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This is a list of films set in Australia (and not just only filmed or created in Australia): 0–9. 100 ...
Pages in category "Films set in Australia" The following 161 pages are in this category, out of 161 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The mid-1900s had a slow start for Australian film, although the first Academy Award was won for an Australian film, Kokoda Front Line!.The industry picked back up during the 1970s with one of the first internationally released films, Picnic at Hanging Rock, and with the success of the series of Mad Max franchise films.
The Screening of Australia, Volume 2: Anatomy of a National Cinema. Sydney: Currency Press, 1988. Moran, Albert and Tom O’Regan, eds. An Australian Film Reader (Australian Screen Series). Sydney: Currency Press, 1985. Moran, Albert and Errol Vieth. Film in Australia: An Introduction Sydney: Cambridge University Press, 2006.
The following is a partial list of films set in Sydney. This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)
The Screening of Australia, Volume 2: Anatomy of a National Cinema. Sydney: Currency Press, 1988. Moran, Albert and Tom O’Regan, eds. An Australian Film Reader (Australian Screen Series). Sydney: Currency Press, 1985. Moran, Albert and Errol Vieth. Film in Australia: An Introduction Sydney: Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Australian films based on stage musicals (4 P) Lost Australian films (3 C, 83 P) B. Australian films based on plays (151 P) Australian black-and-white films (436 P) C.
These elements combine with futuristic post-apocalyptic themes in the Mad Max series. 1971's Walkabout was a British film, set in Australia, which became a forerunner to many Australian films related to indigenous themes; it introduced David Gulpilil to cinematic audiences. 1976's The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith directed by Fred Schepisi re-told ...