“Failure stalks me like a shadow,” he writes in his journal, after a series of setbacks. The judgment of his younger son, Luke, has repeatedly been superior to his own as they journey into the harsh interior over the Blue Mountains, only to find that land which had been granted them by friends in Whitehall has already been settled.
The Firbeck family decide to confront the man who has usurped their land. He is a drunken, dissipate character, Col. Gallagher, living out his days in comfort, drinking and gambling on the superb estate he has carved out of the bush.
Written by TVgy1960wXc on May 3, 2024