Dominic Allburn

Art student and life model, Vanessa Mackay, is brutally killed and her keys are used to steal a painting from the Ballarat Art Gallery. But when the stolen painting is dumped and the thief becomes the victim of a hit and run, Doctor Blake realizes what the perpetrator was really after - a painting by his mother, Genevieve Etienne. While unravelling the current mystery, Blake also uncovers insights into the past that reveal he is indeed his mother’s son.

After learning that her mother is dying, Sarah hastens to Sydney to be at her bedside. George and Anna also head to the city to visit his sister, Carolyn, from whom Anna secretly wants help obtaining birth control. Back at Ash Park, Mrs. Bligh takes James and Olivia into her confidence.

Mrs. Bligh summons George’s sister-in-law, Regina, to help keep an eye on happenings at Ash Park—and to interfere with George and Sarah’s budding romance. James and Olivia both come to terms with their respective foes.

Mrs. Bligh’s heart attack upends the household—but also gives everyone some unaccustomed freedom while she’s recovering in the hospital. Anna and Gino’s plans to tell their families about their engagement hit a roadblock, but George and Sarah start to move forward with their relationship.

George organizes a reception for visiting Japanese businessmen, awakening Jack’s anger over atrocities he experienced in the war. Anna anxiously awaits her test results, and Sarah deals with Regina’s hostility towards her.