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A farmer is faced with having to shoot his beloved collie after she is caught apparently killing sheep, but the dog is reprieved when she saves his life.
A girl refuses to marry a man because he lives on a drought-stricken property and she does not want to live somewhere without water. When they meet again in New Guinea he resorts to subterfuge to get her to marry him.
In 1916 Nalanda and a friend took over a 60-acre block from the original selectors, who had gone to the Great War. She describes how they established and successfully ran a citrus and passionfruit orchard, although neither had any experience on the land.