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They came to Australia with little more than hope and a willingness to begin again, what they found was opportunity, reputation, and a legacy neither of them expected. As their farm prospers and their family steps into new worlds, military, political, and social, Norman Baines begins to sense a deeper pull: a history rising through him, waiting to be claimed. Set against the shifting landscape of Eildon in the beautiful Goulburn Valley in Country Victoria Australia in the 1950s and ’60s, this is a story of migration, identity, quiet power, and the mysteries we inherit without knowing.

From the oppressive "small, silent despair" of a Sydney orphanage, Ross Cooper forged a life defined by defiance and transformation. He rose to become an ordained priest only to trade his vestments for the bar, becoming the celebrated piano-playing publican of the Royal Hotel, Captains Flat. Driven by the compelling romance of A. B. Paterson's (Banjo) verses, Ross risked everything on the brutal Long Paddock, surviving immense hardship and near-fatal botulism. He ultimately returned "full circle" to the classroom, using the raw lessons the outback taught him to inspire a new generation. Discov