The Dalhunty family have only their prestigious name after generations of pastoral wealth. Their downturn is also reflected in the demise of the riverboat trade on the Darling. ‘The Last Station’ is written with detailed depictions or rural life, action and humour by Nicole Alexander.We inherit property but we can also inherit the past. Robert Lukins grapples with these notions in ‘Loveland’ as May journeys to claim the property left to her by her grandmother and we discover just how similar their lives are.