 Lady Sarah's husband is murdered before she arrives; the authorities tell her the killer is an Aboriginal elder, "King George".The station's manager, Neil Fletcher, is trying to gain control of Faraway Downs, to support Lesley 'King' Carney's effort to garner a complete cattle monopoly, for negotiating leverage over an Australian Army logistics officer, Captain Dutton, who is buying beef.The childless Lady Sarah is captivated by the boy Nullah, who has an Aboriginal mother and a white father.