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- Laura borrows a tinnie to muck about in the canal. It sinks, taking with it the ashes of its owner's beloved dog. She can't find a way to own up and say sorry. It's 2008 and the Prime Minister is trying to do the same thing with her mob.
- Lily is excited when cousin Phoung arrives with her parents from Vietnam but Phuong turns out to be in no need of help and a real threat to Lily's status at home and at school.
- Mohammad is 10 and he's new at school and wants to join the cricket team. There are no places and he ends up playing with the girls - who prove to be the better side. It's 1998.
- Michaelis' family is from Kalymnos but he wants to be Australian, not Greek. Even more, he wants a television so he can watch 'Robin Hood' and be accepted by the McCormack brothers at the milk bar.
- Mike knows a lot about Australian muscle cars from 1968 to 1978, but the other kids think he's odd. He only has one friend, Ben. But is Ben really a friend?
- Sofia is a spy for the yayas. She tries to derail the budding romance of her brother Michaelis and his girlfriend Janice, before he leaves for Vietnam.
- Evelyn can't wait for cracker night and this year, for the first time, the family has their own box of fireworks. Unfortunately, Evelyn shows the box to her disbelieving neighbor Freddie with explosive results.
- Bertie wants to raise money to buy a present for his brother Eddie who's coming home from the war and steals his friend's pet rabbit for his magic show.
- Bridie just wants to hang out with her big sister Kath and best friend Lorna, and be in on their secrets. After talking her way into tagging along, and wheeling her baby brother in his pram, Bridie sets off for what is meant to be a day of harmless fun and relaxation.
- Colum has two big ambitions; to stop his best mate Thommo's family from being kicked out of their house next door to his and to get up the nerve to ride his billy cart down Brick Pits Hill.
- Jen's father died in the war. Now her mum is planning to marry Wal, who even though he has a car, definitely doesn't match up to the war hero dad, in Jen's eyes.
- Victoria and her family have just moved into the terrace house that her father has built. She'll do anything to ensure that they stay there forever - including witchcraft. It's 1888.
- Rowley is convinced that good deeds will be rewarded, he'll do anything to help his mother and the other residents in the boarding house they live in. He longs for his father to come home but then he discovers that his father may never come home at all.
- Despite one failed invention after another, Henry knows that he's a brilliant inventor. Against the advice of his friend, Franklin, Henry conducts his biggest experiment ever - but succeeds only in blowing up the local schoolhouse.
- When Alice's father, Sam, declares a half-day picnic for the workers, Alice and George propose a pig race between their pigs, Wilhelmina and Benny, as part of the entertainment.
- Davey, a stable boy working for the powerful Owen family, decides to put everything on the line to save his favourite horse from the tannery.
- Johanna is aware of a lot of whispering about her parentage and becomes determined to find out who her father really is. She starts to investigate but is unprepared for a shocking discovery.
- Ben's one wish is for his wandering American family to be able to celebrate a proper Thanksgiving dinner in their new place with a real roast turkey.
- Minna lives with strict German-born parents who privately hope their young daughter's friendship with the well-to-do Owen children - Toby, Harold and Adelaide - will do her some good.
- Sam is a child convict, arrested in London for stealing a jacket. Now, having lived his whole life in towns and cities, he's been sent to an isolated farm on the edge of the bush.
- Sarah, though still a child, works as a servant for the cold and demanding Mrs Owen. As if being bossed around by the lady of the house isn't bad enough, Sarah has to deal with Mrs Owen's sly and sickly daughter, Alice.
- Charles and his older brother John are both expected to work on their parents' farm. Charles loves it but John is lazy, evading his work at every turn. Both boys will soon be sent to England to learn how to be refined young gentlemen.
- Waruwi is an Aboriginal girl looking after her Nana while the rest of her extended family is away. What a day it turns out to be. Firstly a huge four-legged monster wanders near their camp that even spooks Waruwi's dingo Lapa.
- Dan is on patrol to the Botany Bay area when he's asked to capture a native dog to take back to the colony's Governor. Only trouble is the dog in question belongs to Waruwi, the girl Dan befriended last time he was in the area.
- Bunda has a problem - his older brother Garadi acts like Bunda doesn't exist. Bunda does everything to try and get his attention: he steals his honey, tries to copy his athletic feats, and he's thrown his brother's spear in the river.