El capitán Starlight (Sam Neill) se ha convertido en una leyenda. Hace tiempo que dejó su Inglaterra natal y llegó a tierras australianas, donde lidera una banda de forajidos que se dedica a asaltar trenes, a robar ganado y a otra clase de fechorías. Starlight no es un bandido cualquiera, tiene clase y conserva los gustos y modales heredados de su origen noble.
Tom Cooper, a married man recently returned from WWI, falls in love with an artist visiting his country town, but he has misgivings after meeting her city friends.
A hard-drinking but hard-working gun shearer leads a group of Outback sheep herders into striking after wealthy landowners attempt to drive them from their territory.
Eric and Diana Carver move into a new home in the country, but a series of strange events soon cause Diana to suspect the house is haunted by the ghost of a man. A ghost who seems to be interested in her particularly.
