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. The boy must stop the man to protect girl and to protect the loving family he obtains in 1955.