''Luke's Kingdom'' is a 1976 Australian TV series set in colonial Australia. Directors included

Peter Weir Peter Lindsay Weir ( ; born 21 August 1944) is a retired Australian film director. He is known for directing films crossing various genres over forty years with films such as '' Picnic at Hanging Rock'' (1975), '' Gallipoli'' (1981), '' The Y ...

and writers included Elisabeth Kata and

Tony Morphett Anthony David Morphett (10 March 1938 – 2 June 2018) was an Australian screenwriter, who created or co-created many Australian television series, including ''Dynasty (Australian TV series), Dynasty'', ''Certain Women (television series), Cert ...

. It was co-produced with

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, the then owners of

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and

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, and aired in 1976 on

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in Australia and ITV in the United Kingdom. In 1975,

acquired the series co-producer, Australia Pty Ltd. Filming completed in 1974. The series starred

Oliver Tobias Oliver Tobias Freitag (born 6 August 1947), known professionally as Oliver Tobias, is a Swiss-born, UK-based film, stage and television actor and director. Biography Born in Zürich, Switzerland, he is the son of the Austrian-Swiss actor Rob ...

as an Englishman who, in 1829, emigrates to Australia with his father and siblings to settle on a

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. It was based on the novel ''Pages From A Squatter's Diary'', by E. V. Timms.

Cast

as Luke Firbeck * James Condon as Jason Firbeck *

Gerard Maguire Gerard Maguire (born 25 September 1945) also credited as Gerard McGuire, is an Australian actor, producer and screenwriter best known for his role in ''Prisoner'' as Deputy Governor, ''Jim Fletcher''. Often appearing on Australian television p ...

as Samuel Firbeck *Elisabeth Crosby as Jassy Firbeck *

Helen Morse Helen Morse (born 24 January 1947) is an English-born Australian actress who has appeared in films, on television and on stage. She won the AFI Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for the 1976 film ''Caddie'', and starred in the 1981 minise ...

as Kate *

Les Foxcroft Clement Leslie Foxcroft (19 November 1918 – 24 June 2004) professionally known as Les Foxcroft and credited also as Lester Foxcroft was an Australian character actor with a career spanning over 50 years, working in all major facets of the ...

as Morgan *

Willie Fennell William John Fennell (20 January 1920 – 9 September 1992) was an Australian radio, television (serials and mini-series), stage and film actor, comedian, producer, radio scriptwriter and writer who appeared in many Australian television s ...

as Shepherd * Shirley Cameron as Innkeeper * Joseph Fürst as Storekeeper * Bettina Kenter as Anna-Louise * Edmund Pegge as Lieutenant Robarts *

David Gulpilil David Dhalatnghu Gulpilil (1 July 1953 – 29 November 2021) was an Australian actor and dancer. He was known for his roles in the films Walkabout (film), ''Walkabout'' (1971), Storm Boy (1976 film), ''Storm Boy'' (1976), ''The Last Wave'' (1 ...

as Aboriginal Boy * Victoria Anoux as Rosie *

Frank Lloyd Frank William George Lloyd (2 February 1886 – 10 August 1960) was a Scottish-American film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. He was among the founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and was its president from ...

as Broker * Enid Lorimer as Nanny *

Brian Moll Brian Percy Moll (19 May 1925 – 9 August 2013) was a British-born Australian comedian character actor of stage, television and film and director and producer who emigrated to Australia from his native England in 1950. Quitting his job as a pub ...

as Settler *

Michael Aitkens Michael Aitkens (born 1947) is a British actor and writer of drama scripts for movies, television and stage. His BBC situation comedy '' Waiting for God'', first shown in 1990, was BAFTA nominated. Early life Michael Aitkens was educated at H ...

as Brash * Kevin Miles as Wilmot *

Judy Morris Judith Ann Morris (born 17 February 1947) is an Australian character actress, as well as a film director and screenwriter, well known for the variety of roles she played in 58 different television shows and films, starting her career as a child ...

as Ellen * John Fegan as The Priest * Peter Sumner as Karl Walthausen

References

External links

''Luke's Kingdom''
at Australian Television * Nine Network original programming 1970s Australian drama television series 1976 Australian television series debuts Television shows set in colonial Australia Australian English-language television shows {{Australia-tv-prog-stub