Lachlan Macquarie: The Father of Australia (movie)

Name: Lachlan Macquarie: The Father of Australia
Released: 2011-0-25
Cast: David Tennant, Grace Karskens, Tom Devine, Clive Russell, Julie Wilson Nimmo

Production country: US
Production companies: Screen Australia, Intomedia, Screen NSW, Caledonia Productions
Genre: Documentary
Release date: 1/25/2011
Run time: 63 min.

Movie description

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.

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David Tennant

Role(s): Narrator

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Grace Karskens

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

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Tom Devine

Role(s): Himself - University of Edinbugh (as Professor Tom Devine)

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Clive Russell

Role(s): Lachlan Macquarie

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Julie Wilson Nimmo

Role(s): Elizabeth Macquarie

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