An epic tale about the making of Australia. This tells the stories of the founding fathers and of the people in six separate colonies in the decades leading to Federation. It's a tale of winners and losers, of great debates which unified the country, of the struggle not just to make an Australian nation, but to create Australian democracy.
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Film Australia, Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Keywords
- australian history
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Top Cast
Deborah Kennedy as Louisa Lawson
Leo McKern as Henry Parkes
Peter O'Brien as Alfred Deakin
William Zappa as Charles Kingston
Richard Piper as Edmund Barton
Shane McNamara as voices
Max Cullen as voices
Kirk Alexander as voices
Top Crew
Ian Munro · Director
Sue Castrique · Writer
Martin Friedel · Composer
Kim Batterham · Cinematographer
Stewart Young · Editor
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