1 9 8 3 – 1 9 8 5 (Australia)
39 x 45 minute episodes
A group of Americans travel to Australia during the gold rush era of the late 19th century and introduce a stagecoach line.
This Disney series was an extremely family-oriented and moralistic show – think Little House On The Prairie down-under.
Over three series, the production featured several Australian actors who became well known including Rod Mullinar, Liz Burch, Michael Caton, Gus Mercurio, Martin Lewis, Scott McGregor and Asher Keddie, and American actors Louise Caire-Clark, Jay Kerr, Priscilla Weems and Jonathan Frakes. A young Nicole Kidman played a rough and ready tomboy in some episodes.
The series was filmed on location in an old quarry in bushland between Oxford Falls and Belrose in Sydney, with interiors shot at Eric Porter Studios at North Sydney.
Maggie Scott
Louise Caire Clark
Kate Wallace
Liz Burch
Con Madigan
Jay Kerr
Jack Taylor
Rod Mullinar
Paddy Malone
Michael Caton
Sam Sawyer
Martin Lewis
Ben Jones
Gus Mercurio
Charlie Withers
Peter Carroll
Hannah Scott
Priscilla Weems
Annie
Nicole Kidman
Matt Buckland
Shannon Presby
Edward Armstrong
Scott McGregor
‘Backer’ Bowman
Tony Blackett
Mrs Armstrong
Dinah Shearing
Ethel
Di O’Connor
Sister Mary
Merridy Eastman
Frank Moore
John Orcsik
Brodie
John Jarratt
Madelaine
Joanna Lockwood
Cameron
John Waters
Harry
Ray Barrett
Trooper Wilson
Jon Blake
Beth
Gia Carides
Arabella
Wendy Hughes
Mr O’Bannion
Gerard Kennedy
Walker the Hawker
Graham Kennedy
Miss Parling
Susan Lyons