Summary of stories of Shadows Across the Outback. These stories depict 3 young women finding work on properties in outback Australia.

Samantha Hunter finds her true heritage when inheriting a small pub at Gidgee in Queensland.

Rebecca Hudson takes on the demanding tasks of becoming a Shearers Cook to prove she can survive on a busy isolated sheep station at Binalong.

Susan Thompson takes on the job of off-sider with her father, Thomo The Rabbit Trapper, hoping to lose weight to win the love of a handsome station owner's son, who unwittingly mistakes her for a young fellow looking for work.