Original subtitles

'!ve come to get my pay, Mr Tarbox.

( CO'NS JANGLB )

'!" pay you, McCa". You!re a good man.

And ' want you back.

' Suppose you deserve your feed.

You didn!t poison us.

'!ve come to get my pay, Mr Tarbox.

(Chuck'es) You get paid?!

(Laughs) ' didn!t see you at the end ofthe drove! boy.

Mate, 'ook after him, wi" you?

Maybe that!" coo' you down, boy.

(Man grunts)

Oh! Bastard!

(Grunts) Let him 'oose.

(Pants) Let him 'oose.

Hit him!

Hit him again.

Haven!t you heard about the Marquis of Queensbury! son?

Arggh!

Never heard of him.

MAN: Beauty!

Gent'eman, was he?

We", the scientific part ofthe contest is over.

MAN: And again.

(Screams)

Serpent! He!s got purchase!

Ahh! (Pants)

(Pants)

You owe me 30 quid, Mr Tarbox.

And ' don!t forget!

This...isn!t for the drove.

'T!s for the work.out.

MAN: Mmm, yes.

This is the 'ease Mr Tarboxwants.

And it sti" has nine months to run.

And the requirement to stock the 'ease - the transfer fee is £4.

'!" pay you in go'd.

Yours?

Mine.

"' Swear to make every endeavour to stock the said property

"by the date indicated on the 'ease...!!

"..And to make substantia' improvement according to the Act...!!

HASKY: Yeah. That!s right, Lone'y.

Get your things off my cart. My boys have got to start home tonight.

Hey, Jimmy? MAN: Get up! get up!

Pick us up at the Lands office. J'MMY: OK! boss.

Hey, Hasky!

LONBLY: Josh was wanting some advice! Mr Tarbox.

Yeah. My advice - don!t ho'd me up.

"..According to the Act...!! "..so he'p me! God.!!

"..So he'p me, God.!!

So, it!s mine now? Uh!

One thing at a time.

'T!s about the herd. Yeah?

Yeah, we", uh...what was the fina' ta"y?

What!s it got to do with you?

We", ' was the head b'oody stockman, that!s a".

LONBLY: Come on, Hasky. Admit it.

You... You cou'dn!t care! We cou'd!ve...

You, er, have a 'ot of money here.

(Men argue outside)

We didn!t get 'ost. You went without us!

Look, you keep out ofthis.

Yeah, you 'eft us for dead out there! Hasky.

(Hasky ye"s) Look, youse have got paid. What more do youse want?

What did you expect me to do?! Bring the herd in by myse'f?

You!rejust a pack ofwhingeing b'udgers. That!s a" you are.

Now, get out of myway!

You can!t do that!

' Want that 'ease.

'!m afraid this young man!s a'ready taken it! Mr Tarbox.

We''...you paid £3 for the transfer.

'!" give you £4.

Four...

...thousand, p'us the £29 you owe me.

You!re a si"y boy.

'!" take the 'ot for nothing when you wa'k off it.

Less £4 for the 'ease.

Uh.uh! £3.

Kate McBride. Fairwater?

Sometimes ' wonder where you drovers went to schoo'.

Richard...? Bastwick.

4s 9d.

Kate?! Richard!

(Both 'augh)

What are you doing here? ' to'd you ' was coming.

What? So soon? You didn!t write to me.

We", ' couldn'fwrite! We"! you cou'd!ve sent a message.

'...' was hundreds of mi'es from a post office.

'!ve been droving. Oh...

' just sent you this. Oh.

(Gigg'es)

"' 'Ove you and think ofyou a'ways.!!

Oh, wou'd you ride a thousand mi'es?

' Just did. '!ve thought of nothing but you, day and night.

Richard, what...

( BBLL TOLLS )

McBR'DB: We'come. Good morning! Reverend McBride.

KATB: Oooh! ' must go.

Come and see me.

Oh! ' can!t be'ieve you!re here.

(Laughs)

( ACCORD'ON PLAYS )

' Baptise you O'ive Mary and Wi"iam

in the name ofthe Father, the Son and the Ho'y Ghost.

We receive my sister O'ive Mary and my brother Wi"iam

into the congregation of Christ!s f'ock

that they may be instructed and trained into the duties...

Oh!

...discip'ines and privi'eges ofthe Christian re'igion

and trust that theywi" remain Christ!s faithfu' so'diers and servants...

(Quiet'y) Come here. Shh.

Amen. ALL: Amen.

Praise the Lord. ALL: Praise the Lord.

(Woman p'ays accordion)

60,000 acres. Do you know how big that is?

'T stretches across the p'ain from one horizon to the other.

You cou'dn!t wa'k its 'ength in a day.

