Federation

Plot Summary

An epic tale about the making of Australia. This tells the stories of the founding fathers and of the people in six separate colonies in the decades leading to Federation. It's a tale of winners and losers, of great debates which unified the country, of the struggle not just to make an Australian nation, but to create Australian democracy.

Top Cast

Deborah Kennedy Louisa Lawson

Leo McKern Henry Parkes

Peter O'Brien Alfred Deakin

William Zappa Charles Kingston

Richard Piper Edmund Barton