Meryl Streep

Lindy Chamberlain

Sam Neill

Michael Chamberlain

David Hoflin

Aidan, 8 years

John Howard

Lyle Morris

Debra Lawrance

Sally Lowe

Pat Thomson

Sandra Kambouris

Maurie Fields

Barritt

Dorothy Alison

Avis Murchison

Peter Hosking

Mackney

Charles Tingwell

Muirhead

Michael Wetter

Reagan, 4 years

Jason Reason

Aidan, 11 years

Dale Reeves

Aidan, 6 years

Kane Barton

Reagan, 6 years

Trent Roberts

Reagan, 9 years

Jane Coker

Kahlia, newborn

Rae-Leigh Henson

Kahlia, 18 months

Nicolette Minster

Kahlia, 4 years

Brian James

Cliff Murchison

Matthew Barker

O'Loughlin

Bruce Kilpatrick

Peter Dean

Bruce Myles

Barker

Neil Fitzpatrick

Phillips

Dennis Miller

Sturgess

Lewis Fitz-Gerald

Tipple

Brendan Higgins

Kirkham

Ian Swan

Cavanagh

Sandy Gore

Joy Kuhl

Kevin Miles

Professor Cameron

Edgar Metcalfe

Dr Brown

Gary Files

Professor Chaikin

Peter Aanensen

Sims

Jon Finlayson

Professor Boettcher

David Ravenswood

Professor Nairn

Eve Godly

The Jury

Reg Evans

Jury Foreman

James Wright

The Jury

Luciano Catenacci

The Jury

Bill Johnston

The Jury

Robin Dene

The Jury

Geoffrey O'Connell

The Jury

Michael Croft

The Jury

George Viskich

The Jury

Merrin Canning

The Jury

Valma Pratt

The Jury

Jim Holt

John Eldridge

Tim Robertson

Wallace

Patsy Stephen

Anne Houghton

Ian Gilmour

John Buckland

Peter Sardi

De Luca

Bill Garner

Mark Furnell

Marion McKenzie

Monya Chatfield

Johnny Quinn

Frank Kennedy

Deborra-Lee Furness

Magazine Reporter

Chuck Faulkner

Conrad Grey

Terrie Waddell

Mary Walsh

Quentin MacLaine

Stanbury

Greta Mendoza

Journalist

Vincent Vaccari

Journalist

Abbe Holmes

Journalist

David Wilson

Journalist

John Heywood

David Hall

John Allan

Ted Jackson

Peter Byrne

George Samson

Maureen Edwards

Kate Woodman

Justin Gaffney

Colin McRae

Lynne Ruthven

Alice Steel

Bruce Carter

Newsreader

Peter Flett

Boshoff

Davini Malcolm

Grey's Guest

James Condon

Reginald Scholes

James Taylor

Justice Gallagher

Mike Person

Newsreader

Philip Holder

Newsreader

Nick Tate

Charlwood

Mervyn Drake

Gilroy

Vincent Gil

Roff

Burt Cooper

Golligan

Mark Little

Constable Morris

Tony Martin

Lincoln

Bruce Venables

Metcalfe

Lawrence Held

Plumb

Paul Young

Sergeant Cocks

Bill McCluskey

Greg Lowe

Sunday Rennie

Chantelle Lowe

Warwick Tennant Moss

Bill West

Brenda Addie

Judy West

Emma Crapper

Catherine West

Caroline Gillmer

Amy Whittaker

Reg Gorman

Mr Whittaker

Kate Gorman

Rosalie Whittaker

Steve Dodd

Nipper Winmatti

David Bradshaw

Murray Haby

Sally Cooper

Bobby Downs

Jeff Truman

Mr McCombe

Marilynne Paspaley

Mrs McCombe

Pintapinta

Nuwe

Alice Nampitjimpa

Barbara

Yuyuya Nampitjimpa

Daisy

Don Reid

Pastor Kennaway

Susan Leith

Jenny Richards

Alan Hopgood

President Cox

Bruce Clarkson

Les Smith

Bob Baines

Chief Minister

Ian McFadyen

Attorney General

Maggie Millar

Sister

Ruby Hunter

Prisoner Rhoda

Ron Falk

Pastor Olsen

Billie Hammerberg

Mrs Herron

Don Bridges

Farmer

James Higgins

Chandla

Frankie J. Holden

Leslie Thompson

Roderick Williams

Les Harris

Verity Lambert

Producer

Fred Schepisi

Director

John Bryson

Novel

Robert Caswell

Screenplay

Fred Schepisi

Screenplay

Yoram Globus

Executive Producer

Menahem Golan

Executive Producer

Jill Bilcock

Editor

Rhonda Schepisi

Casting

Wendy Dickson

Production Design

George Liddle

Production Design

Dale Duguid

Art Direction

Brian Edmonds

Art Direction

Bruce Finlayson

Costume Design

Bruce Smeaton

Music

Geoffrey Hall

First Assistant Camera

Ian Jones

Camera Operator

Ian Jones

Steadicam Operator

Grahame Litchfield

Key Grip

Leigh Mackenzie

First Assistant Camera

Peter White

Second Assistant Camera

Vivian Zink

Still Photographer

Steve E. Andrews

First Assistant Director

Philip A. Patterson

Second Assistant Director

Toby Pease

Second Assistant Director

Janine Schepisi

Third Assistant Director

John Meredith

Third Assistant Director

Roger Cowland

Visual Effects

Joe Pampanella

Stunts

Ian Baker

Director of Photography