And there!s a house. 't!s not big, but it!s snug! and it has a creek.

(Kate 'aughs)

(Affectionate'y) Oh!

Now '!m a man who owns something...

...' can marry you.

You do want to marry me?

(Sighs) Richard.

My Richard.

' Wou'd marry you without 'and.

Without a house.

(Laughs) Without anything at a".

A" ' want is you.

( DOOR OPBNS )

( DOOR CLOSBS )

Whore. My daughter!s a whore.

F'at on your back in the bush with a drover!

Whi'e ' baptise the Lord!s e'ect.

' Was not!

Lust, deceit, disobedience to parents.

The fruits ofthe f'esh, which wi" drag you to he".

You were conceived and born to he'p me carry out mywork for the Lord.

' Am fighting a crusade on his beha'f.

And ' need you beside me.

You have Mother to share your 'ife.

Father, ' have my own 'ife to 'ive.

Leave it. (Kicks her) (Grunts)

MRS McBR'DB: David!

(Whimpers)

( DOOR SLAMS )

She!s not a chi'd.

She!s a woman. Can you not see that?

" She behaves as a chi'd, she!" be treated as a chi'd.

Your 'ove as a father b'inds you!

David, you!" drive her from our home

into the arms ofthat ungod'y man.

You are a good woman, a faithfu' wife.

But you have no vision.

She wi" see kindness as weakness.

'N your pity, she wi" see approva'.

Now, knee' here with me...

...and pray for her.

(Lone'y grunts)

( BBLL R'NGS )

MAN: Ro" up, ro" up. Have a go on the hammer game.

( BANG! )

( BBLL R'NGS )

Drink?

Don!t need one. Ohhh!

You want some? Mirac'e in ajar.

And now, for the first time ever,

Babcock!s Syrup ofthe Gods are avai'ab'e to you!

The ai'ing masses ofAustra'ia.

'T wi" cure anything.

'T wi" cure warts, mo'es, pimp'es on the tummy!

Wobb'y knees, f'at feet, fa"en arches! gastritis! rheumatism.

'!" take two. Yes!

Take one for your mother.in.'aw.

'T!" even cure her.

'S it a'coho'ic?

Not on'y that, it!s a mirac'e in ajar.

Mmm...

MAN: ..capacity - 50O- and 750-foot bores.

Priced with fu" equipment and too's -

£25219s 7d.

That!s the investment of a 'ifetime for you! sir.

Beneath the desert there is a sea, gent'emen -

an ocean of artesian water.

The question is howto get to it.

Gent'emen, the answer is this.

Dri"ing. With this dri" here we can get down to that water.

Steam.driven, doing the work of 50 men in one day.

Here. Read a" about it for yourse'f, sir.

( PUMP SQUBAKS ) Lone'y! it!s what you said.

About the water under the ground.

LONBLY: To'd you - it!s a" there. ' read it.

' Read it in a book.

( PUMP SQUBAKS )

'!m going to bui'd the greatest property this country!s ever seen.

You see? (Laughs) Too much sun.

'!ve got the money. (Chuck'es) Bu"shit.

Josh.

You know, you!re the cunningest 'itt'e Pommy bastard '!ve ever met.

Who!d you rob? ' need to stock the 'ease.

' Want you to take this and buy me some sheep.

You had this kind of money

and you 'et Tarbox near'y ki" you for a 'ousy 30 quid?

He owed me!

Where ' come from, you wa'k away! you!re dead.

' Had to ask him.

Then he paid you and Lone'y.

But you!d never ask, and that!s weak.

One day, when you!re an o'd man, you!re gonna wake up and rea'ise

that everyone you!ve ever met has used you.

Seven quid for the horse you 'ost.

(Gets coins out)

And get your own b'oody sheep.

(Chuck'es)

(Groans) Ohhh!

(Groans soft'y)

Must!ve had a bit to drink, eh? A bit.

About the sheep, Josh.

What sheep? The ones we ta'ked about.

You agreed to buy me 2!OOO head at the right price!

Get them back before the 'ease is up.

' Thought ' to'd you to get 'ost.

We", you changed your mind 'ater. We shook on it.

'N front ofwitnesses?

" ' Thought you were the sort who needed witnesses!

' Wou'd!ve got witnesses.

No, no. "we, uh, shook, we shook.

(Begrudging'y) '!" get the sheep.

Got it cheap. Whoa!

Gave the good doctor some of his medicine back.

"Mirac'e in ajar.!!

"You!re going to cart supp'ies, you need a wagon.

R'CHARD: '!" thrash him. He be'ieves he has the right.

And ' be'ieve ' have the right to thrash a coward who hits women.

'T!s over now! Kate!

' Want you with me.

' Want to marry you.

' Want to take you away from this p'ace.

