Lachlan Macquarie: The Father of Australia

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.

Top Cast

David TennantNarrator

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

Tom DevineHimself - University of Edinbugh (as Professor Tom Devine)

Clive RussellLachlan Macquarie

Julie Wilson NimmoElizabeth Macquarie

Lewis Fitz-GeraldCommissioner Bigge (as Lewis Fitzgerald)