This Central Television series followed Luke Greenwood (Bryan Marshall), who was involved with industrial riots in the Staffordshire Potteries and was imprisoned for seven years before turning to God, taking a vow of non-violence and becoming a pacifist and lay preacher.
Luke married young widow Rebecca (Carol Drinkwater) and travelled with his new wife and her two children – Lucy (Michaela Abay) and Jack (Tibbi Karman) – from England to Australia in 1854, hoping to make a living in the primitive tent township of Jericho on the Victorian goldfields.
Rebecca never complained, no matter the hardships. Good-natured and hard-working, she could turn her hand to almost any task.
Her son, Jack, although slightly crippled, was a plucky lad who never allowed his disability to hold him back.
Because he still hero-worshipped his late father, he had difficulty accepting a stepfather.
His sister Lucy, however, realised just how much her mother loved Luke and was prepared to accept the new father figure.
Doc Slope (Frank Wilson) was a Californian who had been struck off any medical register long ago but still fixed broken limbs and pulled rotten teeth.
He also sold snake oil and various potions, which he claimed would cure everything.
Mr Uriah Lovejoy (Gerard Kennedy) was the cheerless, grasping man who ran the local general store and was determined to make his fortune in any way he could.
When a French illusionist called Marcel (Paul Karo) was arrested, Luke invited his young daughter Cleopatre (Cindy Unkauf) to come and live with the family. The Greenwoods also sheltered Ned (Burt Cooper), an old friend of Luke’s, when he was being pursued by the authorities.
Rebecca Greenwood
Carol Drinkwater Luke Greenwood
Bryan Marshall Lucy Greenwood
Michaela Abay Jack Greenwood
Tibbi Karman Uriah Lovejoy
Gerard Kennedy Sean
Jason Donovan Doc Slope
Frank Wilson Cleopatre
Cindy Unkauf Lin Ping
Lawrence Mah Danks
Damon Sanders Bones
William Upjohn Ernest
Jay Mannering Bojinda
Alan Dargin Marcel
Paul Karo Collings
Robin Harrison Sugden
Ed Rosser Ted
Harry Kinsella Ned
Burt Cooper
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Rebecca never complained, no matter the hardships. Good-natured and hard-working, she could turn her hand to almost any task.
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