In August 1851, the discovery of gold in Ballarat, Australia, sent shockwaves across the world. Hordes of adventurers flocked to the new land of the golden dream, encountering a harsh and often violent land. Despoiled by bushrangers, brutalised by the old convict system and torn by class conflicts, it took a certain kind of settler to rise to the challenges of the new country. Boston-born Christopher Cobb (Peter Graves) is one of those people. Seasoned with experience gained in the Californian gold rush, Chris's job is to find rights of way through the arid terrain of New South Wales, survey new lines of communication, and secure lucrative contracts for his expanding stagecoach business. He is a gentleman, yet no stranger to violence, and has a hatred of injustice in any form - a trait that leads him into highly dangerous situations. In a land that has no sympathy for weaklings, Chris becomes whatever man he needs to be to.
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Disc 1:
This disc includes the following episodes:
1. Convict Town
2. Episode in Bathurst
3. Sarong
4. Rider on the Hill
5. Love Story in Gold
6. Dutchman's Reef
7. The Other Side of the Swan
- Special Features
Disc 2:
This disc includes the following episodes:
8. Barbed Wire
9. The Bone That Whispered
10. The Secret of the Screaming Hills
11. The Actress
12. Stage for Two
13. The Hunters
14. The Wreckers
- Special Features
Disc 3:
This disc includes the following episodes:
15. Act of Courage
16. The Haunted Valley
17. Day of the Hunter
18. The Twisted Road
19. The Solid Gold Brigade
20. Divide and Conquer
21. The Remittance Man
- Special Features
Disc 4:
This disc includes the following episodes:
22. Canoomba Incident
23. The Rushing Sands
24. The Legacy
25. Stage Fright
26. Fire Rock
27. The Adelaide Arabs
28. Dark Runs the Sea
Disc 5:
This disc includes the following episodes:
29. Flood Tide
30. Storm River
31. Ribbons and Wheels
32. Magic Wire
33. Dilemma in Wool
34. Portrait in Gunpowder
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