Alex Rynne and Sam Haines

By SamHaines

  • First screening of a movie

    First screening of a movie
    The first public screening of a movie was held at the Athanaeum Hall in Melbourne.

  • The Story of the Kelly Gang

    The Story of the Kelly Gang
    This was the first feature film ever made, it was directed by Charles Tait and filmed around the city of Melbourne.

  • First Broadcast

    First Broadcast
    On the 23 of November, the first Australian radio broadcast commenced, the people of Sydney eagerly gathered around the radio.

  • Censorship

    Censorship
    At the beginning of the war, there was censorship imposed, this meant that The department of information took control of the ABC's 7 pm bulletin.

  • First Female Radio announcer

    First Female Radio announcer
    Margret Doyle became the first-ever female presenter on Australian National radio

  • Ken G Hall

    Ken G Hall
    Ken G Hall was the first Australian to win an Academy Award in the category for Best documentary for his documentary “Kokoda Front Line!”

  • FM radio

    FM radio
    early in 1948, there were experimental trials of FM radio

  • Talk back radio

    Talk back radio
    Talkback radio was started in Perth on 6PR, it was later introduced to Sydney station 2SM and then Melbourne station 3AW

  • Coloured TV

    Coloured TV
    In 1975 coloured television was invented and by the year 1978 almost two-thirds of every household in Sydney and Melbourne had one. This was one of the primary causes to a 35% decrease in national cinema grosses in 1976.

  • Crocodile Dundee

    Crocodile Dundee
    This movie changed the way the world and Australians viewed themselves. It also brought a lot of tourists to Australia and to the place the movie was filmed.