The Drover's Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson
In 1893, heavily pregnant Molly Johnson and her children struggle in isolation to survive the harsh Australian landscape after her husband left to go droving sheep in the high country. One day, she finds a shackled Aboriginal fugitive named Yakada wounded on her property. As an unlikely bond begins to form between them he reveals secrets about her true identity. Realizing Molly’s husband is actually missing, new town lawman Nate Clintoff starts being suspicious and sends his constable to investigate.
Cast
Leah Purcell
Molly Johnson
Rob Collins
Yakada
Sam Reid
Nate Clintoff
Jessica De Gouw
Louisa
Malachi Dower-Roberts
Danny Johnson
Benedict Hardie
Trooper Spencer Leslie
Harry Greenwood
John MaPharlen
Nicholas Hope
Judge Eisenmangher
Maggie Dence
Mrs. Shirley McGuiness
Bruce Spence
Father McGuiness
Victoria Haralabidou
Elpida Savva
Nash Zammit-Harvey
Junior Joe Johnson
Jobe Zammit-Harvey
Henry James Johnson
Tammy Macintosh
Marti Murray
Magnolia Maymuru
Molly
Anthony Cogin
Robert Parsons
Sinsa Jo Mansell
Black Mary
Matt Klarie
Joe Johnson
Sean Lynch
Jonathan Edwards
Craig Bourke
The Hangman
