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Produced by Millennium Television, Nine Films & Television and Foxtel

Created by: Posie Graeme-Evans & Caroline Stanton
Series developed by: Posie Graeme-Evans
Executive Producers: Kris Noble, Susan Bower, Posie Graeme-Evans, Jo Horsburgh
Head Writer: Chris Hawkshaw
Composer: Alastair Ford

Aired: 1996, 2001 - 2008

Hardship and respect for the land are key at Drovers Run, a vast cattle ranch in the Australian outback that once belonged to Jack McLeod. Now, with his passing, his two daughters are reunited to decide the ranch's future. While Tess initially wants to sell her share, she finds that the land beckons to her. And her sense of optimism is much needed, given that Claire has spent years struggling to keep the ranch financially afloat. These two decide to run it together, with their housekeeper and mother-figure, Meg, her teenage daughter, Jodi, and a local girl, Becky, who is escaping her own troubles in town. Their lives are hard and the obstacles many, but the rewards are every bit as grand as the wild open land they've inherited. Based on the successful 1996 telemovie of the same name.