The Drover's Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson

Plot

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