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The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant is a 2005 film loosely based on the life of Mary Bryant, an English girl from Cornwall convicted of petty theft who was transported to the Australian Penal Colony on the First Fleet with other prisoners bound for Botany Bay. It is written by Peter Berry and directed by Peter Andrikidis. The film had a budget in excess of A$15 million, making it the largest-budget television mini-series produced in Australia.

Mary's story begins in her home, Cornwall, England where her village is starving to death. In desperation, she steals, landing her a place on the long voyage to Sydney, Australia along with other convicts.

Pregnant by a jailer, Mary is befriended by a quick-witted smuggler named Will. She is also aided by another on board, a stiff-necked, moralistic British officer named Lt Ralph Clarke, whose wife abandons him just as the ships set sail. His help was portrayed as a mission in humanity and social reform.