Episode 1
The O'Halloran brothers dig a well in a lore belonging to the Great Eastern Mining Company. Some company men intervene and a fight breaks out. Patsy O'Hollaran is killed...
Episode 2
Widow Melanie Parker owns five acres of land which Farrar desperately needs to appease his shareholders, so he hires security man Henry de Witt to apply pressure - but he goes too far, and kills her friend Billy Adams.
Episode 3
A gypsy family is a convenient scapegoat when rioting miners seek vengeance on an unknown police informer.
Episode 4
Sgt. McKellar confronts Farrar over the mystery of a skeleton and a gold earring found by two miners in a bush grave on Great Eastern land.
Episode 5
Farrar has a rival when the Chevalier de Vaucluse arrives in Turon Springs and sets up a major new mining venture, with many miners leaving the Great Eastern to work for the new concern.
Episode 6
McKellar competes against Farrar in a horse race to win back money intended for a young orphan girl.
Episode 7
Sgt. McKellar and Supt. Kendall clash over Farrar's treatment of the Curran family who have settled on crown land he uses for sheep.
Episode 8
In pursuit of the notorious bushranger Jack Jessop, Sgt. McKellar captures his girlfriend and shoots dead one of his brothers. Jessop seeks revenge, and McKellar faces a shootout in the main street of Turon Springs.
Episode 9
Sgt. McKellar and Supt. Kendall both become involved when a kleptomaniac comes to Turon Springs to visit his estranged wife.
Episode 10
McKellar is on the trail of an Aboriginal fugitive, who is feared to be a kadaitcha man by his tracker.
Episode 11
Sgt. McKellar is seriously injured when a bank robbery is attempted while Turon Springs is deserted due to surrounding bushfires.
Episode 12
Three inexperienced bushrangers attempt to hijack a large gold nugget en route to Bathurst.
Episode 13
McKellar becomes personally involved when Tim Thomas leads the miners in direct action against the Great Eastern in support of a pay rise.
