Lachlan Macquarie: The Father of Australia
In ten years he turned a prison colony into the foundation of a nation
2011 · 1h 3m · N/A 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.
Director and cast
- David Tennant as Narrator
- Grace Karskens as Herself - University of New South Wales (as Professor Grace Karskens)
- Tom Devine as Himself - University of Edinbugh (as Professor Tom Devine)
- Clive Russell as Lachlan Macquarie
- Julie Wilson Nimmo as Elizabeth Macquarie
- Lewis Fitz-Gerald as Commissioner Bigge (as Lewis Fitzgerald)
Comments
Talk about the film with other members