Federation (1999)
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.
Director: Ian Munro
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Deborah Kennedy as Louisa Lawson |
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Leo McKern as Henry Parkes |
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Peter O'Brien as Alfred Deakin |
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William Zappa as Charles Kingston |
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Richard Piper as Edmund Barton |
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Shane McNamara as voices |
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Max Cullen as voices |
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Kirk Alexander as voices |
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John Doyle as Narrator |
| Directing | Ian Munro | Director |
| Production | Anna Grieve | Producer |
| Writing | Sue Castrique | Writer |
| Production | Megan McMurchy | Executive Producer |
| Production | Sharon Connolly | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Kim Batterham | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Martin Friedel | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Stewart Young | Editor |
| Editing | Jeannine Baker | Archival Footage Research |
| Sound | Mauricio Hernandez | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Robert Sullivan | Sound Mixer |
| Production | Kath Shelper | Production Manager |
| Writing | Annette Blonski | Script Editor |