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Australian filmmakers were at the forefront of cinema and film, having created what is considered the first feature-length narrative film with the release of The Story of the Kelly Gang and other early films by directors John Gavin, W. J. Lincoln and Alfred Rolfe. Notable Australian films of the 1890s:
The first Australian-made bottle of Coca-Cola was made in 1938. [8] The Government Aircraft Factories was established in 1939 to manufacture aircraft in Australia. Manufacturing in Australia experienced an exceptional boom during World War II and the two decades that followed. [7] Local manufacturers were assisted by protectionist tariffs. [1]
Historical Dictionary of Australian and New Zealand Cinema. Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press, 2005. ISBN 978-0-8108-5459-8; Reade, Eric. Australian Silent Films: A Pictorial History of Silent Films from 1896 to 1926. Melbourne: Lansdowne Press, 1970. Verhoeven, Deb, ed. Twin Peeks: Australian and New Zealand Feature Films. Melbourne: Damned ...
This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items. (January 2012) This incomplete list is frequently updated to include new information. This is a List of films about Australian history. Prior to European settlement Ten Canoes (2007) Early European settlement The Birth of White Australia (1928) Heritage (1935) Botany Bay (1953) Convicts For the Term of His Natural Life (1927 ...
This is a timeline of Australian inventions consisting of products and technology invented in Australia from pre-European-settlement in 1788 to the present. The inventions are listed in chronological order based on the date of their introduction.
The Film Australia Library manages over 5000 titles and 150,000 photographs, reflecting a century of Australia's history. This unique archive of footage and stills is made available to the production industry. Film Australia Digital Learning creates projects targeted to the developing market for educational resources, primarily for delivery online.
This is a chronological list of Australian films by decade and year for years 1890s–1910s. For a complete alphabetical A-Z list, see Category:Australian films. A list of films produced in Australia by year, from the 1890s to the end of the 1910s, in the List of Australian films.
The following is a list of the highest-grossing films in Australia.The list is topped by James Cameron's Avatar (2009) which surpassed his Titanic (1997) to take the local record.