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but that was between you and me.

But it's different now.

We've got Nullah.

- I gotta go.

- I need you to stay.

- I'll be back in six months.

- I need you to stay with me!

And if you can't do that, then I-

I would prefer it if you didn't return.

All right.

You're the boss.

[Whispers]

Drover.

[Cattle Lowing]

[Nullah Narrating]

I can feel them bad spirits coming...

so I chase after that King George.

But that Callahan,

he been stopped drinking Mrs. Boss's tea.

- [Growls]

- [Gunshot]

He lose his blind eye,

and I not invisible anymore.

Jedda!

Fletcher,

we've apprehended that young'un.

And in the course of our duties, we arrested

the suspected murderer of Lord Ashley.

King George.

[Shouting In Aboriginal Language]

No!

[Shouts]

You finally lifted the game, Callahan.

Good on you.

- Things are looking up.

- [Film Narrator] The militarization of Darwin.

Their cattle yards

are alive with military activity...

and the Carney Cattle office,

once that proud icon of Darwin...

is now military headquarters.

At 6:
15 a.m. local time...

the United States Pacific Fleet

was attacked at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii...

by the empire of Japan.

The United States has joined the war.

As the Japanese horde pours southward...

the final evacuation of Darwin

is under way.

[Bell Dings]

Get those boxes cleared on the double!

- Come on.

- This way, boys.

Quickly. Quickly.

## [Singing Quietly]

[Chanting]

Hey, creamy! Creamy!

Doesn't your mommy want you?

[Horn Honking]

- You filthy creamy!

- [Callahan] Come on.

Come, my child.

Come on! Come on, my child.

Creamy! Hey, creamy!

[Chant Echoes]

- Excuse me.

- Nullah!

- Lady Ashley.

- It's Lady Ashley.

- Father Benedict, you deal with this.

- Nullah!

- Mrs. Boss! Mrs. Boss!

- No! This is madness!

Mrs. Boss, don't let them take me away!

I don't want to go!

Was she hugging a pickaninny?

People do the most extraordinary things.

- Go on.

- I don't want to go! Mrs. Boss!

It'll be all right.

These poor unfortunates

will be safe in God's hands.

These are not unfortunates!

These are children!

These are no different than the children

you are taking south to protect!

- Don't let them take me away! No!

- Nullah! Nullah!

- She's humiliating herself.

- Please help me!

- We've got to help her.

- Lady Ashley!

- Help me! That's my child.

- I understand what you're saying.

Please! Nullah!

You don't have an essential job.

You must evacuate.

- Mrs. Boss, don't let them take me away.

- The church has a plan for them.

To leave those children behind

while we send ours to safety?

- Control yourself, Catherine.

- How can you all be so heartless?

You be a brave boy for me.

You be brave.

Neil, I want you to do something about this.

I want you to help Lady Ashley.

Yeah, now, look,

I could probably sort it out.

Show the ladies their cabins,

and I'll see what I can do.

[Allsop]

Come on, ladies. To the upper decks.

I will come find you,

whatever happens.

Whatever it takes,

we'll be together again. I promise.

- I believe you, Mrs. Boss.

- Come along, child. Quickly. Quickly.

Mrs. Boss.

- [Whispering] I sing you to me.

- You be brave.

- Nullah.

- Come, boy. Come quickly.

Nullah! It'll be all right!

[Bell Dinging]

I will find you! I will!

Nullah! Nullah!

I sing you to me, Mrs. Boss!

And I will hear you, my darling!

[Gasping Sobs]

There's a radio tower on Mission Island...

directly in the path

of the oncoming Japanese.

Be the first place the Japs hit.

You're monstrous.

I'll have the original contract with

the original offer drawn up and ready.

You can get yourself a room at Ivan's,

and I'll get you a job with Cath at H.Q.

I'll give you a call.

You will do this, Lady Ashley.

After all, pride's not power.

Yeah, pride's not power.

[Father Benedict On Radio]

Mission Island to H.Q.

Mission Island to H.Q.

Visibility good.

All clear. Over and out.

# Ave Maria #

[Nullah Narrating] I was on Mission Island

lock-lock for two whole months.

Mrs. Boss promised she'd come for me...

so I play my magic song.

## [Harmonica:
"Over The Rainbow"]

But that Drover-

him been gone far, far away...

on that big army drove.

Him been gone so long, so far away...

- maybe he not hear me.

- ## [Whistling:
"Over The Rainbow"]

- ## [Continues]

- Leave it off.

What? No whistling?

Just not that tune.

## [Whistling Different Tune]

Not that one either.

No music?

You must be properly hurtin'

for Mrs. Boss.

Shut your damper hole, will ya?

I can see why Mrs. Boss

gave you the boot.

- You wanna know why she gave me the boot?

- Yeah.

'Cause I wouldn't stop Nullah

from going walkabout.

He went walkabout?

Yeah. I tried to explain to her

what that means, but-

- See him go?

- Nah.

So he's gone.

- Yeah. I told you. He went walkabout.

- You don't know?

Eh?

That little fella, he could have walked

into a big hole or got eaten by a croc.

- What if the cops have got him?

- Don't you bloody start. He's an Aboriginal boy!

Wait. You're just hiding behind that

blackfella business so you don't get hurt.

This isn't about walkabout, is it?

Is it? You're running.

- I'm not running, mate.

- Yes, you are, brother.

You're scared of getting your heart hurt

like before, when my sister died.

But knowing you, you probably never

told Mrs. Boss that you loved her, eh?

[Thunder Rumbling]

You got no love in your heart...

you got nothing.

No dreaming, no story.

Nothing.

Hey. Big mob of army fellas.

Must be diggers, eh?

They're not diggers, mate.

They're Yanks.

What the bloody hell are they doing here?

[Gasps]

[Chattering]

Once you've signed the contract...

I'll get one of the brothers to take you

out to the mission on the sloop.

You can be happily reunited

with your little creamy.

No loss of pride, Lady Ashley.

[Presses Receiver Button]

Good morning, Ivan!

- [Speaks Russian]

- [Chuckling]

- You look happy.

- I am. I get my little boy today.

Oh, and, Ivan, we're leaving

the territory tomorrow.

- [Rooster Crowing]

- Good! I need the room.

I'll miss you too, Ivan!

[Plane Engines Humming]

[Phones Ringing]

- Cath, sorry I'm late.

- Quick changeover, girls.

- Did you speak to Neil?

- Yes.

I'm seeing him about Nullah

after my shift.

- Look. I was just thinking-

- What?

About Nullah.

What?

- [Children Screaming]

- [Machine Gun Fire]

I'm getting a signal from Mission Island.

Large air formation bearing down.

Suspect visibility.

[Pen Scratching On Paper]

[Plane Engine Humming]

- [Squawks]

- If you can't understand the ordnance...

how can you understand the order?

[Air Raid Siren Wailing]

- [Phones Ringing]

- What's happening?

[Men's Voices Overlapping]

We're under attack!

We're under attack!

[Women Screaming]

Hurry up!

Let them free!

[Screams]

[Gasping]

Drover! Hey! Drover! Magarri!

- [Shouting]

- Goolaj, where's Mrs. Boss?

She at that army H.Q. - old Carney place!

Okay. [Shouts] Come on!

Drover,

I'll see you at Faraway Downs!

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