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The Robinson family are shipwrecked on a desert island.

The intertwined lives of two families - the working class Palmers and the well off Hamiltons. When the show began young Angela Hamilton had just fallen for John Palmer (this was a terrible mistake as it turned out they were brother and sister - their father David having had an affair with mother Patricia, after the birth of the twins David had John whilst Patricia took Angela. Other major players in the series included David's other son Kevin and Patricia's stepson the ruthless Wayne Hamilton but it was Patricia who emerged as the star of the series.

As time went on the cast changed, a new family 'the O'Briens' were brought in. Rowena Wallace who played Patricia then decided to leave the show, the producers not wanting to lose the character of Patricia decided to use a strange plot device of having another actress play Patricia but with the twist that Patricia had undergone plastic surgery and was now calling herself Alison Carr. Later as the show neared the end of its run Beryl got married to Gordon and Rowena Wallace returned briefly as Patricia's twin sister.

In a Melbourne suburb, the Sullivans and their friends and relatives cope with the hardships of the second world war. Set and filmed in Melbourne with Canterbury being the main location because of its proximity to Abbotsford which is where production company Crawfords were based. The pub featured in the series is The Retreat Hotel in Abbotsford. Episode one was a 90 minute special. There was a tv movie spin off The John Sullivan story focussing on that characters war exploits.