Overview

May Downs, 1859. A white family making an overland journey to Rockhampton, with the assistance of Aboriginal staff, is stalled when the mother goes into labour. This loose adaptation of Wright’s eponymous historical account focuses on the female experience of colonisation, revealing the human costs of masculine avarice.

Top Cast

Brenna Harding

Weeta Mackenzie

Johnny Carr

Arthur Mackenzie

E

Ella Mason

May Mackenzie

A

Andrew Young

Burrunggai (Paddy)

Z

Zalhi Hayden

Nhinda (Minnie)

N

Niouoolya Koorongyu Kami Terare

Niooulya