Samuel Johnson, Genevieve Lemon and Lachy Hulme play Will's neighbours. The mini-series features Tim Minchin as odious former convict Smasher Sullivan, who in a deliberate expansion of the character to use Minchin's musical skills, is also a campfire minstrel. What little remains of pristine bush along the Hawkesbury is inaccessible to film crews. With a budget of $9 million, which Luby says is generous for the ABC but tight for a period project of its scale, it was shot over nine weeks, largely in the outer Melbourne suburb of Belgrave and Lake Tyers in Gippsland. Set along the Hawkesbury River in 1813, The Secret River tells the story of pardoned convict Will Thornhill and his wife Sal, in a strange and unforgiving land. Set along the Hawkesbury River in 1813, The Secret River tells the story of pardoned convict Will Thornhill (Oliver Jackson-Cohen) and his wife Sal (Sarah Snook).
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