Lachlan Macquarie: The Father of Australia (2011)
In ten years he turned a prison colony into the foundation of a nation
2011 · 1h 3m · Documentary
Genres: Documentary
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
David Tennant as NarratorGrace 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 MacquarieJulie Wilson Nimmo as Elizabeth MacquarieLewis Fitz-Gerald as Commissioner Bigge (as Lewis Fitzgerald)More like this
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