Clarence John Ryan as Paddy Parker

Xavier Samuel as Ed Anderson

Kieran Darcy-Smith as Rick Anderson

Kelton Pell as Michael Parker

Mia Wasikowska as Amelia Hamilton

Sibylla Budd as Miss Gregory

Anton Tennet as Tom

Paul Gleeson as John Hamilton

Tara Morice as Jennifer Hamilton

Morgan Griffin as Heidi

Bob Baines as Henry

Tom E. Lewis as Uncle Harold

Steve Dodd as Aboriginal Elder #2 (as Steve 'Mullawalla' Dodd)