500 It's not safe. - He'd be safer in Arnhem Land 66 00:05:22,500 --> 00:05:24,041 than he would be hangin' around here. 67 00:05:25,625 --> 00:05:27,708 - I thought you said-- - You can't change him, Sarah. 68 00:05:29,791 --> 00:05:32,791 - I thought you said it had nothing to do with you. 69 00:05:32,791 --> 00:05:34,333 - It doesn't. 70 00:05:35,416 --> 00:05:36,750 It's just sooner or later, 71 00:05:36,750 --> 00:05:38,291 you're gonna have to let that boy go. 72 00:05:40,500 --> 00:05:43,000 - I don't know what you're talking about. 73 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:44,875 - If he doesn't go through ceremony 74 00:05:44,875 --> 00:05:49,125 he'll have no country, he'll have no story, no dreaming. 75 00:05:51,125 --> 00:05:52,875 He's gonna be all alone. 76 00:05:56,458 --> 00:05:58,833 This big Army drove. 77 00:05:58,833 --> 00:06:00,791 - Let's have dinner, shall we? 78 00:06:00,791 --> 00:06:02,416 - I'm gonna take it. 79 00:06:02,416 --> 00:06:05,125 Come on! 80 00:07:07,708 --> 00:07:09,416 - You belong here. 81 00:07:42,833 --> 00:07:45,250 - Emmett! Why didn't you radio? 82 00:07:45,250 --> 00:07:48,083 I'm so glad you're here. Would you-- 83 00:07:52,041 --> 00:07:54,458 - Jeez, you done the place up nice. 84 00:07:54,458 --> 00:07:57,250 Oh, I hope you don't mind. Bandy let me in. 85 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:02,375 Yeah, my father would've been proud. 86 00:08:02,375 --> 00:08:04,500 Yeah, it's bloody beautiful. 87 00:08:05,583 --> 00:08:08,416 Jeez, I bet you got all the mod cons. 88 00:08:08,416 --> 00:08:10,416 - What do you want? 89 00:08:12,458 --> 00:08:16,333 - What I've always wanted. Faraway Downs. 90 00:08:16,333 --> 00:08:17,916 - Bandy, call the men. 91 00:08:17,916 --> 00:08:20,375 Bunchemup, Mr Fletcher needs to be escorted off the property. 92 00:08:20,375 --> 00:08:22,875 - Callahan won't be having any more cups of tea. 93 00:08:23,958 --> 00:08:25,458 I will, though. 94 00:08:25,458 --> 00:08:27,958 Cup of tea, thanks, Bandy. You know how I like it. 95 00:08:27,958 --> 00:08:29,666 Yeah. 96 00:08:30,708 --> 00:08:32,875 - It's alright, Bandy. 97 00:08:32,875 --> 00:08:35,875 - You know, these days I can pull a few strings. 98 00:08:35,875 --> 00:08:38,750 I can probably bring your creamy in, if you like. 99 00:08:38,750 --> 00:08:42,791 Or I can talk to Dr Barker and get you guardianship. 100 00:08:42,791 --> 00:08:44,833 - I will never sell you my land. 101 00:08:44,833 --> 00:08:46,208 - Your land? 102 00:08:46,208 --> 00:08:48,625 My family worked this property for three generations. 103 00:08:48,625 --> 00:08:50,875 My father died making people like you rich. 104 00:08:50,875 --> 00:08:53,166 Faraway Downs belongs to me. 105 00:08:55,458 --> 00:08:59,958 Just like you believe the little creamy belongs to you. 106 00:09:01,250 --> 00:09:03,541 I'll pay you what it's worth. 107 00:09:03,541 --> 00:09:07,375 You can use the money, go south, get the little one an education. 108 00:09:07,375 --> 00:09:09,166 - I'll go to the highest levels of government, 109 00:09:09,166 --> 00:09:11,500 I'll go to the high court beyond this country if I have to. 110 00:09:11,500 --> 00:09:13,708 - An unmarried woman living with the likes of the Drover? 111 00:09:13,708 --> 00:09:16,625 - I will tell your wife he is your son. 112 00:09:18,541 --> 00:09:20,583 - That'd be a mistake. 113 00:09:24,583 --> 00:09:26,708 Kimberley spear. 114 00:09:36,916 --> 00:09:38,625 Glass-tipped. 115 00:09:43,500 --> 00:09:45,791 Real collector's items. 116 00:09:47,750 --> 00:09:49,458 Ooh-er! 117 00:09:49,458 --> 00:09:52,000 You're missing one. 118 00:09:56,875 --> 00:10:00,708 Anyway, I was just, uh, out here checking on all the properties. 