The Man from Outback — Lucy Walker

Mari was whisked off to Australia because her family decided that a holiday there might mend her broken heart... But as soon as she got to Ninna-Warra Station, she met Kane Manners, the manager, and her heart was soon in trouble again. Nobody on the Station was used to girls, and Kane Manners treated her coldly.

No woman has been on this Station for twenty years, he told her angrily. But Mari stood her ground.

One always has to make a start, she replied bravely. I mean, about a woman being here. Who knows, you yourself might marry one - one day...