Panimbla Station in the Australian outback is owned by Stephen Maitland, who is unaware that his manager is in league with a gang of cattle duffers.

He is helped by his feisty daughter Mona and a mysterious stranger, Dave Goulburn.

[1] The play was clearly inspired by an earlier success of Bailey and Duggan, The Squatter's Daughter, or, The Land of the Wattle (1907).

It was a success on the stage, with the part of Dave Goulburn played by Roy Redgrave.

The original production was produced by William Anderson.