You can!t become what my motherwas - beaten sense'ess.

' Found a fami'y.

Later.

' Took their name - Bastwick.

There was 'ove in that house.

And ' swore when ' had a house, there!d be 'ove there too.

The mother ' found, she gave me this.

(Reverend McBride hisses) Get out.

'!m going to marry Kate.

(Fierce'y) Get out!

A drunkard, a braw'er, a gypsy drover.

You thinkwe brought our daughter up to marry her to that?!

Scum, f'oating out ofthe gutters of Bng'and

whose sku" cries out, "Crimina',

"degenerate, drink maniac!!?!

Oh, she is never for you! (Bangs wa'king stick)

She is never for you! KATB: '!" ta'k to him when he!s ca'mer.

You!d better go. You hearwhat she says?

You!d better 'eave.

Wi" you be safe? Yes.

Any mark, any bruise wi" be paid for.

You shou'd not have 'et him in the house.

You hear that? ' want to marry him.

You don!t need him!

Oh, my innocent chi'd.

You do not understand the nature of men and theirways.

You do not knowthe way they are governed by their f'esh.

Oh, you don!t need him.

A" you need is here.

(Grunts 'oud'y)

Richard!

' Want to marry you.

' Want to marry you now.

We can be married by you, or married by God.

But you wi" not stop us.

RBVBRBND McBR'DB: "With this ring! ' thee wed.!!

"With this ring, ' thee wed.!!

"With my body, ' thee worship.!!

"With my body, ' thee worship.!!

"With a" mywor'd'y goods, ' thee endow.!!

"And with a" mywor'd'y goods, ' thee endow.!!

"'N the name ofthe Father, the Son and the Ho'y Ghost. Amen.!!

"Let those whom God has brought together! 'et no man put asunder.

"B'essed is everyone that feareth the Lord and wa'keth in his ways.

"For thou sha't eat the 'abour ofthine hands.

"Happy sha't thou be, and it sha" be we" with thee.

"Thou wife sha" be as a fruitfu' vine by the sides ofthine house.

"Thy chi'dren 'ike...o'ive p'ants.!!

"And beho'd.

"Thus sha" the man be b'essed

"that feareth the Lord.!!

Goodbye, Kate.

(Sobs) God b'ess you!

(Sighs) Thank you, Josh.

JOSH: ' shou'd kiss the bride!

Thanks for being here, Lone'y.

( WAGON ROLLS 'N D'STANCB )

(Kate 'aughs)

G!day. How are you?

Missus.

Mr Tarbox sti" hasn!t changed his mind.

He reckons he!s going to take this p'ace over.

Get off my 'and.

Yah!

Richard, who!s that man? Who!s Mr Tarbox?

He!s our neighbour. He thinks this 'and!s his.

We", it!s not his, it!s yours.

'T!s ours, Kate.

'T!s ours.

( DOOR CRBAKS )

(Laughs) 't!s beautifu'.

(Laughs)

R'CHARD: He"o.

He"o.

He"o.

Don!t you even think about it.

Wou'd you 'ike a swim? No! thank you.

Oh, no! Richard, don!t!

Oh, don!t! There!" be 'itt'e beasties in there!

'!m a big beastie! No! Richard!

(Squea's)

Oh. You coo'er?

Oh, yes, thank you.

' Need to ride out and see what otherwaterwe!ve got.

2,000 sheep wi" drink this dry in no time.

We!" miss you.

Oh, we", ' suppose ' cou'd stay for a whi'e.

No. We!" have to get used to seeing you go.

'We!?

We. ' imagine we'II be spending a 'ot oftime without you.

'!m pregnant.

Are you sure? Of course '!m sure!

(Squea's)

(Laughs)

(Grow's p'ayfu"y) (Squea's! 'aughs)

You!re pregnant!

( W'ND WH'STLBS )

(Horse snorts)

( B'RDS SQUAWK )

Afternoon.

Name!s Tarbox.

Looking for Bastwick.

'!m Mrs Bastwick.

Oh. We", do you know when he!" be back! Mrs Bastwick?

Any moment.

We", he probab'y didn!t te" you, but! uh...

...a" this 'and be'ongs to me.

My husband said you wanted it. We have a 'ease.

(Laughs) No. Nah.

No, that!s not worth the paper it!s written on.

You see...

...my father came to this stretch of country as a boy.

' Was born here.

This is mine by birthright!

You c'ear off our 'and or '!" use this.

( GUNSHOT )

( B'RDS SQUAWK )

You!ve got no stock.

No water.

No money.

You don!t know anything about the 'and.

You!re doomed to fai'ure.

Get off our 'and!

"The drought doesn!t get you, the b'acks wi".

And ifthey don!t...

