EPISODE
Against the Wind - Season 1
'Against the Wind' begins in country Ireland in 1798 where the Mulvane family lives. Mary, the eldest daughter, is in love with Michael Connor. The Red Coats though from England are slowly taking over Ireland and when the Pastor's fee goes up and the Mulvane's can't pay, their cow is taken instead. Not wanting to give into the English, Mary and Michael go to steal the cow back in the middle of the night, are caught in the act and Michael is killed. Mary is sentenced to be transported to Australia aboard a merchant ship where she first encounters Ensign Greville. Once in Australia she is assigned as a kitchen maid to Captain Wiltshire, a kindly man with a snobbish wife. This is where she meets Jonathan Garrett, also a convict. Mary though is determined that she will return back to her family in Ireland, but it could cost her happiness.
1942, Hereford, England, UK
August 6, 1939 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
March 13, 1935 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
21 January 1970
1943 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
December 4, 1944 in Sydney, Australia
June 2, 1931 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
1944, Braintree, Essex, England, UK
4 December 1923, Wee Waa, New South Wales, Australia
4 January 1938, Dublin, Ireland
August 14, 1932
1929, Auckland, New Zealand
1949, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
August 30, 1931 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
7 April 1905, Petersham, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
1918
