At the turn of the century Australia was still a very young country, in a land as old as time. Few had ventured far from the growing cities and towns of the coast, into that vast heart of Australia--the great Outback.

Jeannie (Angela Punch McGregor) and Aeneas Gunn (Arthur Dignam), a man and his bride, trek to a place where wives are seldom seen and even less accepted. Enduring hardships and battling against the sexist and racial prejudice of the Australian outback environment this extraordinary woman strives to win the friendship and respect of those about her.