119 00:10:00,708 --> 00:10:02,666 Might do a little buffalo hunting later. 120 00:10:02,666 --> 00:10:03,833 Yeah. 121 00:10:03,833 --> 00:10:05,666 Oh. 122 00:10:05,666 --> 00:10:07,875 Did you hear about the King? 123 00:10:09,166 --> 00:10:11,958 Terrible accident, yeah. 124 00:10:11,958 --> 00:10:13,791 Very dangerous place out here, 125 00:10:13,791 --> 00:10:16,458 even for locals like the Drover and the little creamy. 126 00:10:16,458 --> 00:10:18,000 You with me? 127 00:10:19,166 --> 00:10:24,291 Anyway, you ought to think about it, Lady Ashley. 128 00:10:24,291 --> 00:10:28,333 After all, pride's not power. 129 00:11:55,083 --> 00:11:56,750 - Sarah! 130 00:11:58,291 --> 00:11:59,958 Drover! 131 00:12:02,416 --> 00:12:04,333 Drover! 132 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:09,333 He's not down at the billabong. 133 00:12:09,333 --> 00:12:10,666 - Well, then, he's gone walkabout. 134 00:12:10,666 --> 00:12:14,125 - Oh! He wouldn't have just left without saying goodbye. 135 00:12:14,125 --> 00:12:17,625 Get the packhorse ready. We're going up to Punctuation Point. 136 00:12:17,625 --> 00:12:19,041 - Sing Song? - Yes? 137 00:12:19,041 --> 00:12:20,666 - Tinned food. We're going after him. 138 00:12:20,666 --> 00:12:22,458 OK, OK. - You're not listening. 139 00:12:22,458 --> 00:12:24,791 - What? - Sarah, he's gone walkabout! 140 00:12:24,791 --> 00:12:26,708 - Oh, come on, Drover. He is a child. 141 00:12:26,708 --> 00:12:28,291 - Yeah, well, he's not our child. 142 00:12:28,291 --> 00:12:31,166 He's an Aboriginal child. He's gone walkabout! 143 00:12:31,166 --> 00:12:32,166 - Bandy! 144 00:12:32,166 --> 00:12:35,250 - The next time you see him will be when he wants to see you. 145 00:12:35,250 --> 00:12:37,250 - Besides, he'll be halfway up to Arnhem Land by now. 146 00:12:37,250 --> 00:12:39,125 You'll never find him. - You could find him. 147 00:12:39,125 --> 00:12:40,958 You know that land better than anyone. 148 00:12:40,958 --> 00:12:42,666 You and Magarri can find him. 149 00:12:42,666 --> 00:12:45,000 - And do what, huh? Bring him back here and lock him up? 150 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:46,625 You could start your own little mission. 151 00:12:46,625 --> 00:12:48,333 - Oh, you're just trying to be clever 152 00:12:48,333 --> 00:12:50,041 because you don't want to be responsible-- 153 00:12:50,041 --> 00:12:52,000 - He's not my son! 154 00:12:54,250 --> 00:12:55,916 - What did you say? 155 00:12:58,916 --> 00:13:00,458 - I've got to go. 156 00:13:00,458 --> 00:13:02,625 - Don't leave, Drover! Don't. 157 00:13:03,791 --> 00:13:05,791 I understood when you said you had to be free. 158 00:13:05,791 --> 00:13:07,416 I...I understood that. 159 00:13:07,416 --> 00:13:11,000 But that...that was between you and me 160 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:13,041 but it's different now. 161 00:13:13,041 --> 00:13:15,250 We've got Nullah. 162 00:13:16,708 --> 00:13:18,250 - I've got to go. 163 00:13:18,250 --> 00:13:20,416 - I need you to stay. - I'll be back in six months. 164 00:13:20,416 --> 00:13:22,750 - I need you to stay with me, and if you can't do that, 165 00:13:22,750 --> 00:13:26,458 then I...I would prefer it if you didn't return. 166 00:13:31,041 --> 00:13:33,291 - Alright. 167 00:13:33,291 --> 00:13:35,000 You're the boss. 168 00:13:38,625 --> 00:13:39,833 - Drover. 169 00:14:04,791 --> 00:14:07,333 - Get off me, you stupid mutt! 170 00:14:21,375 --> 00:14:23,291 - Jedda! 171 00:14:33,166 --> 00:14:35,250 - Constable! 172 00:14:39,916 --> 00:14:41,375 No! 173 00:14:42,666 --> 00:14:44,666 - We're here to apprehend this renegade black, 174 00:14:44,666 --> 00:14:46,250 not to waste a bullet on a dog. 175 00:14:46,250 --> 00:14:47,791 Take this kid and put him in the truck. 