| ARTHUR PHILLIP: Captain British Navy,
First Governor of New South Wales. A fine seaman and fair minded administrator
he sails with 11 ships and 400 unruly people from England to successfully
establish the first English settlement in Australia. |
BENNELONG: Original Australian. A highly
intelligent and clever elder of his tribe, Bennelong has learnt the English
ways and becomes friends with the Arthur Philip interceding between the
two colliding cultures. |
MARY BRYANT: Thief, convict, escapee.
Strong willed and fearless she leads a party of eight New South Welsh convicts
in a desperate escape to Timor in an open boat. |