Complete Monster: Neil Fletcher was the corrupt station hand of Faraway Downs. Fletcher murders his boss, the husband of Lady Sarah Ashley, while also framing a local Indigenous elder, King George, for the crime. Desiring to take control of the ranch so that he can sell it for profit to King Carney, Fletcher's treachery is exposed by Nullah, Fletcher's illegitimate Indigenous son. A furious Fletcher becomes physically abusive to Nullah and other Indigenous women trying to protect him. Upon being fired by Lady Sarah, Fletcher releases all of the ranch’s cattle out of spite. Later allying with King Carney and competing with Faraway Downs deliver their cattle, Fletcher sabotages his rivals by scaring the 1,500 cattle into a stampede, where they trample Flynn to death, and the cattle very nearly charge off a cliff face. When King Carney confronts Fletcher over his crimes, Fletcher murders Carney by pushing the latter into crocodile-infested waters where he is devoured, before marrying his oblivious daughter to inherit his wealth. Following the Darwin bombings, Fletcher blames his financial ruin on the heroes and especially Nullah, who Fletcher tries to shoot dead.
They Wasted a Perfectly Good Character: Cath can feel underused (even in the miniseries cut (which gives her a bit more to do), especially given the film's long run-time. She never seems to find out that her husband killed her father and married her for her money, and her wartime friendship with Lady Ashley (despite the other woman's enmity with Cath's husband) only gets a few short scenes and is considered underutilized.
