A Place to Call Home

Sarah Adams, a woman with a mysterious past, returns to Australia after 20 years abroad. Working her passage home aboard an ocean liner, Sarah becomes involved in the lives of the Blighs, a wealthy Australian family.

While Olivia remains feeling unwell and disconcerted by James's continued distance, Elizabeth is irritated by the fact that Sarah continues to be the talk of the dinner table.

Sarah's annoyance at the invasion of her privacy turns to anger when she is questioned by Jack about what was discovered in her room - that Sarah is not her real name.

The horrors of the war cast a long, unwelcome shadow over Inverness as Jack heads out around town with Sarah on her first day at work. Olivia searches for any memento James may have kept of the woman he loved in Europe.

With a religious occasion approaching, Sarah performs a spiritual cleansing in the local creek, one that is unfortunately witnessed by Doris Collins.

Anna and Gino's romance continues to blossom as they sneak off to spend time together, even though it's clear that something about their secret trysts is playing on Gino's mind. At Ash Park, Olivia and James's relationship is at breaking point.

Receiving word that her mother is gravely ill, Sarah gets a lift to Sydney with George and Anna. Elizabeth takes the decision to reveal her darkest secret in the hope that it can help James and Olivia see that there is hope for their marriage.

Elizabeth is rushed to hospital where Jack confirms she has suffered a heart attack. Jack tenderly looks after Elizabeth as she recovers. Heavily sedated and rambling, Elizabeth comes close to revealing a secret of her past.

Sarah and George begin a secret affair and start meeting at the cottage for their romantic trysts. Anna attempts to subtly push her father towards Sarah, hoping that if she can get them together he will be more open to her relationship with Gino.

On the eve of Remembrance Day, George is asked to host a Japanese trade delegation. Knowing how the community will feel, George asks Jack to come to the reception in the hope that the approval of a former Japanese POW might help.

Newly discharged from hospital, Elizabeth is unimpressed by the way Regina is behaving towards George and asks her to leave. With tension in the house, Olivia and James agree that the best chance for their family lies in the city.

George is delighted when Sarah agrees to marry him, but when Elizabeth discovers her threat to disinherit George has backfired, she resolves to take a different approach. Meanwhile, Anna encounters complications with her pregnancy.

James sees a psychiatrist, but he and Olivia's hopes of a brighter future are challenged when George arrives and confronts his son. Anna is relieved when Gino believes that she miscarried, and together they grieve and pray for their lost child.