My husband must have a problem with the loading
They are - not - Carney cattle
It´s Lady Ashley
Looks like we have a bit of competition....
back in the meat business!
Get the bulls down the wharf
Get the bulls down the wharf Mrs Boss?
Another big fat ticket put in the big ferry mother ship! - All right!
Yeah! Yeah!
The lady coming through. The lady coming through.
No ladies.
No women.
Ladies saloon?s next door.
She drove a mob of cattle across the Never Never.
She deserves a drink like any man.
Too bloody right!
I never drink a poor fellow alone.
Right.
I didn't wanna see a single beast from Faraway Downs
to set a hoof on that wharf - Neil!
But that's what happen when you send a boy to do a man's job.
Now find out if she's going to the ball tomorrow night.
Take care of her ever since.
Said everybody get what they want.
Everybody happy.
Mrs. Boss is going to sell the Faraway Downs and go back England.
Drover - he get him that horse - Capricornia.
Everybody happy except for me.
Because I'm not white fellow.
I'm not black fellow either.
Me half half.
Creamy.
Me belong no one.
You really do have a gift with horses.
You look different.
I have agreed to be patroness at the ball of the Government house tomorrow night.
Yeah? And?
Drover, l-
I'm going to finish what Maitland set out to do...
and I'm going to bring Faraway Downs back to life.
I don't follow you.
Well this is perfect.
I'm going to need a manager.
Well - I thought that-
would be a good job for you.
Anyway, I almost forgot something.
Whoa... - I got a suit for you.
Stop! Don't do that. Don't do that.
Do what?
The thing you do when you get a headful of ideas.
Like crossing the Kuraman?
Come on mate.
You don't know what you're talking about.
Running a station? Manager?
I'm a drover.
No man hires me - no man fires me.
So you don't want to go to the ball? - Ball?
Sarah...
I'm as good as black - to that mob up there.
And I only mix with dingoes. Not-
Not duchesses.
They keep out of my life.
And I keep out of theirs.
It's the way it is.
Just because it is - doesn't mean it should be.
Well that's the way it is.
Cheer up little fellow.
You and that gentleman is gonna take me on a big night of the pictures.
How?
You can't take half cast which or so-
Coppers take him. - He won't be half cast.
He got every right to be there.
We use magic.
Got every right to be there.
Because you're a special boy.
He's a special boy.
Nobody's gonna stop you from going.
Nobody.
How good of you Lady Ashley to take an interest in Dr. Marcus's work
on the mission?
Well actually administrator,
my interest is on the purpose eventually.
I must say Lady Ashley-
Would you excuse me?
Amongst the leading fights at Darwin.
I was wondering if you could introduce me to-
Sarah. - Oh Captain Dutton.
Lady Ashley. I leave you in capable hands of the captain
I'm sure he'd be happy to introduce you to Dr. Barker.
Her husband's barely in the grave and she is - coverting with a captain.
In that dress!
Yes. Bidding should go through the roof.
He is a little boy. He needs someone to look after.
Sarah- - I'm desperate to speak to Dr. Barker.
I'm going to adopt him.
It's only a matter of time before they take him away.
Adopting an Aboriginal child. It's much more-
Here. Come on.
I wanna talk with Lady Ashley.
Yeah we will. Later Love.
I don't mind if you bid for her on the auction ? I won´t be jellous - she
She's an inspiration.
No, she's full of surprises.
But surely doctor: life on a station is far better than a governement institution...
who care for these children.
Is far better than life in a government institution.
The auction.
Our gracious patroness. Lady Ashley.
Now for the auction of the first dance-
The mixed race children must be dislocated from their primitive full blood aboriginal home.
Do I hear a first bid?
Five Pounds here. - All right.
How else will I debrief the black guys.
This is an old song.
Remember. It's called-
Has anyone not feel anything about this?
Lady Ashley, please.
It's effective science that aboriginal mothers soon forgets her offspring.
50 pounds.
70 pounds.
90 pounds.
Every mother forgets her child, Dr. Barker.
Lady Ashley.
This is most inappropriate. - 100.
A new record!
You can very well ask their fathers can we?
How dare you.
Going once.
Or perhaps we should.
Going twice.
After all - they're right here in this room.
That's a lie!
500 quid.
500 pounds.
Well, if it isn't he - the man who-
Almost single-handedly made the Australian beef industry-
What it is today?
Mr. King Carney of the Carney Cattle Company.
