When was Lachlan Macquarie: The Father of Australia released?

Lachlan Macquarie: The Father of Australia was released on January 25, 2011.

Who is in the cast of Lachlan Macquarie: The Father of Australia?

The main cast of Lachlan Macquarie: The Father of Australia includes David Tennant, Grace Karskens, Tom Devine, Clive Russell, Julie Wilson Nimmo.

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Lachlan Macquarie: The Father of Australia

Name: Lachlan Macquarie: The Father of Australia
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2011-01-25
Duration: 63 min
Cast: David Tennant, Grace Karskens, Tom Devine, Clive Russell, Julie Wilson Nimmo

2011

1h 3m

Documentary

Status

Released

Release

2011

Runtime

1h 3m

Storyline

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

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.

Score Distribution

Details

Status: Released
Runtime: 1h 3m
: Jan 25, 2011
Languages: English
Production: Screen Australia
Intomedia
Intomedia
Screen NSW
Caledonia Productions
Caledonia Productions

Top Cast

6 Cast Members

David Tennant

Narrator

Grace Karskens

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

Tom Devine

Himself - University of Edinbugh (as Professor Tom Devine)

Clive Russell

Lachlan Macquarie

Julie Wilson Nimmo

Elizabeth Macquarie

Lewis Fitz-Gerald

Commissioner Bigge (as Lewis Fitzgerald)

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