We are looking for a movie that is about Irish People that move to
Australia, they may have been prisoners.  We believe the name of it is
"Against the Wind" It was a mini-series that came out approx
1970-1979.  Thank you

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076974/

...but it seems that no VHS or DVD version of the mini series exists.

Scriptor

Even before reading Scriptor's comment, I was about to add a sarcastic
reply that it was bound to star either Bryan Brown or Sam Neill. I
really must cut down on the drole wit!

Yiu can check its information in http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076974/
but there's no VHS or DVD version of it yet.

Just a little information. The Main Actor of this Series was "Jon or
John ENGLISH" He is currently starring in a Stage Play "Dad's Army" in
Brisbane Queensland

Dear Lapone3636, 

I also haven't been able to find a recording of the series, and since
your question is about to expire, I'll fill you up with what I did
find. Maybe this information would help you get what you want (and you
could always post the question again, with the hope that another
Researcher - or myself - would be able to find a recording).

The series was produced in 1978, and starred, as mentioned above, Jon
English. It was popular - not only in Australia - and there are many
fans who would like to see it on DVD or VHS:

German fans page
http://www.wunschliste.de/links.pl?s=0908&nc=1&p=0 - The German fans
lament (in German), why the series is not available on DVD or VHS.

TV Shows on DVD
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/showinfo.cfm?showID=5383 - wher you could
vote the show to be transformed to DVD.

Nostaligia Central has more on the series: 
http://www.nostalgiacentral.com/tv/drama/againstwind.htm  

My advice to you is to try "tape traders" - people who recorded it on
video (privately, not officially) and willing to share it with you,
such as:
Google groups: alt.video.tape-trading
<http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&c2coff=1&group=alt.video.tape-trading>