For the benefit of the missions.
Well there's nothing more to say.
Let the king take his prize.
Don't be shy, lady.
Actually I'm just so sorry I was to hear of your husband's death.
The hands of that was - savage.
A savage, yes Mr. Carney.
But you and I both know that my husband was not killed...
by an Aborigini.
No, I did not know that.
Perhaps you should ask Mr. Fletcher.
Are you making an accusation? - Not one that I can prove.
In business I´ve been fortunate. In family, a little less so...
I´m prepared to go seventyfive thousand pounds
This is not about the money, Mr. Carney, there is s little boy
There were people who are living...
...living on the station for whom I am responsible.
And who will take care of them?
A cattle station is like a country.
And you have no one to look after it Now - I can offer protection
to every man, woman and child. - And child?
You will do that?
How can I keep you to your word?
I put it in the contract.
King Carney and Lady Ashley...
Last flying boat, leaves tomorrow because of the war.
Will I tell my lawyer to draw up a contract.
...like King Carney is...
Inform your lawyer...
Inform your lawyer, that Far Away Downs is no longer for sale.
Here you are!
Yeah, you didn´t hear me wanting some dance lessons did you?
Let´s really get the bastards we were talking about - huh?
Oh Greg.
She´s invited that man.
Don´t you want a drink - drover? - Yeah, a beer would be good.
Allright, fox dance!
Fox dance.
Let´s get out of here!
There it is, is a storm on the way.
What´s it like. - It´s beautiful
It´s millions of birds, creeks, turn into rivers, dive fine in the lakes
Faraway Downs will be reborn as an island.
Green and flowering and fat with life.
Wow, quick...
Will be cut off from the rest of the world.
Sarah, in the dry, I'll be gone - droving
But right now - it´s raining.
Maitland Ashley met his death at the hands of a wild savage
You´re not part of any plan concerning this family.
Nothing is in your name and if anything should happen to my darling cattle
You lose everything.
Just like gogo sing!
That rain make everything come alive!
That land it grow green and fat and we all go back to Far Away Downs
Mrs Boss happy - drover happy, even that copper Callahan happy
Mrs. Boss say he likes her teeth so much.
it gives him a blind eye.
Make me invisible- keep me safe!
I here for the first time that they call Christmas!
Then the rain - it stops!
And that drover, he go droving...
That's Mrs. Boss, she always Mrs. Drover
But I know - he´s gonna come back.
King George told me, you gotta be looking out.
Because that crock he always watching he's always waiting.
Neil Fletcher - he the new King now.
Emette, I didn´t you radio, I'm so glad you here.
Would you get some tea, Bandy?
Jezz- you´ve done the place up nice?
I hope you don´t mind - Bandy let me in
Hey, my father would have been proud!
It´s bloody beautiful.
Jesus, I bet you got all the mod cons
What do you want?
What I always wanted Faraway Downs
Bandy call the men, bunch them up Mr. Fletcher needs to be escorted off the property
Then Callahan won´t be having anymore cups of tea.
I will though?
Cup of tea please. You know how I like it!
It´s all right Bandy.
You know these days I can pull a few strings I can probably bring your creamy in if you like?
Or...
I can talk to doctor Barker and get a guardianship.
I will never sell you my land. - Your land?
My family worked this property for 3 generations my father died...
...making people like you rich, Faraway Downs belongs to me.
Just like.....
....You believe the little creamy belongs to you?
I´ll pay you what it´s worth.
And use the money - go South.
Get the little one an education. - I go to the highest levels of government
I go to the high court - beyond this country if I have to
A married woman living with the likes of a drover?
I will tell your wife he is your son.
That´d be a mistake.
Kimberley Spear.
Glass tipped!
Real collectors items.
Do it!
In mission then, anyway,
I was just checking on the property,
I might do a little buffalo hunting later...
Oh...
Did you hear about the king?
Terrible accident...
Very dangerous place out here even for locals like the drover and the little creamy
are you with me?
anyway
You ought to think about it
Lady Ashley
After all, pride is not power
Come on, you two, wake up!
Come on! Come on wake up!
We got brumbies to break!
Come on!
Yeah, Drover!
Drover!
You're man, Drover. - yeah - try to be.
Sometimes men got to get away from woman
That why you go droving.
I get droving cause that my job. - you dont go droving - you are not a man
All right boys, that´ll do. - Bring them back to paddock!
King George tell me, i gotta go walk-about.
