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LLachlan Macquarie: The Father of Australia

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Lachlan Macquarie: The Father of Australia

2011 · 63 min · Documentary

In ten years he turned a prison colony into the foundation of a nation

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.

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David Tennant portraitDavid TennantNarratorGGrace KarskensHerself - University of New South Wales (as Professor Grace Karskens)TTom DevineHimself - University of Edinbugh (as Professor Tom Devine)Clive Russell portraitClive RussellLachlan MacquarieJulie Wilson Nimmo portraitJulie Wilson NimmoElizabeth MacquarieLewis Fitz-Gerald portraitLewis Fitz-GeraldCommissioner Bigge (as Lewis Fitzgerald)

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