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By 1840 the colony of New South
Wales was expanding. Transportation of convicts to the east coast ended, and
many free squatters set out to settle on lands to the south. In 1836, the
Government in London authorised Governor Bourke to establish a settlement in
The Port Philip District of New South Wales, and an Association was formed to
make the district a separate colony.
Timothy, Tiger and Bella
Carstairs eldest son has turned 21. Bored with his Government job and intent on
seeking adventure and a new life away from Sydney, Tim decides to journey south
in an endeavour to find this adventure, accompanied by his Uncle Carlos. Where
else to find it, but in a newly formed settlement.
In the 1840s the road south might
not be as hazardous as the one across the mountains travelled by his parents
when he was a child, but the month long journey overland holds many dangers and
challenges to be faced. Escaped and ex-convicts seek the easy life by forming
gangs to take what they can where they can. Forced to fight off the intruders
who take claim to the land they have cared for over many, many generations, the
Indigenous people are faced with many trials and battles of their own.
Not the least of Tim’s personal
challenges is a young headstrong woman who, uninvited, takes it upon herself to
join him on his travels. When they reach
their destination, their troubles have only just begun.
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