If I am a man, I gotta go walk-about
Learning be a man!
Yeah! Listen, tell to Mrs. Boss what you do, all right?
Coming inside boy, is time for dinner. - I'm coming
Junior, come on!
One day, Captain Dutton come and visit us!
He tell Drover about the big Army drove
And we need the best stockmen possible who might make six months of service!
Absolutely not! You´re just going mad!
What's wrong?
I´m not just used to people making decisions for me - that´s all.
I was just expressing an opinion.
Captain Dutton was telling me about this wonderful school at the Eards
conducted all across the country
He wants to go walkabout with king George.
That´s ridiculous, he's a little boy, it´s not safe!
He´d be safer in Arnhemland than he would be hanging around here
You can´t change him, Sarah.
I thought you said that had nothing to do with you.
Is doesn't.
Just saying to the lady that you have to let that boy go
I don't what you´re talking about!
He doesn't go through ceremony he´ll have no country.
Of no story about - no dreaming.
And he´ll be all alone.
This big army drove
Let´s have dinner - shall we.
Would you be a man?
Time to go walkabout, Mrs. Boss
You belong here. - No Mrs Boss.
Sarah, I gotta go!
Sarah!
Drover!
He's not down at the billabong.
- Well, then he´s gone walkabout.
He wouldn´t have just left without saying good bye
Get the pack-horse ready we´re going up to punctuation point
Sing Song, tinned food, we're going after him -Ok. Ok
You´re not listening. - What?
Sarah, he´s gone walkabout! - Come on, Drover, he is a child.
Well - he is not our child, he is an aboriginal child, he´s gone walkabout!
Bandy. - And next time you see him
Will be he wants to see you...
Besides he´ll be up to Arnhemland...you´ll never find him. - You could find him,
you know that land better then anyone
You and Magarri can find him. - And do what?
Bring him back here and lock him up - yeah - you can start to run a little mission
You´re just trying to be clever because of you don't want to be responsible
He's not my son!
What did you say?
I´d better go. - Don't leave! Drover don't!
I understood when you said you had to be free!
I understood that but that ...
That was between you and me but is different now!
We´ve got another.
I gotta go. - I need you to stay.
I'll be back in the six month! - I need you to stay with me,
If you can do that, then I I would prefer it if you did not return!
All right, you´re the boss.
- Drover
I can feel them breads birds coming!
So I chase after that King George!
But that Callahan - he will stop drinking Mrs Boss´s tea...
He loses blind eye and I'm not invisible anymore
Judy!
Fletcher, we´ve apprehended that young one...
In the cause of our duties we arrested the...
suspected murderer of
Lord Ashley!
King George
Let me go!
No!
Things are looking up.
The rise danger as all. They can't go alive after the beach.
Of the time in cattle, one third count eyes is now military head through
At 6 AM local time, United states Pacific fleet was attacked at Pearl Harbour, Hawaii
by the empire of Japan.
United State has joined the war.
As the Japanese hordes poured South-wards.
The final evacuation of Darwin is under way
Come on!
Quickly!
Hey, Creamy!
Creamy!
Doesn´t your your mommy watch out?
You filthy creamy...
Come on, come on, my child!
Come on, my child.
Excuse me! - Nullah!
Ms. Lady Ashley!? - Nullah!
Mrs. Boss!
No! This is mine. - Mrs. Boss, don´t let them take me away.
I don't wanna go!
Was she hiding up in kid... - Is an extraordinary thing
I don't wanna go!
Mrs. Boss!
He´s fortunately moving safe, in Gods hands!
These are not unfortunate, these are children!
This is not to the children you are taking self super task.
Don't let them take me away! - Nullah!
Nullah!
Please help me!
We gotta help her!
Help me! - Ladies!
Help my child. - I understand what you're saying.
Nullah! Nullah!
Ms Ashley! Take me away!
Just leave the children behind what we ask to safe...
How could you all be so hard and be brave...
You'll be brave!
Neil, I want you do something about this!
I want you help Lady Ashley!
I can probably sort it out, why don't you show the ladies their cabins...
and I´ll see what I can do
I will come and find you with little happen whatever is take
We will be together again.
I promise. I believe you! Mrs. Boss - Come on, quickly, quickly!
Mrs. Boss!
I´ll sing you to me!
You´ll be brave....
Nullah, you will be all right.
I will find you!
I will!
Nullah!
