Including Jack Thompson (Robert O'Hara Burke), Nigel Havers (William John Wills), Greta Scacchi (Julia Matthews), Matthew Fargher (John King), Chris Haywood (Tom McDonagh), Ralph Cotterill (Charley Gray), Drew Forsythe (Brahe), Ron Blanchard (Bill Patton), Monroe Reimers (Dost Mahomet), Barry Hill (George Landells), Hugh Keays-Byrne (Ambrose Kyte), Roderick Williams (Bill Wright), Arthur Dignam (Sir William Stawell), Ken Goodlet (Doctor John Masadam), Peter Collingwood (Doctor William Wills), Edward Hepple (Ludwig Becker), and Susannah Harker (Bessie Wills).