Federation

Category: Documentary
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.
Status: Released IMDb
Release date: 1999-01-01
Run time: 173 minute / 2:53
Director: Ian Munro
Production Companies : Film Australia, Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Production Country: Australia

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Deborah Kennedy
as Louisa Lawson
Leo McKern
as Henry Parkes
Peter O'Brien
as Alfred Deakin
William Zappa
as Charles Kingston
Richard Piper
as Edmund Barton
Shane McNamara
as voices
Max Cullen
as voices
Kirk Alexander
as voices
John Doyle
as Narrator
Directing
Ian Munro Director

Production
Anna Grieve Producer

Writing
Sue Castrique Writer

Production
Megan McMurchy Executive Producer
Sharon Connolly Executive Producer

Camera
Kim Batterham Director of Photography

Sound
Martin Friedel Original Music Composer

Editing
Stewart Young Editor
Jeannine Baker Archival Footage Research

Sound
Mauricio Hernandez Sound Designer
Robert Sullivan Sound Mixer

Production
Kath Shelper Production Manager

Writing
Annette Blonski Script Editor





















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