176 00:14:48,958 --> 00:14:50,625 Tango, echo, seven, 177 00:14:50,625 --> 00:14:52,833 this is Captain Dutton to Faraway Downs. 178 00:14:52,833 --> 00:14:55,208 Emmett, this is Faraway Downs, Sarah speaking. 179 00:14:55,208 --> 00:14:56,958 Thought you'd like to know 180 00:14:56,958 --> 00:14:58,750 police apprehended Aborigine 181 00:14:58,750 --> 00:15:00,875 accused of murdering your husband. 182 00:15:00,875 --> 00:15:02,500 Another thing, they've brought him in 183 00:15:02,500 --> 00:15:06,041 with a half-caste boy from Faraway Downs. 184 00:15:06,041 --> 00:15:08,875 I understand. Will travel to Darwin. Over. 185 00:15:08,875 --> 00:15:11,583 Sarah, we're evacuating Darwin. 186 00:15:11,583 --> 00:15:13,625 The Japanese threat is very real. 187 00:15:13,625 --> 00:15:16,333 Then I'll be there as soon as I can. Over. 188 00:15:16,333 --> 00:15:18,250 - Mr Fletcher. 189 00:15:18,250 --> 00:15:21,416 We've apprehended that young'un, and in the course of our duties 190 00:15:21,416 --> 00:15:22,875 we arrested the... 191 00:15:22,875 --> 00:15:25,958 suspected murderer of Lord Ashley, King George. 192 00:15:31,625 --> 00:15:35,083 - You've finally lifted your game, Callahan. Good on you! 193 00:15:35,083 --> 00:15:36,666 Things are lookin' up. 194 00:15:39,958 --> 00:15:42,875 No! 195 00:15:44,250 --> 00:15:47,041 At the urging of the Australian Parliament, 196 00:15:47,041 --> 00:15:51,500 all local industry is assisting in the militarisation of Darwin. 197 00:15:51,500 --> 00:15:54,833 Even the Carney Cattle Company has joined the war effort, 198 00:15:54,833 --> 00:15:58,541 converting its head office, once a proud icon of the city, 199 00:15:58,541 --> 00:16:00,666 into a military headquarters. 200 00:16:00,666 --> 00:16:04,916 Just days ago, at 6:15am local time, 201 00:16:04,916 --> 00:16:06,833 United States Pacific Fleet 202 00:16:06,833 --> 00:16:09,291 was attacked at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 203 00:16:09,291 --> 00:16:12,125 by the Empire of Japan. 204 00:16:12,125 --> 00:16:16,000 The United States has joined the war. 205 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:20,291 As the Japanese hordes pour southward towards Australia, 206 00:16:20,291 --> 00:16:23,625 the final evacuation of Darwin is underway. 207 00:17:01,333 --> 00:17:04,125 - Hey, creamy! Creamy! 208 00:17:04,125 --> 00:17:07,500 Doesn't your mummy want ya, you filthy creamy? 209 00:17:07,500 --> 00:17:10,041 - Come here! Come on. 210 00:17:10,041 --> 00:17:13,000 - Come on, my child. Come on! 211 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:16,166 Creamy. Hey, creamy! 212 00:17:38,250 --> 00:17:39,916 - Don't be so pig-headed, Catherine. 213 00:17:39,916 --> 00:17:41,208 - Mother! 214 00:17:41,208 --> 00:17:43,666 - Mrs Fletcher, it is possible for us to arrange someone 215 00:17:43,666 --> 00:17:46,000 to do your essential job at the Army barracks. 216 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:49,208 - I've told you, this is my home. I'm not going. 217 00:17:51,375 --> 00:17:55,166 - Hang on, love, wait! What do you think you're doing? 218 00:17:55,166 --> 00:17:56,833 Hey, come back here! 219 00:18:04,208 --> 00:18:05,708 - Oh, come on, ladies, come on. 220 00:18:05,708 --> 00:18:08,000 We can say our farewells up on deck. 221 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:09,416 - Excuse me! - Nullah! 222 00:18:09,416 --> 00:18:11,625 - It's Lady Ashley. Nullah! 223 00:18:11,625 --> 00:18:13,666 - Father Benedict, deal with it! - Nullah! 224 00:18:14,791 --> 00:18:16,625 No, this is madness! 225 00:18:19,583 --> 00:18:20,875 I don't want to go! 226 00:18:20,875 --> 00:18:23,083 - Was she hiding a piccaninny? 227 00:18:23,083 --> 00:18:25,333 - People do the most extraordinary things. 