Meg Blake is the widowed owner of a pub in a small desert town in Western Australia. Corrupt American mining executive Ed Benson starts the rumour of a nickel discovery to sell shares to gullible investors.
Meg Blake, the widow who owns a pub in a small Western Australian desert town, finds herself embroiled in a scheme by corrupt American mining executive Ed Benson. Benson fabricates a story of a nickel find to manipulate investors.