Dreamtime is timeless time. A young boy discovers a murdered child on his beach and with her passing she transfers her life force / soul / spirit into the homeless boy. He eventually finds work on a convict transportation vessel in 1830s only to discover himself mysteriously in 1955 rural Australia with the girl who died on his beach long ago. A fellow mariner killed the girl long ago and every time he kills her, he gains another life in the Dreamtime...