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.

Cast

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  David Tennant

  Narrator

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  Grace Karskens

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

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  Tom Devine

  Himself - University of Edinbugh (as Professor Tom Devine)

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  Clive Russell

  Lachlan Macquarie