| Mr. | Bock | A painter. |
| Danny | Buck | One of the sailors. |
| Mrs. | Carlisle | The dowager. |
| Mrs. | Crain | Sir John's housekeeper. |
| Ann | Darter | One of the prisoners. |
| Dr. Caleb | Dunne | The ship surgeon. |
| Hazel | Ferguson | A young prisoner. |
| Mrs. | Fitzpatrick | One of Society for the Reformation of Female Prisoners personnel. |
| Dr. | Fowler | Franklins' doctor. |
| Eleanor | Franklin | Sir John's daughter. |
| Sir John | Franklin | English naval officer and Arctic explorer. |
| Maura | Frindle | One of the prisoners. |
| Elizabeth | Fry | One of Society for the Reformation of Female Prisoners personel. |
| Dr. Elizabeth | Garrett | The first woman to qualify in Britain as a physician and surgeon. |
| Mr. | Grimm | Sir John's head butler. |
| Mrs. | Grimsby | Mary's cook. |
| Mr. | Grunwald | Olive's sailor lover. |
| Mr. | Hogsmead | Franklins' houseguest. |
| Mr. | Hutchinson | Superintendent of the Cascades Female Factory. |
| Mrs. | Hutchinson | The matron. |
| Maeve | Logan | One of the prisoner and a midwife. |
| John | Montagu | Colonial Secretary. |
| Olive | Rivers | Evangeline's friend in prison. |
| George | Robinson | In charge of the settlement on Flinders. |
| George | Shaw | British naturalist. |
| Evangeline | Stokes | Mrs. Whitstone's governess. Aka: Leenie. |
| Sarah | Stoup | One of the convict maids. |
| Mrs. | Warren | One of Society for the Reformation of Female Prisoners
personnel. |
| Cecil | Whitstone | Evangeline's boyfriend. |
| Mary | Whitstone | Cecil's stepmother. |
| Ronald | Whitstone | Cecil's father. |
| Miss | Williamson | Sir John's governess. |
| Mrs. | Wilson | Sir John's cook. |
| Agnes | | Mrs. Whitstone's chambermaid. |
| Beatrice | | One of Mary's children. |
| Charles | | Cecil's best friend. |
| Droemerdene | | One of the Palawa gods. |
| Eliza | | One of the convict maids. |
| Elizabeth | | One of Ruby's daughters. |
| Emily | | The bishop's daughter. |
| Evangeline | | One of Ruby's daughters. |
| Jip | | Montagu's dog. |
| Lady Jane | | Sir John's wife. Aka: Lady Franklin. |
| Liza | | Olive's new friend. |
| Maria | | George Robinson's wife. |
| Mathinna | | Lowreenne tribe chief's daughter. Aka: Mary, Leda. |
| Mickey | | One of the sailors. |
| Moinee | | One of the Palawa gods. |
| Ned | | One of Mary's children. |
| Palle | | Mathinna's stepfather. |
| Ruby | | Evangeline's daughter. |
| Sandy | | Eleanor's dog. |
| Teanic | | Mathinna's sister. |
| Timeo | | A boy adopted by Lady Franklin. |
| Towterer | | Mathinna's father. |
| Waluka | | Mathinna's pet. |
| Wanganip | | Mathinna's mother. |