228 00:18:25,333 --> 00:18:27,291 - In times of war. Missus Boss! 229 00:18:27,291 --> 00:18:30,208 - These poor unfortunates will be safe in God's hands. 230 00:18:30,208 --> 00:18:32,875 - These are not unfortunates. These are children! 231 00:18:32,875 --> 00:18:34,375 These are no different 232 00:18:34,375 --> 00:18:36,458 to the children you are taking south to protect. 233 00:18:36,458 --> 00:18:38,333 - Missus Boss, don't let them take me away. 234 00:18:38,333 --> 00:18:39,833 - Nullah! Nullah! - No! 235 00:18:39,833 --> 00:18:41,458 She's humiliating herself. 236 00:18:41,458 --> 00:18:43,666 - Please help me! - We've got to help her! 237 00:18:43,666 --> 00:18:45,166 - Lady Ashley! Lady Ashley. - Help me! 238 00:18:45,166 --> 00:18:47,333 - This is my child. - I understand. 239 00:18:47,333 --> 00:18:48,583 - Please-- Nullah! 240 00:18:48,583 --> 00:18:50,833 - You don't have an essential job. You must evacuate-- 241 00:18:50,833 --> 00:18:52,416 - Missus Boss, don't let them take me away! 242 00:18:52,416 --> 00:18:54,208 The Church has a plan for them. 243 00:18:54,208 --> 00:18:56,833 - To leave those children behind while we send ours to safety? 244 00:18:56,833 --> 00:18:59,166 - Catherine, control yourself! 245 00:18:59,166 --> 00:19:00,916 - How can you all be so heartless? 246 00:19:00,916 --> 00:19:03,583 Be a brave boy for me. You be brave. 247 00:19:03,583 --> 00:19:05,791 - Neil, I want you to do something about this. 248 00:19:05,791 --> 00:19:07,416 I want you to help Lady Ashley. 249 00:19:07,416 --> 00:19:09,250 - Yeah, no, look, I could probably sort it out. 250 00:19:09,250 --> 00:19:11,958 - You show the ladies to their cabins, I'll see what I can do. 251 00:19:11,958 --> 00:19:14,083 Come on, ladies. To the upper decks. 252 00:19:14,083 --> 00:19:16,291 - I will come and find you, whatever happens. 253 00:19:16,291 --> 00:19:18,541 Whatever it takes, we'll be together again, I promise. 254 00:19:20,375 --> 00:19:22,041 - Come along, child. Quickly. Quickly. 255 00:19:23,250 --> 00:19:24,791 - Missus Boss. 256 00:19:27,916 --> 00:19:29,583 - You be brave. 257 00:19:31,291 --> 00:19:33,083 Nullah. Come on. 258 00:19:37,625 --> 00:19:40,375 - Nullah! It'll be alright. 259 00:19:46,500 --> 00:19:48,958 I will find you! I will! 260 00:19:56,958 --> 00:19:58,333 Nullah! 261 00:19:59,583 --> 00:20:01,083 Nullah! 262 00:20:10,333 --> 00:20:13,458 - And I will hear you, my darling. 263 00:20:19,500 --> 00:20:22,000 - You know, there's a radio tower on Mission Island. 264 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:24,958 Directly in the path of the oncoming Japanese. 265 00:20:24,958 --> 00:20:27,708 Be the first place the Japs hit. 266 00:20:28,833 --> 00:20:31,000 - You are monstrous. 267 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:33,708 - You know, it's not too late, Lady Ashley. 268 00:20:33,708 --> 00:20:36,416 You can sign Faraway Downs over to me 269 00:20:36,416 --> 00:20:39,166 and I can get your little fella back. 270 00:20:39,166 --> 00:20:40,958 - I want them all. 271 00:20:42,708 --> 00:20:44,833 All of the children off the island. 272 00:20:46,458 --> 00:20:49,916 - You know, you suffer from an Achilles heart. 273 00:20:49,916 --> 00:20:52,166 I'll have the original contract with the original offer 274 00:20:52,166 --> 00:20:53,291 drawn up and ready. 275 00:20:53,291 --> 00:20:55,291 It'll take a little while to sort the Church out. 276 00:20:55,291 --> 00:20:57,041 You get yourself a room at Ivan's 277 00:20:57,041 --> 00:20:59,458 and I'll get you a job with Cath at HQ. 278 00:20:59,458 --> 00:21:01,875 We'll do this, Lady Ashley. 279 00:21:01,875 --> 00:21:05,666 After all...pride's not power. 280 00:21:09,208 --> 00:21:12,458 Yeah. Pride's not power.