It's 1829, Jason Firbeck, a retired naval Leiutenant, recently widowed arrives with his family - Samuel, his elder so...

Jason Firbeck, shocked to discover land assigned to him is occupied by another, tries to sort out the legal aspects o...

Luke has taken control of the family and has occupied land in the wilderness. The family have thus become 'squatters'.

In squatters territory it is law of the strong that prevails and Cormac Doyle, an English-hating Irishman, sets his s...

In New South Wales in the 1830s convicts were granted "Tickets to Leave" to find employment on their own account. How...

The Firbecks have been squatters for two years. The building of a timber homestead is finished and an area of land cl...

For Jassy, life as a housekeeper to her squatting family has become unbearable. Jason watches anxiously as with each ...

The Governor has set up a committee to inquire into squatting and the possible granting of Tenancy Rights to the squa...

It has not rained for four months. Sheep and cattle are dying and settlers are facing ruin. Luke, taking advantage of...

In common with all squatters, Luke is finding the aboriginals troublesome. His sheep are being speared and anger agai...

In Lieutenant Elliot's command is a veteran corporal about to retire from the army

Luke has shot a bushranger, leaving his pregnant lover swearing vengeance upon him.

Luke's brooding restlessness is apparent to all who know him with, perhaps the exception of his family who are accust...