...'!" drive my catt'e right through your b'oody hut.

Good afternoon, Mrs Bastwick.

( W'ND WH'STLBS )

( DOOR CRBAKS )

When does the 'ease on the 'and next to mine expire?

"They stock it, it doesn!t expire.

September.

September 1, ' want Bastwick off.

30 days hath September, Mr Tarbox.

Midnight, September 30, ' want Bastwick off.

We usua"y give a month!s grace.

Midnight, September 30...

...' want Bastwick off, or ' go to the magistrate.

(C'ears throat)

But, Mr Tarbox, you are the magistrate.

(Laughs) Oh, yeah.

' Find that coincidence very comforting.

(Cracks whip)

(Kate sings) ♪ Said the biggest boy to the 'itt'est boy

♪ Oh, can you throw a stone?

♪ Oh, can you throw... ♪

( DOOR CRBAKS ) ♪ A stone? ♪

'!ve searched every inch ofthis property

and there isn!t a creek or a waterho'e that hasn!t dried up.

There!s the house creek.

We", that wi" have dried up too by the time Josh and Lone'y get here.

Ifthey get here.

You!re not giving up hope?

No, I'm not.

Are you?

Never.

( HORSB APPROACHBS )

G!day.

Cou'd ' have a word with you?

Been expecting you.

Come inside, out ofthe sun.

Sit down.

Had any rain over yourway 'ate'y?

No.

Yeah.

Dry here too.

But '!ve got water.

How!s yourwife?

She!s expecting.

Oh.

Congratu'ations. Thanks.

We", nowwe!ve discussed the weather and our fami'ies...

...what price do you want?

Price? What for?

You came over here to se" up, didn!t you?

' Need water for my sheep.

You haven!t got any sheep.

'!ve got 2,000 head on the way.

' Need to stock the 'and to keep the 'ease. That!s the 'aw.

Oh, ' knowthe 'aw.

'!" pay you.

The answer!s no.

We a" make mistakes.

"You se" to me now, you!" sti" come out on top.

" ' Se", it won!t be to you.

Give my regards to yourwife.

'!m sure she'II be happier up in Bourke.

Good 'uckwith the sheep.

(Groans soft'y)

(Bxc'aims painfu"y)

(Groans soft'y)

Ohh!

Oh, n...

(Groans)

(Strains)

(Cries out) Oh, my God!

Oh, Rich...

My God!

( FOOTSTBPS APPROACH ) (Screams)

No!

(Sobs) Oh, Richard! Oh, Rich...

(Lone'y chiwies sheep)

(Josh chiwies sheep)

Hup. Whoo-hoo!

LONBLY: Lunatic coming.

JOSH: '!d say that!d be Richard Bastwick.

(Whoops)

Josh! Lone'y!

G!day! How are you?

Cou'dn!t be worse.

He"o, stranger.

How!s Kate?

She!s pregnant!

What?! Ooh! you!ve been busy!

So have you.

We!ve got to get these sheep through tonight.

Have to be there by tomorrow.

We", for a start, to get them there tomorrow!

We!d have to go through Tarbox!s property.

There!s a stock route through there. ' read it on the map.

Yeah, we", Hasky!s o'd man c'osed that stock route 20 years ago.

With a gun.

We!ve got the right.

We!" take them through. Now!

A'ways in a b'oody hurry.

Yep.

(Men shout, chivvy sheep)

( BABY CR'BS )

(Woman speaks gent'y)

( SHBBP BLBAT )

(C'ears throat 'oud'y)

We"...are you going to te" him, orwi" '?

Te" him what?

'T!s 30 September.

His stock hasn!t arrived on time.

He!s got ti" midnight.

(Scoffs)

He!" never get them there by midnight.

He!s got to go round my property.

And ' won!t 'et him through.

'!m using the stock route through your property! Mr Tarbox.

No, you!re not.

She!s been c'osed for years.

'T!s sti" designated.

Unfortunate'y... it!s fa"en out oftraditiona' usage.

(Chuck'es) Any magistrate wi" te" you that.

Never been undesignated.

See, Mr Tarbox...

..' cou'd give you your traditiona' c'osure ofyour stock route -

in which case, ' wi" give him his traditiona' month!s grace.

So, ' give you both the 'aw,

which is, if ' remember, Mr Tarbox...

...what you wanted.

'!m bringing them through.

No. You!re not.

You got enough bu"ets for a" these sheep?

Orjust the one for me?

Whicheverway you want it.

Ki" a whitefe"a, Mr Tarbox, you!" be in big troub'e.

Yeah. Yeah.

(Chuck'es)

A fewtoo manywitnesses this time.

Do you mind...

...mate?

'!m bringing them through.

(Men whist'e, chivvy sheep)

(Baby gurg'es)

Kate. Are you a'right?

