The local footy team of the small coastal town of Cutting Cove have spent so long at the bottom of the ladder they might as well be welded to it. This year, a new hope arrives for the Currawongs: the Marngrook cousins, Sonny and Jayma. Nicknamed after the Aboriginal game that inspired AFL, their natural talent promises the team's best chance at bringing the flag home for the first time ever. What will come with that flag, however, is the cruel reminder of a far greater loss in this country's…

Boyd has been walking a tightrope for years—balancing responsibilities to Land and People with the simple business of making a living. But there's something happening, he can sniff it in the wind. Every year more and more folk are showing up claiming to be palawa too. No-one's heard of them until now… Where has this missing mob been all these years? Are they legit? Or are they 'tick-a-box'? Who decides? And how?