| The lives of staff at the fictional Kings Cross Hospital and the wild streets of Darlinghurst in the 1960s. Joan Miller is a smart and sophisticated midwife who returns home from London to take a job at the Kings Cross Hospital. Dr Patrick McNaughton is a charismatic head of obstetrics at Kings Cross Hospital. Frances Bolton is the tough matron who also controls the running of Stanton House, a home for unwed pregnant young women. |
| Name | Character | Episodes |
|---|---|---|
| Miranda Tapsell | Martha Tennant | 36 |
| Jessica Marais | Joan Miller | 36 |
| Harriet Dyer | Patricia Saunders | 29 |
| Andrew Ryan | Simon Bowditch | 28 |
| Jonathan LaPaglia | Dr. Patrick McNaughton | 26 |
| Ella Scott Lynch | Shirley Ryan | 26 |
| Matthew Le Nevez | Jim Marsh | 18 |
| Ben O'Toole | Pete | 17 |
| Maya Stange | Eva McNaughton | 16 |
| Lincoln Younes | Chris Vesty | 15 |
| Sophia Forrest | Debbie | 10 |
| Danielle Catanzariti | Elena | 10 |
| Ryan Corr | Johnny Lowry | 9 |
| Matt Day | Father Ross | 7 |
| Jeremy Lindsay Taylor | Leon | 7 |
| Lauren Esposito | Cynthia | 7 |
| Marshall Napier | Greg Matheson | 6 |
| Travis Jeffery | Edward Thornton | 5 |
| Lianne Mackessy | Greta Ranovic | 4 |
| Ben Lawson | Colin Ryan | 3 |
| Leah Purcell | Daisy | 3 |
| Andrew McFarlane | Jim Millar | 3 |
| Ronan Keating | Lawrence Faber | 2 |
| Jacqueline McKenzie | Mrs. Maguire | 2 |
| Tiriel Mora | Henry Bowditch | 2 |
| Les Hill | Captain Bruce | 2 |
| Lauren Clair | O'Lachlan | 2 |
| Ann Burbrook | Dorothy Millar | 2 |
| Maria Tran | Hoang | 2 |
| Nadia Townsend | Eleanor | 2 |
| Lucy Bell | Belinda Saunders | 1 |
| Helen Thomson | Eleanor | 1 |
| Zoe Ventoura | Nurse Fleur Healy | 1 |
| Thomas Cocquerel | Bernie Maguire | 1 |
| Megan Smart | Barbara Fitzgerald | 1 |
| Paul Gleeson | Mr. Wilder | 1 |
| James Mackay | Lance | 1 |
| Susan Prior | Geraldine Donnelly | 1 |
| Hugo Johnstone-Burt | Chris Vesty | 1 |
| Richard Healy | Norman | 1 |
| Chloe Bayliss | Wanda | 1 |
| Sara West | Jennifer Hartley | 1 |
| Kasia Stelmach | Poster Singer | 1 |
| Rob Flanagan | Lieutenant Colonel | 1 |
| Steven Carroll | Ernest | 1 |
| Don Halbert | Frank | 1 |
| David Cameron | Handsome Man | 1 |
| Michael Whalley | Arthur | 1 |
| Bill Young | Chairman | 1 |