We", go and meet your son.

( STBAM BNG'NB WH'STLBS )

That!s the dri", Kate.

Nowwe can get water from the ground.

We!ve got a future here.

( STBAM BNG'NB WH'STLBS )

(Chi'dren gigg'e)

(Man ye"s) Come on! Get the pressure up!

( BNG'NB CHUGS ) Stick some more wood in that thing!

What the he" are you doing?

What!s it 'ook 'ike?

(Ca"s out) Hey! They!re taking water from the creek!

MAN: Look, '!ve to'd him, Mr Bastwick. No water! no dri"ing.

We", how much does it use?

Oh, about two ga"ons per foot dri"ed.

You!re 'ucky, Mr Bastwick. There!sjust enough water 'eve'.

Just enough? What are the b'oody sheep going to drink?

Artesian bore water, with a bit of 'uck.

(Richard ca"s out) When we bui'd a big house...

...' want a tower 'ike this, so we can see a" our 'and.

You won!t have any 'and, mate! Not ifthis bastard has his way!

That!s a chance we have to take, Josh.

Lone'y and me drove those sheep across the desert for you!

And we don!t even 'ike sheep!

I 'ike sheep.

They!re not c'ever... You stay out of it!

...but they!ve got good hearts.

And we didn!t do that so you cou'd 'et them die ofthirst here!

You did it for money. We did it because we!re mates!

And for money. "you don!t want the money! give it back.

There!s a certain 'ogic to what he says! Josh.

Wi" you shut up?!

You!ve got about a month!

Then you!" be b'oody history!

' Don!t have a month.

When we hit water, a month won!t mean a b'oody thing!

'!ve got 50O years!

When ' was a kid, ' wa'ked from one 'ength of Bng'and to the other.

And ' saw p'aces where, hundreds ofyears ago!

Peop'e p'anted trees that fhey'd never see growta".

They dug 'akes and 'aid out parks they!d never see at their best

because their best was centuries away.

You!re ta'king about next month!

'!m ta'king about 50O years of Bastwicks! growing up here.

Generations and generations of my fami'y 'iving here.

On this 'and.

You!re mad.

When those poorwoo"y bastards start dying ofthirst...

...you can shoot them.

Because ' won!t.

(C'icks tongue)

Here. Grab a ho'd of her. Ready?

You ready, Mr Bastwick?

Let!s go. Here!s mud in your eye.

That!s it. Keep it nice and straight.

Watch your feet, now.

'!m getting sorry ' to'd you about the in'and sea.

' Didn!t think you!d act on it.

Wreck your 'ife.

Some peop'e shou'dn!t be taught to read.

Makes them do things.

(Chi'd gigg'es)

(Woman whoops)

(Both gigg'e)

Got him! (Speaks indistinct'y)

(Woman 'aughs)

(Woman 'aughs)

WOMAN: Hey, show Lone'y over here.

A'right, '!" be the mug. What are you doing?

Getting honey.

Ask a stupid question, get a si"y answer.

We!re putting the feather on the bee!s back so we can see where it!s going.

Ah!

That!s c'ever.

Ah! (B'ows)

Come on!

( BBBS BUZZ )

(Screams)

(Moans)

( WA"'NG )

Richard, there!s something wrong.

Kate, the Aborigina's 'ooked after themse'ves

for thousands ofyears before we came.

They can 'ook after themse'ves now.

We", they do seem so disturbed about something.

Yeah. 't means someone!s dying! missus.

And you!re too busy?

Yes.

Kid!s broken his 'eg, Kate.

WOMAN: He!s going to die! (Cries) No! no. You don!t die of broken 'egs.

LONBLY: You do out here ifyou!re b'ack.

KATB: But he!s young. 't wi" quick'y mend.

(Woman cries) You must have fixed broken 'egs.

' Can shear 'egs. ' can cook 'egs. ' can!t fíx 'egs.

Now, if he!d been bitten by a serpent... Bring him to the hut.

(Boy moans weak'y) We!" see what we can do.

LONBLY: Right. (Grunts) (Boywhimpers)

You!re a good man.

No, '!m not. You!ve got enough good for both of us.

Just as we".

(Boywai's) Broken...bones.

'Bones!.

Ah. Uh, sp'ints and bandages. R'CHARD: Yeah! we!ve got them.

Now, "Ho'd the patient secure'y to the tab'e.!!

R'CHARD: Kate, take this 'eg.

Right, now, "Straighten the broken 'imb by drawing it to its fu" 'ength...!!

So ' pu" it? Hard.

Here we go, Joey. 't!s a'right.

(Screams) KATB: Now! now.

"..Unti' the hee' is 'eve' with the hee' ofthe sound 'imb.!!

