Lachlan Macquarie: The Father of Australia

In ten years he turned a prison colony into the foundation of a nation

2011 1h 3m
Documentary

Overview

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.

Cast & Crew

David Tennant

David Tennant

Narrator

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Grace Karskens

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

T

Tom Devine

Himself - University of Edinbugh (as Professor Tom Devine)

Clive Russell

Clive Russell

Lachlan Macquarie

Julie Wilson Nimmo

Julie Wilson Nimmo

Elizabeth Macquarie

Lewis Fitz-Gerald

Lewis Fitz-Gerald

Commissioner Bigge (as Lewis Fitzgerald)

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