Cirrus@Austlit

The Ames family accept an offer to move up north to a new station purchased by the owner of the property they currently work on. The new station, Station Dangerous, is named so in accord with the feelings and attitudes towards indigenous people at the time. The new white settlers regarded the local indigenous tribe and their leader 'King Fox' with suspicion and are worried that they may be violent. They accept an invitation to a corroboree as an indication of trying to start peaceful relations but are later slaughtered by the local tribe. The massacre is avenged by neighbouring squatters and police. The events leave Mrs Ames a widow; however, she remarries, accepting her long-time friend Joe's proposal, and they return to the original station and live as prosperous and successful farmers.