William Thornhill, an illiterate Thames bargeman and a man of quick temper but deep feelings, steals a load of timber and is transported to New South Wales in 1806. Like many of the convicts, he's pardoned within a few years and settles on the banks of the Hawkesbury River. Perhaps the Governor grants him the land or perhaps he just takes it - the Hawkesbury is at the extreme e...。该片回顾了300多年前,六世班禅喇嘛不远万里从西藏到北京朝觐乾隆皇帝这一历史事件,再现《钦定藏内善后章程二十九条》、“金瓶掣签”等重大规章制度形成的过程和意义,深刻反映出历史上中央政府对西藏的有效管辖和治理,以及中央政府在藏传佛教大活佛转世认定上的权威。。