How does Lady Ashley learn that Neil Fletcher is stealing from Faraway Downs?
“Australia” (2008) Nullah tells her.. Fletcher works on the ranch as a station manager, but he is secretly working for the only other beef producing ranch in the area, owned by the Carney family. Nullah has seen Fletcher herding Faraway Downs’ cattle across the river. He decides to take a risk and tell Sarah Ashley this. Fletcher vehemently denies this, and chases the boy around the yard, hitting him when he catches him and threatening to beat the boy’s mother. To prove that Fletcher lies, Nullah pulls the pin the Fletcher has installed to stop the water from filling the tower, claiming that the source has dried up. Sarah fires Fletcher, as much for his cruelty to the boy as for his theft. Later Sarah consults with her accountant who substantiates the boy’s story, showing her the two sets of books he’s been keeping, one that includes the value of the unbranded cattle that have been taken to Carney’s land. Neil Fletcher is played by David Wenham. Nullah is a young boy who works at Faraw
