form y separately published work icon The Seeds of Fire single work   film/TV  
Issue Details: First known date: 1978... 1978 The Seeds of Fire
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In this opening episode of the television series Against the Wind, Mary Mulvane and her boyfriend Michael are harrassed by British soldiers while out walking. In response to the troops taking over a nearby farm as a supply store, Michael and his mates burn down the house. When the Mulvane family can't pay rent and church tax, the British troops take their cow away as payment. Mary and Michael are discovered as they attempt to retrieve the cow. Michael is shot dead, leaving Mary to stand trial.

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    y separately published work icon Against the Wind [Episodes 1, 8, 13] Bronwyn Binns , Ian Jones , Richmond : Heinemann Education Australia , 1978 Z813264 1978 series - publisher screenplay

    In 1798, young Irish girl Mary Mulvane is convicted of stealing by the British court and sentenced to transportation to Australia. During the journey, she falls for fellow convict Jonathan Garrett, and the pair attempt to start a new life in the brutal penal colony.

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    Richmond : Heinemann Education Australia , 1978
    pg. 1-53
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