Plot Summary

Biography of Lachlan Macquarie and his wife, Elizabeth, who arrived to govern the colony of New South Wales in Australia in 1810. In just over a decade, the couple transformed the prison colony into a proto nation.

Movie Details

Original Title
Lachlan Macquarie: The Father of Australia
Status
released
Original Language
en

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Cast

David Tennant as Narrator

David Tennant

Narrator

Grace Karskens as Herself - University of New South Wales (as Professor Grace Karskens)

Grace Karskens

Herself - University of New South Wales (as Professor Grace Karskens)

Tom Devine as Himself - University of Edinbugh (as Professor Tom Devine)

Tom Devine

Himself - University of Edinbugh (as Professor Tom Devine)

Clive Russell as Lachlan Macquarie

Clive Russell

Lachlan Macquarie

Julie Wilson Nimmo as Elizabeth Macquarie

Julie Wilson Nimmo

Elizabeth Macquarie

Lewis Fitz-Gerald as Commissioner Bigge (as Lewis Fitzgerald)

Lewis Fitz-Gerald

Commissioner Bigge (as Lewis Fitzgerald)

Production Companies

Screen Australia logoScreen Australia
Intomedia
Screen NSW logoScreen NSW
Caledonia Productions