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Federation

19992h 53mMovieDocumentary

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…

DirectorIan Munro
WriterSue Castrique
ProducersAnna Grieve·Megan McMurchy

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Cast · Directed by Ian Munro

DKDeborah Kennedy
Deborah Kennedy
Louisa Lawson
LMLeo McKern
Leo McKern
Henry Parkes
POPeter O'Brien
Peter O'Brien
Alfred Deakin
WZWilliam Zappa
William Zappa
Charles Kingston
RPRichard Piper
Richard Piper
Edmund Barton
SMShane McNamara
Shane McNamara
voices
MCMax Cullen
Max Cullen
voices
KA
Kirk Alexander
voices
JD
John Doyle
Narrator

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