He returns to Faraway Downs and threatens Nullah's safety unless Lady Sarah sells her cattle station. Meanwhile, Fletcher manages to take over Carney's cattle empire after orchestrating Carney's death in an accident and marrying his daughter, Catherine, all between 19. Lady Sarah, Nullah, and Drover happily live together at Faraway Downs for two years. Upon finally arriving at Darwin, the group races to load the cattle onto the ship before Carney's cattle in order to secure payment. Over the next few days, the team drives the cattle through the treacherous Never Never desert. Lady Sarah reveals her inability to have biological children. Because he is friendly with the Aboriginals, many of the other whites in the territory shun him. The two share a romantic moment under a tree, where he reveals that he was once married to an Aboriginal woman who died after being refused medical treatment in a white hospital. Lady Sarah and Drover fall in love, and she grows to appreciate the Australian territory. They encounter various obstacles along the way, including a fire set by Carney's men that scares the cattle, resulting in the death of Flynn when the group rushes to stop the cattle from stampeding over a cliff. Drover leads a team of seven riders, including his Aboriginal brother-in-law Magarri, Goolaj, Nullah, Lady Sarah, Bandy, and the station's accountant Kipling Flynn and cook Sing Song, to drive the 1,500 cattle to Darwin. Lady Sarah persuades Drover to take the cattle to Darwin for sale. Nullah tells her that "King George" is his grandfather, and that like the Wizard of Oz, he, too, is a "magic man". Lady Sarah comforts Nullah by singing the song " Over the Rainbow". While evading them, Nullah's mother Daisy drowns when she hides with him in a water tower. The next day, policemen arrive to take Nullah away to Mission Island as they have with other half-Aboriginal children. Nullah, who has been spying on Fletcher, reveals his plan to Lady Sarah, who fires Fletcher and runs the cattle station aided by her remaining staff. The childless Lady Sarah is captivated by the boy Nullah, who has an Aboriginal mother and a white father. Meanwhile, at Darwin, Australian Army logistics officer Captain Dutton negotiates beef prices with Carney on behalf of the Allies. The station's manager, Neil Fletcher, secretly tries to gain control of Faraway Downs in order to sell it to meat tycoon Lesley 'King' Carney, thereby creating a complete cattle monopoly. Lady Sarah's husband is murdered before she arrives the authorities tell her the killer is an Aboriginal elder nicknamed "King George". Her husband sends an independent cattle drover, called "The Drover", to transport her to Faraway Downs. The huge station straddles Western Australia and the Northern Territory, reaching north to the Timor Sea. In 1939, weeks before the start of World War II, Lady Sarah Ashley of England travels to Australia to force her philandering husband to sell his faltering cattle station, Faraway Downs. On 26 November 2023, Faraway Downs, an extended version of the film presented in the form of a six-episode mini-series, debuted on Disney+ in Australia and Hulu in the US. Australia received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $211 million worldwide. The film was released in cinemas on 26 November 2008 in Australia and the United States and on 26 December 2008 in the United Kingdom, with subsequent worldwide release dates throughout late December 2008, and January and February 2009, by 20th Century Fox. Production took place in Sydney, Darwin, Kununurra and Bowen. The film is a character story, set between 19 against a dramatised backdrop of events across northern Australia at the time, such as the bombing of Darwin during World War II. The screenplay was written by Luhrmann and screenwriter Stuart Beattie, with Ronald Harwood and Richard Flanagan. Australia is a 2008 epic adventure drama film directed by Baz Luhrmann and starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman.
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