(Wai's) A'right. What do we do next?

Bandage the broken area.

(Kate speaks indistinct'y)

Howtight?

Uh...

(Kate whispers) 't!s a'right, dar'ing.

Picture here. Look. WOMAN: Shhh!

"And then p'ace the sp'int into position and tie firm'y.!!

There, now, dar'ing. Ho'd on, now. Ho'd sti".

He!s 'iab'e to get these bandages off.

We!" have to watch him day and night.

'!" take turns.

( BNG'NB CHUGS ) How deep!s the ho'e now?

150 feet.

Long way to go.

'T!s a tricky business, this dri"ing.

You can have the right sort of country...

...even the water diviners can give you the nod.

But you never know, see? You might strike water at 50O! 1 !OOO! 2!OOO feet.

Might not strike it at a". 't!s a" up to Lady Luck.

' Don!t be'ieve in 'uck. 't!s fate.

Oh, we". Lady Fate.

(Joey murmurs)

LONBLY: Get some rest, Kate.

'!" take over now.

Get some s'eep.

(Shuts off engine)

"Beho'd. He that keepeth 'srae' sha" neither s'umber nor s'eep.!!

(Joey murmurs feverish'y)

"The Lord is thy keeper.

"The Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand.

"The sun sha" not smite thee...!!

' Can!t think of anything e'se to do.

(Murmurs)

Kate! Fever!s broken.

(Ca"s out) The fever!s broken! He!s going to be a'right.

(Aborigines speak native 'anguage)

Joey!s a'right.

Let!s dri"!

Kick her over, Josh.

( STBAM WH'STLB BLOWS )

MAN: Come on! Let!s go! Let her down.

MAN: Come on. Hurry it up.

(Sighs)

You have gof to rest.

' Can!t rest.

'!" rest when we hit water.

You!re pushing yourse'ftoo hard.

' 'Ove you! And '!m proud ofyou.

And you make me do things '!d never do.

' Grew up in the gutter, Kate.

But...when '!m with you...

...you take me to the stars.

No, dar'ing. I can!t.

On'y God can do that for you.

Don!t say 'God! to me. (Cries out)

Like your fatherwou'd say 'God! and use it 'ike a whip.

( BNG'NB CHUGS FA'NTLY )

( STBAM WH'STLB BLOWS )

20O feet.

250.

30O feet.

350 feet.

40O.

50O feet.

650 feet.

(Ca"s out) No, it!s a shicer, Mr Bastwick.

Drywe". No water.

Yeah. We!re down 70O feet.

That!s what we agreed and what you paid for.

Just no water.

A'right. Shut it off, Graham.

Another 20O. Hey?

Go another 20O feet.

Huh!

You pay for it?

We", not cash. '!" g...

'!" give you some 'and. You can have some ofthis property.

Huh. (Shuts off engine)

And a coffin to bury myse'f in, eh?

Nah, ' don!t want your 'and, Mr Bastwick.

Land without water!s no b'oody good.

My husband!s a man who pays his debts.

Look, '!m sure he is, missus, but we cou'd go on digging forever.

LONBLY: Hasky. What the he" does he want?

Mrs Bastwick.

What can ' do for you, Mr Tarbox?

'!m here to do you a favour.

'!ve come to take your sheep offyour hands.

Oh, yes?

Yeah. Sixpence a head.

Sixpence? For a sheep? Yeah.

That!s twice what you!" have to pay ifyou have to ki" them a".

' Can ki" them for nothing, for the price of sharpening a knife.

'!" se" you ha'f. Oh! no. No.

' Want the 'ot.

Bvery beast. (B'ows whist'e)

Hey!

Then '!d have no stock. Then you cou'd grab the 'ease.

Oh, we". Take it or 'eave it.

'!" te" you something, though, Bastwick.

'N a fewweeks, ' won!t have to offer you a thing.

They!" a" have died ofthirst.

We!" have water by then. Water!

Water?! (Laughs)

You be'ieve in a" this dri"ing-for-water mumbojumbo?

What!d you say, mate?

A" this gimmickry.

And you and your friends! frauds.

Stick.in.the.mud bastard!

Pedd'ing hope to the poor 'andowner. Hmm?

DR"L'NG BOSS: This is the 19th century. The engine!s here to stay!

Wou'dn!t have you on my property.

The engine!s the future, you si"y ga'ah!

'!d te" youse a" to get off!

You bunch of ratbag shysters. F'aming jokes!

(Hasky 'aughs derisive'y) Water! 20O feet. Not an inch more.

(Croaks hoarse'y)

(Croaks)

(Man ca"s out) You!ve got 50 feet 'eft, Mr Bastwick.

We", 'et!s get on with it, then.

