Lachlan Macquarie: The Father of Australia

An evocative 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

Clive Russell

Lachlan Macquarie

David Tennant

Narrator

Lewis Fitz-Gerald

Commissioner Bigge (as Lewis Fitzgerald)

Julie Wilson Nimmo

Elizabeth Macquarie

Grace Karskens

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

Tom Devine

Himself - University of Edinbugh (as Professor Tom Devine)

Details

GenresDocumentary

Runtime1h 3 mins

Released on25 Jan 2011

Languageen

Produced InUS