This is a history full of passionate debate, with its stories of decency, its missed opportunities, its men and women devoted to justice, its eccentric dreamers and courageous officials as well as its stories of violence and hatred. Frontier was made after extensive research. The films were shot around Australia using original locations for the events portrayed. Hundreds of Australian art works and historical photographs enrich the retelling of these events. As a bonus, Frontier uses on and off camera readings by a cavalcade of Australia's acting elite.
Few dramas can boast such a cast.
Bill Hunter, Barry Otto, Geoffrey Rush, Richard Roxburgh, Pamela Rabe, Hugo Weaving, Noah Taylor, Rachel Maza, Bradley Byquar, Tony Martin, John Howard, Max Cullen, Norman Kaye, Ruth Cracknell, Nicholas Hope, Chris Hayward, Nicholas Eadie and many more artists contributed because they recognised the national importance of the project. It is narrated by John Gaden .