Jean Paget, a secretary in a shoe factory in England has come into a vast inheritance from an uncle she never knew. In exploring the many decisions that come with money Jean decides to build a well in a Malayan village, where she spent several years during WW2. It is this decision that sends Jean on a journey into her past and takes her to Alice Springs Australia in search of long lost romance. Throughout her journey in Australia, Jean visits the town of Willstown and discovers that quality of life in ‘Alice’ is just an anomaly, and life for women in the outback is elsewhere very rugged. After falling in love Jean remains in Willstown and endeavors to used her inheritance to help improve life in the outback for women.
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