| At its heart, Banished is a story of survival. Though it is set in the stark historical reality of the founding of the penal colony in Australia in 1788 after the arrival of the First Fleet, it is not the story of Australia and how it came to be. Rather, it is a tale of love, faith, justice and morality played out on an epic scale in a confined community where the stakes are literally life and death. |
| Name | Character | Episodes |
|---|---|---|
| MyAnna Buring | Elizabeth Quinn | 7 |
| David Wenham | Governor Arthur Phillip | 7 |
| Rory McCann | Marston | 7 |
| Russell Tovey | James Freeman | 7 |
| Ewen Bremner | Reverend Johnson | 7 |
| David Dawson | Captain Collins | 7 |
| Orla Brady | Anne Meredith | 7 |
| Ryan Corr | Corporal MacDonald | 7 |
| Adam Nagaitis | Private Buckley | 7 |
| Genevieve O'Reilly | Mrs. Mary Johnson | 7 |
| Joseph Millson | Major Ross | 7 |
| Julian Rhind-Tutt | Tommy Barrett | 7 |
| Ned Dennehy | Letters Molloy | 7 |
| Nicholas Moss | Spragg | 7 |
| David Walmsley | William Stubbins | 7 |