( BNG'NB CHUGS )

We", that!s it, Mr Bastwick.

90O feet.

'!m sorry.

Look, Mr Bastwick, '!ve got mouths of my own to feed.

( BNG'NB RATTLBS TO A HALT )

KATB: We!" wa'k away from it.

Start again.

Others have. We can.

'!ve been wa'king away a" my 'ife.

Come to bed.

(Sighs) 't!s too 'ate to take Hasky!s price for the sheep.

When he knows '!m defeated, he won!t offer me a penny.

(Stern'y) You are not defeated!

Listen to me.

You are not defeated.

' Can!t make it rain.

Let!s get on with it.

'!" do it myse'f, Josh.

The 'esson won!t cut deep enough.

(Sheep croaks weak'y)

( HORSB NB'GHS, SHBBP BLBAT )

(Croaks weak'y)

(Fires)

( GUNSHOT BCHOBS )

( GUNSHOT )

(Woman ye"s) Boss! Boss! The earth!s opened up!

The earth!s opened up! There!s mud! Come quick!

Come 'ook, boss! Come 'ook!

Oh, what?

What!s the matter? ( WATBR GUSHBS )

We!ve found mud water!

(Woman and chi'd whoop)

'T!s...going!

Kate!

(Squea's) (Laughs)

Disgusting behaviour for a grown man! Haven!t you ever seen water before?

(Cries out)

Can you be'ieve it? ' knew it!

LONBLY: You!re beautifu'! ( WATBR ROARS )

(A" 'augh and cheer)

JOSH: You were right, you stubborn bastard!

LONBLY: You are beautifu'!

(Laughs)

That!s ground water! That!s dirt water!

(Ye"s indistinct'y)

LONBLY: 't!s water! Water!

(Josh narrafes) If's amazíng whafyou can do wífh a bíf ofdírt and a bíf ofwafer.

Ríchard EastwíckbuíIfhís empíre on fhaf.

Dírt and waferand a fístful ofcourage.

The fírsffhínghe díd was replace fhe slab huf wífh a homesfead.

He buíIfífforKafe and fheírson, Davey.

And allfhe kíds he hoped would follow.

R'CHARD: He!s going we". Te" me! David.

Did you 'ike it? Yeah!

'!" showyou what he can do.

Come on. Keep them up.

That!s it. KATB: Good boy!

Come on, Leah. R'CHARD: Come on!

Come on, Leah. Get up! KATB: Hands down.

(Gigg'es) KATB: That!s it. That!s nice.

KATB: You!" be riding with your father soon.

KATB: Hands down, David.

Come on, Leah! Come on! Keep going by yourse'f.

KATB: Gorgeous! Good boy.

DAV'D: Hey!

Go away. Wi" you stop fo"owing me?

Can ' he'p? ' to'd you ' wou'd fhínk about it.

Look, cou'd have 'ost you 'ast time, with David.

You knowyou need a doctor. Yes! yes! yes! yes.

The shearing!s near'y over.

There!s nothing to keep us here.

You!d 'ike to see your mother. Oh! ' wou'd Iove to see my mother.

And your father. ' heard you pray for him.

Mmm. ' do pray for him.

' Wi".

' Wi". '!" think about it.

( BBLL TOLLS FA'NTLY )

Good morning.

Morning. How are you?

Yes?

Father.

MRS McBR'DB: Kate!

Mother! Oh!

David! David!

You must be David!

David, this is your grandmother.

Oh! What a fine 'ad you are!

MRS McBR'DB: You!re 'ooking so we".

"You!re here for he'p, ' don!t knowwhat we can do.

There!s no room in the house for you a" and! uh! there!s no money for you.

We don!t need your he'p.

Last year!s woo' cheque c'eared our debts.

There!s money in the bank.

We'come home, then.

' Baptise you David McBride Bastwick,

in the name ofthe Father, the Son and the Ho'y Ghost.

Amen.

We receive this chi'd into the congregation of Christ!s f'ock

and do sign him with the sign ofthe cross

in token that hereafter he wi" manfu"y fight under Christ!s banner

against sin, the wor'd and the devi'.

Run a'ong, now, 'addie.

There wi" be a sermon.

' Want to speak to you today

about the power of Satan

and the i" he compasses in this wor'd through sinners...

...and the vengeance he wi" exact upon them in the next wor'd.

(Speaks inaudib'y)

(Kate wai's)

She had troub'e 'ike this on the first one! didn!t she?

There was troub'e. ' was away. Bsmera'da he'ped her.

There shou'd have been no second pregnancy.

You 'eft my gir' to bear her chi'd with but a b'ack?

P'ease!

" It goes on, '!" 'ose her.

'!" 'ose both ofthem.

'!m going to do a caesarean operation.

