Cast
- Jack Thompson as Robert O'Hara Burke
- Nigel Havers as William John Wills
- Greta Scacchi as Julia Matthews
- Matthew Fargher as John King
- Chris Haywood as Tom McDonagh
- Ralph Cotterill as Charley Gray
- Drew Forsythe as William Brahe
- Ron Blanchard as Bill Patton
- Monroe Reimers as Dost Mahomet
- Barry Hill as George Landells
- Hugh Keays-Byrne as Ambrose Kyte
- Roderick Williams as Bill Wright
- Arthur Dignam as Sir William Stawell
- Ken Goodlet as Doctor John Masadam
- Peter Collingwood as Doctor William Wills
- Edward Hepple as Ludwig Becker
- Susannah Harker as Bessie Wills
- Martin Redpath as Mayor of Melbourne
- Julia Hamilton as Mrs. Kyte
- Nick Carrafa as Edwin Welch
- John Gregg as Alfred Erwin
- Deryck Barnes as Tom Payne
- Les Foxcroft as Harry
- John Penman as Fat Kid
- Redmond Phillips as Commissioner May
- Mark Pegler as Journalist
- Mary Acres as Julia's Dresser
- David Bracks as Lawyer
- Lucy Bell as Kyte's Daughter
- Matthew Savage as Christopher Marsden
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