This unproduced screenplay tells the real-life story of Scottish woman Eliza Fraser, who was one of eighteen people aboard the HMS Stirling Castle when it was shipwrecked in 1836. The ship, which was captained by Fraser's husband, struck a reef several hundred kilometres north of the Queensland island that now bears Fraser's name. The survivors launched a boat and eventually reached Waddy Point on the island, but they were soon afterwards captured by the local Aboriginal tribe. Stripped of their clothing and forced to endure slave-like conditions, most of the group (including Fraser's husband) either died from starvation or were killed by the tribe. Fraser was eventually found by an escaped convict, John Graham, who had lived for six years with the Aborigines. Graham is said to have won the confidence of his captors by accepting their customs (including nudity).