Boney

Detective Inspector Bonaparte

Constable Alice McGorr

There was controversy as the result of the fact that James Laurenson, a white man, was hired to play Inspector Bonaparte. However, the producers had mounted a search for a mixed-race Aborigine and had not been able to find one despite many weeks of searching.

The original spelling in the books was "Bony". Following the success of the television show the spelling in the books was changed to "Boney".

The first choice to play Boney, Jon Finch, asked to be released from his contract two weeks before filming so that he could star in Frenzy (1972)