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)