"A young woman who is determined to maintain her independence finds herself at odds with her family who wants her to tame her wild side and get married."
Judy Davis
as Sybylla Melvyn
Sam Neill
as Harry Beecham
Wendy Hughes
as Aunt Helen
Robert Grubb
as Frank Hawdon
Max Cullen
as Mr. McSwatt
Aileen Britton
as Grandma Bossier
Peter Whitford
as Uncle Julius
Patricia Kennedy
as Aunt Gussie
Alan Hopgood
as Father
Julia Blake
as Mother
David Franklin
as Horace
Marion Shad
as Gertie
Aaron Wood
as Stanley
Sue Davies
as Aurora
Gordon Piper
as Barman
James Moss
as Pub Drinker
Basil Clarke
as Butler
Bill Charlton
as Joe
Suzanne Roylance
as Biddie
Zelda Smyth
as Ethel
Bobbie Ward
as Mrs. Butler
Amanda Pratt
as Blanche Derrick
Dorothy St. Heaps
as Mrs. Derrick
Gerry Duggan
as Squatter
Babs McMillan
as Miss Benson
Carole Skinner
as Mrs. McSwatt
Tony Hughes
as Peter McSwat
Tina Robinson Hansen
as Lizer McSwat
Aaron Corrin
as Jimmy McSwat
Sharon Crouch
as Sarah McSwat
Robert Austin
as Willie McSwat
Mark Spain
as Tommy McSwat
Simone Buchanan
as Mary Anne
Hayley Joye
as Rosie Jane
Kathleen Percival
as Baby
Ray Meagher
as Mailman (uncredited)
Miles Franklin
Novel
Eleanor Witcombe
Writer
Gillian Armstrong
Director
Margaret Fink
Producer
Jane Scott
Associate Producer
Jill Porter
Makeup Artist
Roger Cowland
Visual Effects
Greg Bell
Sound Editor
Treisha Ghent
Production Accountant
David Kynoch
Still Photographer
Richard Merryman
Second Assistant Camera
Grahame Litchfield
Grip
David Burr
Focus Puller
Louis Irving
Camera Operator
Peter Moss
Ross Erickson
Key Grip
Nathan Waks
Original Music Composer
Liz Mullinar
Casting
Luciana Arrighi
Production Design
Nicholas Beauman
Editor
Donald McAlpine
Director of Photography
Hilary Linstead
Anna Senior
Costume Design
Neil Angwin
Art Direction