The LieutenantDaniel Rooke, soldier and astronomer, was always an outsider. As a young lieutenant of marines, he arrives in New South Wales on the First Fleet in 1788 and sees his chance. He sets up his observatory away from the main camp and begins the scientific work that he hopes will make him famous. Aboriginal people soon start to visit his isolated promontory, and a child named Tagaran begins to teach him her language. With meticulous care, he records their