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Australia traditional storytelling, handed down from generation to generation, has always been part of the landscape. Since the beginning of time (the Dreaming) storytelling played a vital role in Australian Aboriginal culture, one of the world's oldest cultures. Aboriginal children were told stories from a very early age; stories that helped ...
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.
Afrikaans; العربية; Aragonés; Asturianu; Azərbaycanca; تۆرکجه; বাংলা; Беларуская; Беларуская (тарашкевіца)
The Sentimental Bloke (1932 film) The Sentimental Bloke; The Shiralee (1957 film) The Shiralee (1987 film) Smiley (1956 film) Smiley Gets a Gun; The Sound of One Hand Clapping (film) Stingaree (serial) Stingaree (1934 film) Storm Boy (1976 film) Storm Boy (2019 film) Sweethearts (1990 film) Syrup (film)
Chauvel directed a number of successful Australian films, including 1944's World War II classic The Rats of Tobruk (which starred Peter Finch and Chips Rafferty) and 1955's Jedda, which was notable as the first Australian film shot in colour, and as the first to feature Aboriginal actors in lead roles and to enter the Cannes Film Festival. [28]
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Pages in category "Lists of Australian films by decade" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of ...
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This article is part of a series on the: Cinema of Australia; List of Australian films: Australian Animation; Early years and the Silent film era; pre 1910