I sing you to me, Mrs. Boss!
and I will hear you my darling.
There´s a radio tower on mission island...
Direct on the path for oncoming Japanese.
Being the first place the Japs hit!
You´re monstrous
I´ve the original contract been drawn up with the original offer drawn up and ready!
Get yourself a room with Ivans´.
I give you job with Cath at HQ...
I give you a call.
We´ll do this Lady Ashley.
After all, pride is - no power.
Yeah - pride´s no power
Mission Island to HQ
Visibility good.
All clear!
Over and out!
I was the on the mission island locked up for two whole months.
Mrs. Boss promise she come for me.
So I play my magic song.
But that Drover, he going the far far away.
On that big army drove.
Him being going so long - so far away maybe he not here anymore.
Leave it off...
What, no whistling?
Not that tune.
Not that one either!
No music!
You must be property hurting for Mrs. Boss - shut it down will you?
Well, that Mrs. Boss gave you the boot.
You know why she gave me a boot?
Yeah
Cause I wouldn´t stop Nullah from going walkabout.
He went walkabout?
Yeah, I tried to explain what that means.
See him go? - No
So he´s gone! - Like I told you - he went walkabout.
You don't know - that little fellow.
He could have walked into a big hole.
or eaten by a crock - or....
or what if the cops have got him?
He´s bloody sturdy - he´s an aboriginal boy.
Hey - you´re just hiding behind that black fellow business so you don´t get hurt black for the business saying don't get hurt
This is not about walkabout it. Is it?
You're running? - I'm not running, mate.
Yes - you are brother.
You are scared to getting your heart hurt like before, when my sister died
But you probably never told Mrs. Boss that you loved her - hey?
You got no love in your heart!
You got nothing.
No dreaming, no story! Nothing.
Hey - big mother army fellows!
Must be diggers - hey...
No - they´re not diggers - they´re Yanks
What are all they doing here?
Once you sign the contract, they'd get one of the brothers...
to take on the mission on the sloop.
You can be happily reunited with your little creamy.
Not so proud are you - Lady Ashley?
Good morning, Ivan.
To the rooster.
You look happy. - I am.
I get my little boy today.
Oh Ivan, we're leaving the territory tomorrow.
Good. I'll miss you.
I'll miss you too, Ivan.
Sorry I'm late.
Hi girls.
Did you speak to Neil?
Yes. I'm seeing him about another after my shift.
Look. I was just thinking. - What?
About Nullah.
What?
I'm getting a signal from mission island.
Just a minute.
If you can't understand the ordinates, how can you understand the order?
What's happening?
Brother! Hey! Brother!
Hey!
Go on. Where´s is Mrs Boss?
She´s at that army HQ army base.
Thank God - yehah
Drover - I´ll be right down!
Drover!
Callahan? - Drover!
Is she in there?
Sure is. It's too late.
Sarah! Let me in there?
You get your men over there right now.
Get out of my way. - You heard me.
Get out of my- - Drover!
Get him. - She's in there! Sarah!
Come on. Nobody can assist on this point at this destroyed and ran through.
You got a name?
Ashley. Sarah Ashley.
What does it say?
Right now... It's me.
It's different now.
It's got mellow.
Here you are.
She deserved a drink like any man.
Too bloody right.
There's no booze in here.
You didn't say that, did you?
Yes. How is it?
Just because it is. Doesn't mean that it should be.
Give him a fucking drink.
My house is a bloody ruin.
I´m evacuating south like everybody else.
Sure. One glass.
One more glass.
Leave this place for the looters and the Japs.
We're not the wogs.
I saw her in this morning
before she went to the work.
She was so happy.
She was gonna get that-
Her little boy and go south.
Were there other children on Mission Island?
Creamys?
They were left out there.
They left him out there.
Safe in the hands of God.
They left him.
They say, the island was hit first.
It seems - no one would've survived.
They say a lot of things.
For there's been some mistake.
That's Kath Fletcher.
Oh God!
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
No. I've gotta get to Nullah. - Sarah.
The Japs hit the mission first.
No I don't believe you. - Sarah!
Sarah look at me!
No one can get out.
No one.
I need help to get to the island.
Half the Japanese Navy is out there, you stupid bastard.
I have the Lord on my side.
No. Damn it. Who's on your side?
God's works in mysterious ways - brother.
Got ya - got ya. - Secure the boat.
Thank you thank you.
Sarah.
We'll leave at first light.
Hey mate.
