Police did not wear uniforms in the field at this time, as the Victorian Police Force made officers purchase their own uniforms. Instead, they wore their work or bush gear.
In preparing for the emotional letter writing scene at the end, Tim Head wrote a letter from Michael Kennedy to his wife Bridget Kennedy in the style he believed it would have been written.
Most Victorian Police Officers at the time in the 19th century had never fired a gun on active service - ammunition was expensive and hard to come by, therefore firearms training wasn't part of police training.
Actor Jim Lavranos was thrown from his horse in Scanlan's shooting scene, after the squibs that were attached to him frightened the horse.
Actor Ben Watts was involved in a close call incident when his horse galloped suddenly up a hill, forcing him to jump off. Luckily, he was unhurt.