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Release Date:
January 1, 1999
Original Title:
Federation
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Film Australia
Production Countries:
Australia
Ratings / Certifications:
AU: E
Runtime: 173
An epic tale about the making of Australia. This tells the stories of the founding fathers and of the people in six separate colonies in the decades leading to Federation. It's a tale of winners and losers, of great debates which unified the country, of the struggle not just to make an Australian nation, but to create Australian democracy.
Archival Footage Research:
Jeannine Baker
Director:
Ian Munro
Director of Photography:
Kim Batterham
Editor:
Stewart Young
Executive Producer:
Megan McMurchy
Sharon Connolly
Original Music Composer:
Martin Friedel
Producer:
Anna Grieve
Production Manager:
Kath Shelper
Script Editor:
Annette Blonski
Sound Designer:
Mauricio Hernandez
Sound Mixer:
Robert Sullivan
Writer:
Sue Castrique
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