Against the wind
Period drama serial. In 1798 young Irish girl Mary Mulvane is sentenced to transportation to Australia, during the journey she falls for fellow convict Jonathan Garrett and the pair attempt to start a new life Down Under.
Directed by
George Miller (I)
Simon Wincer
Writing credits
Bronwyn Binns
Paul Davies (II)
Genre: Drama
Cast (in credits order)
Jon English .... Jonathan Garrett
Mary Larkin (I) .... Mary Mulvane/Mary Garrett
Warwick Sims .... Ensign Maurice Greville
rest of cast listed alphabetically
Vincent Ball (I)
Julia Blake .... Cook
Bryan Brown .... Michael Connor
Wallas Eaton (as Wallace Eaton)
Frank Gallacher .... Will Price
Chris Haywood
Gerard Kennedy .... Dinny O'Byrne
Kerry McGuire .... Polly McNamara
Rod Mullinar
Frederick Parslow .... Captain Charles Wiltshire
Hu Pryce .... Jonas Pike
Lynn Rainbow .... Mrs. Louisa Wiltshire
Justine Saunders
Sean Scully (I)
John Stanton (I)
Frank Thring (I)
Directed by
George Miller (I)
Simon Wincer
Writing credits
Bronwyn Binns
Paul Davies (II)
Cliff Green
Ian Jones (I)
Peter A. Kinloch
Tony Morphett
Produced by
Bronwyn Binns (executive producer)
Henry Crawford (I) (producer)
Ian Jones (I) (executive producer)
Original music by
Jon English
Mario Millo
Production Companies
7 Network [au]
Pegasus Productions
Runtime: 50 (13 episodes)
Country: Australia
Language: English
Color: Color