Check the second dormitory.
Are there any other boys?
I don't know. - Where are the other boys?
I don't know. - Ok.
Drover?
Drover!
I knew you'd come. I sing you to me.
Magarri. - Hey little fellow.
Mrs. Boss come too?
Where's Mrs. Boss?
We-
We can't say her name anymore, little mate.
All right? Hey... Hey you listen to me.
I need your help.
I´m gonna get these fellows off the island.
Now you'll have to be strong, you hear that?
All right. Go get yourself in there and the mates, all right?
Come on.
It's Ok. Come on.
Listen. We're gonna get you all off this island, all right?
Boys, we're gonna have to swim.
We have to be quiet. Like a turtle.
And get down... Ok?
Now I'm gonna take you home. on a ship over there
You see it?
Let's go.
Let's go. Let's go.
Quick! Quick!
Come on!
That's where the big boat is.
You use the current. Take the boys off the island.
Come on boys. Run! Run!
Quick! Quick! Quick!
Not right here.
Take the children and go.
You're not gonna make it.
Well, you gotta make it.
You got family now.
You gotta drive this boat home, Drover. I'm not driving.
Bye - brother.
That's it. That's it. Come on.
Where's the man?
Over there.
Come on.
Get them home, Drover.
Sgt! Get them on the truck!
Every single man in there. Don't take no for answer.
Thanks for coming down, Mr. Fletcher.
It's my awful duty to inform you,
that your wife Katherine...
My wife is dead?
That's a funny odd world, isn't it?
Cannot be your fault
You know that
Lady Ashley insisted my wife go shifts.
So that she could see some half cast kid on the mission.
Now my wife's dead.
Now - I've lost everything.
We have to go south.
Come on. Come on boys.
Now how many have gone in how many minutes?
Get on the bloody trucks.
Sarah please. We have to go now.
My magic. Not good.
All the smoke.
But then he speak to me. Grandfather.
Come on up. Don't muck about!
Can you hear that?
The music, can you hear it?
Sarah please. - Can't you hear it?
It's children singing.
Sarah! What's going on?
- Let's give her another minute.
Mrs. Boss! Mrs. Boss!
Nullah! - Mrs. Boss!
I can say your name!
I sing you to me like the first night I see you.
That jump's really close.
We have to swim. Some of them leave it cause can't swim.
But the Drover take him on his back like a turtle.
What did you say? What?
Drover.
You're alive! Oh!
Sarah, what's going on? I can't hold the Sgt. Any longer!
Oh my God!
The children from the mission.
The last convoy leaves Darwin in a matter of moments Oh Christ!
Come on boys. Come on boys.
Follow brother Frank! Follow brother Frank!
Come on boys. That's it.
Come boys. Let's go. Come boys. Let's go.
Ivan!
Thank you.
I shall prepare your bill.
Where did you come from?
The good Lord had delivered us..
But we could do with the right, Sgt.
I'm not Jesus Christ. But I'll give him the best shot.
Come on kids. On the tracks.
Come on. Go up. Go on.
You cursed me, little creamy. - Come on.
You know when I said no one could get out there,
I'd forgotten about you, Drover.
That's no matter. We gonna go back Faraway Downs.
Yes he's right.
With the water up, it's the safest place in the North.
These are after all...
Extraordinary circumstances.
I'll see your mob in Faraway Downs.
Wait for me! Please! - Come...
Let's get out of here. Come on let's go.
Mr. Fletcher!
Neil!
Let them go.
Go and tell Callahan there´s looters everywhere.
Go and tell Callahan!
Come on, Mrs. Boss. Hurry up.
Nullah!
I got magic! No one can hurt me.
No!
Nullah!
Nullah! You're a little man.
Come on. Wake up. Please.
Come on.
There. That's it.
The bullet. It me no go no far.
He's your son...
and he is my grandson.
King George teach me...
The rain will fall, the grass grow green,
and life it became a game.
Let's go home.
There´s no place like it.
One thing I know.
While we tell stories, the most important of all,
that's how you keep them people belonging, always.
Mrs. Boss. I sing you to him.
You have been on a journey, now we are heading home...
to my country.
To our country.
And I will you.
THE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALLY ABANDONED THE ASSIMILATION POLICY...
FOR INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS IN THE NORTHERN TERRITORY IN 1973.
IN 2008, THE PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA OFFERED A FORMAL APOLOGY...
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE STOLEN GENERATIONS.