Dirk, found in the forest as a young child, is treated as something feral and wild by other members of the bush settlement in Victoria in 1840.
At seventeen, when he finds a cache of sovereigns inside a log he is splitting, Dirk realises he has been given his independence. With the sovereigns tied around his waist, he sets out to discover what the world holds, who he is and what he wants to do with his life. Dirk travels to the frontiers of the new and strange land and comes to understand himself in the process.
This is an evocative, exciting story on a broad, sweeping canvas. Peopled with vivid characters, 'Wildlight' is set against a backdrop of burgeoning settlement in Victoria.
