Drovers Run

Drovers Run is a fictional cattle station in the South Australian outback in the Australian hit drama show McLeod's Daughters.[1] The fictitious cattle station is named generically after a drover and has been in the McLeod family for generations. For generations it was passed on from father to son, but was passed on to the two daughters of Jack McLeod.[2] Drovers Run was located 50 km from its neighbouring farm, Killarney (season 7 episode 2), where the Ryan family lives.

Storyline

Hardship and respect for the land are the key values at Drovers Run, a vast cattle and farming property in the Australian outback that once belonged to Jack McLeod. After his death, his two daughters, Claire and Tess McLeod, reunite to decide the property’s future. Later, after Claire's shock death, Tess McLeod and Stevie Hall (Claire’s best friend) run Drovers with workers Meg (Rivers-)Fountain, Jodi Fountain (Meg’s daughter), and Kate Manfredi (best friends with Jodi). Tess goes on to marry Nick Ryan and Jodi later discovers she is Tess’ sister. Tess gives half of Drovers Run to Jodi, before moving to Argentina with husband Nick and giving birth to daughter Ruth Claire. Jodi Fountain-McLeod continues running Drovers, along with cousin Regan McLeod, new part owner Stevie, and farm-hands Kate and Moira. When Jodi departs with Matt Bosnich into Witness Protection, she hands over her ownership share to Regan. Part owner Stevie and sisters Grace and Regan McLeod (cousins of Jodi, Tess, and Claire McLeod) consequently run Drovers with the assistance of Kate, Moria and Tayler. Then in 2008, the last season, Grace's sister Jaz McLeod (Jasmine) returns with a dark secret and stays on to help sister Grace and, now widow of Alex Ryan, Stevie Hall along with Moira Doyle and Tayler Geddes.

Owners

See Also: List of characters from McLeod's Daughters

Actor Role Status Owner Part Owner Number Of Episodes Notes
Lisa Chappell Claire McLeod 2001 - 2003 2001 - 2003 73 Episodes Deceased.
Bridie Carter Tess Silverman McLeod 2001 - 2006 2001 - 2007 2007 - present 135 Episodes Lives in Argentina with husband Nick Ryan and daughter Ruth Claire.
Rachael Carpani Jodi Fountain-McLeod 2001 - 2007, 2009 2005 - 2007, 2009 - present 180 Episodes Living At Drovers With Husband Matt and ready to give birth.
Simmone Jade Mackinnon Stevie Hall 2003 - 2009 2004 - present 153 Episodes Living at Drovers Run.
Edwina Ritchard Jaz McLeod 2004, 2009 2007 - present 17 Episodes Living at Drovers Run.
Zoe Naylor Regan McLeod 2005, 2006 - 2007, 2008-2009 2006 - present 53 Episodes Working as a Geologist.
Abi Tucker Grace Kingston-McLeod 2007 - 2009 2007 - present 45 Episodes Living at Drovers Run.

Farmhands

See Also: List of characters from McLeod's Daughters

Actor Role Status Number Of Episodes Notes
Sonia Todd Meg Fountain Dodge 2001 - 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 107 Episodes Living in Darwin with Husband Terry.
Jessica Napier Becky Howard 2001 - 2003 70 Episodes Moved to run a Farm with boyfriend Jake.
Michala Banas Kate Manfredi 2004 - 2008 117 Episodes Moved to run a Youth Farm.
Doris Younane Moira Doyle 2001 - 2003, 2005 - 2009 85 Episodes Living at Drovers Run.
Gillian Alexy Tayler Geddes 2006 - 2009 54 Episodes At Uni in Adelaide.

References
  1. "What you never knew about McLeod's Daughters: Go behind-the-scenes of Drovers Run". Now To Love. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  2. McLeod's Daughters (Drama, Romance, Western), Aaron Jeffery, Rachael Carpani, Simmone Mackinnon, Bridie Carter, Nine Network Australia, 8 August 2001, retrieved 1 April 2021{{citation}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
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