They dared to challenge the unknown. They were the first. They crossed the Australian continent from Melbourne to the Gulf of Carpentaria.
4.9
140 min
A story based on true events about two explorers on a doomed journey trying to cross Australia on foot in the 19 century.
Name | Character | Team | |
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Jack Thompson | Robert O'Hara Burke | Unowned |
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Nigel Havers | William John Wills | Unowned |
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Greta Scacchi | Julia Matthews | Unowned |
Matthew Fargher | John King | Unowned | |
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Ralph Cotterill | Charley Gray | Unowned |
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Drew Forsythe | Brahe | Unowned |
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Chris Haywood | Tom McDonagh | Unowned |
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Monroe Reimers | Dost Mahomet | Unowned |
Ron Blanchard | Bill Patton | Unowned | |
Barry Hill | George Landells | Unowned | |
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Hugh Keays-Byrne | Ambrose Kyte | Unowned |
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Arthur Dignam | Sir William Stawell | Unowned |
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Ken Goodlet | Doctor John Masadam | Unowned |
Edward Hepple | Ludwig Becker | Unowned | |
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Peter Collingwood | Doctor William Wills | Unowned |
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Susannah Harker | Bessie Wills | Unowned |
Martin Redpath | Mayor of Melbourne | Unowned | |
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Julie Hamilton | Mrs. Kyte | Unowned |
Nick Carrafa | Edwin Welch | Unowned | |
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John Gregg | Alfred Irwin | Unowned |
Paul Pryor | Jimmy | Unowned | |
Deryck Barnes | Tom Paine | Unowned | |
Les Foxcroft | Harry | Unowned | |
Nick Magasic | Dick | Unowned | |
John Penman | Pub Kid | Unowned | |
Stan Roach | Town Black | Unowned | |
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Redmond Phillips | Committee Man | Unowned |
Mark Pegler | Journalist | Unowned | |
Ailsa Carpenter | Mrs. Macadam | Unowned | |
Antoinette Blaxand | Mayor's Wife | Unowned | |
Mary Acres | Julia's Dresser | Unowned | |
Soma Dissanyake | Sepoy | Unowned | |
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David Bracks | Sepoy | Unowned |
Jay Mahatheva | Sepoy | Unowned | |
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Lucy Bell | Kyte's Daughter | Unowned |
Bernadette Hockings | Kyte's Daughter | Unowned | |
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Matthew Savage | Christopher Marsden | Unowned |
Roderick Williams | Bill Wright | Unowned |