Shadows of the Heart is a two-part 1990 Australian television mini-series directed by Rod Hardy and starring Josephine Byrnes.

The story was based on the life and biography of Dr Joy Seager who was the only doctor on Kangaroo Island in 1925.

[1] A female doctor, Kate Munro moves to (fictitious) Gannet Island off the South Australian coast in 1927.

Conflict between traditional religious values and modern scientific medicine ensues as she forms a relationship with two men who are brothers, one a grazier and one a priest.

Shadows of the Heart was shot between 22 January and 17 March 1990 on Kangaroo Island,[2] and in the old butter factory at Milang, both in the state of South Australia.