An Englishman, Clive Bagnall, inherits a lonely cattle station in Darwin. He becomes immersed in the laconic Australian way of life, and experiences a clash of personalities and cultures, becoming entangled with the lives of the Aborigines. With the outbreak of war, the action moves to the Pacific.
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