Lachlan Macquarie: The Father of Australia

Plot Summary

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 Tennant Narrator

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

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

Clive Russell Lachlan Macquarie

Julie Wilson Nimmo Elizabeth Macquarie