Season 1

1982 · 8 episodes

The lavish, passionate story of a beautiful convict girl, Sara Dane who is transported from England to Australia for a crime she did not commit. She struggle for freedom and independence against almost impossible odds.

Episodes

1. Episode 1
May 31, 1982 · 48m
Sara is falsely convicted of theft, and thrown into the hold of a ship bound for a penal colony in Australia.
2. Episode 2
June 7, 1982 · 48m
Sara Dane lands in Sydney, and Andrew MacArthur has fallen for her charms. Everyone is finding their feet in the penal colony, but with all the small town carrying on it isn't so easy for Sara.
3. Episode 3
June 14, 1982 · 48m
Drunken convicts attack the Maclay farm, wounding Jeremy; enterprising Andrew opens a store and purchases a trading ship.
4. Episode 4
June 21, 1982 · 48m
Jeremy professes his love to Sara, who has become an aggressive businesswoman.
5. Episode 5
June 28, 1982 · 48m
6. Episode 6
July 5, 1982 · 49m
The Irish convicts revolt.
7. Episode 7
July 12, 1982 · 49m
Louis and Sara suffer domestic troubles; after Sebastian disappears in a flood.
8. Episode 8
July 19, 1982 · 47m
Sara rejects her newborn baby girl; rum corps rebels overrun Australia.