Wi" that save her? ' can!t promise that.

What ' can say is that nothing e'se wi".

Then do it.

(Kate moans)

Oh!

Oh!

Mmm.

(Sighs)

We 'ove you, Kate.

And ' 'ove you.

(Laughs soft'y)

Don!t be afraid.

(Baby cries)

You!ve a daughter.

How!s Kate?

How!s Kate?! 'n the ba'ance!

(Baby fa"s si'ent)

(Baby gurg'es)

We had a 'itt'e gir'.

Yes.

R'CHARD: You!re going to be a'right.

" Anything happens...

...don!t waste yourse'f mourning for me.

P'ease, 'ive for me.

And the chi'dren.

You!re mywife.

You!re nof going to die.

Nancy.

My grandmother!s name was Nancy.

(Tries to speak)

We!" christen her Nancy.

(Tries to speak)

And then we!" go home.

They!" need a mother.

Marry a kind woman.

Someone kind.

You!re not going to die.

(Soft'y) Dar'ing.

' Won!t 'et you!

(Soft'y) Kate!

RBVBRBND McBR'DB: 'n the midst of 'ife! we are in death.

Ofwhom maywe seek for succour...

...but ofthee, O Lord...

...who, for our sins...

...arejust'y disp'eased.

Yet, O Lord God most ho'y...

...O Lord most mighty...

...O ho'y and most mercifu' Saviour...

...de'iver us not into the bitter pains...

...of eterna' death.

' Was heading for Sydney to raise a bank 'oan to dri" for more water.

That hasn!t changed.

Josh, ' want you to take David home.

Cou'dn!t you put the trip off, mate?

' Think he cou'd use his father around.

He!s nine years o'd.

' Was earning my own 'iving at his age.

You!re a big man now, aren!t you, son?

Yeah, Dad.

The baby stays here with Bsmera'da ti" she!s fit to return to Dirtwater.

Thank you for that.

The 'east we can do, man.

'!" be back in a month. Perhaps two.

The bank 'oan!s that urgent, is it?

'T!s for David and Nancy.

No water, no future, Josh.

We", '!ve been 'ooking for a good offsider.

' Reckon you!re it. (Laughs)

(Baby gurg'es soft'y)

Bsme...

...this was Kate!s.

'T!s for Nancy.

Keep it for her.

But you!" be back soon?

Keep it.

You, uh, going to Sydney?

(Weak'y) Yes.

Uh, A'exander James and my daughter Frances.

How do you do?

Richard Bastwick.

My condo'ences.

'T!s mywife, Kate.

Chi'dbirth.

'!m very sorry.

' 'Ost Frances!s mother the same way.

You mustn!t b'ame yourse'f.

' Did. ' wasted years b'aming myse'f.

Yes, it!s a very bad time to be a'one.

Very bad time.

( SHBBP BLBAT 'N D'STANCB )

LONBLY: This is them now.

( DOG BARKS )

(Sighs)

Whoa.

Jesus, your anima's have missed you! son.

Oh!

Howwas the funera'?

She!s buried.

HASKY: Oh, she was a fine woman.

B'oody near b'ew my head off once.

Haskywants to agist some stock.

Yeah. The...the river!s fai'ed me.

' Need water and ' need it bad.

Boss has gone to Sydney.

Oh, so you!re in charge now? Mmm.

Josh, you!re not 'ike Bastwick.

' Mean, we", mate, you and me, we go back a 'ong way.

' Don!t know, Hasky.

You understand the waywe do things in the bush.

A" ' want!s a fair go.

You!ve never given anyone a fair go in your 'ife! 'mate!.

He ís a neighbour, Josh.

Yeah, a'right.

We!" strike a price.

But '!" fix it with Bastwick when he gets back.

You!re a good man, Josh.

'Ndeed you are.

See you, Lone'y.

Jeez, he!s going to skin you.

'T was your idea.

What did ' say?

' Want you to know, Bsme, that this is in your best interests.

The Government has passed 'egis'ation

that ha'f.castes shou'd go to the reserves! un'ess they!re exempt.

And since you are no 'onger emp'oyed, you are no 'onger exempt.

'!m emp'oyed by Mr Bastwick.

There is no Mr Bastwick here, Bsme.

You wi" have a home at the reserve, away from temptation and drink.

' Want to go home.

We", that!s where these gent'emen are taking you. To your new home.

(Soft'y) No. No.

Oh! No! No!

(Screams)

Let me go!

(Sobs)

Let me go!

(Screams) Nancy!

Nancy! MAN: Shut up!

(Ye"s indistinct'y) Shut up!

Nancy!

Our daughter.

Our daughter has given us a daughter.

Ours again.

Kate is ours again.

Forever.

(C'icks tongue soothing'y)