The Legend of Henry Pumpkinskins

It is outback Australia in 1877. A young aboriginal boy is out wandering and strays too far from his family.

He is kidnapped by a drunken bearded bushranger who ties him up and takes him with him for a journey.

Then a few nights later the bushranger passes out around the campfire and the boy escapes.

He takes with him a bag with an extendable telescope in it.

He also takes a henry rifle that the bushranger had threatened him with.

Wrapping it up in a leather cloth he ties a string to it at each end and throws it over his shoulder for a journey back home.

He is disorientated and goes the wrong way. He walks on for days having adventures, hunting and seeing dingoes and other animals and a few people along the way.

He follows the river to find his way back home.