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First public screening
took place at Athanaeum Hall in Collins Street, Melbourne. It exhibited the first movie shown in australia. At the time it was short film -
First Film Studio
The Limelight Department operataed by the salvation army1897-1910
Image; Captain Joseph Perry with his Limelight equipment, set up his own photographic studio and dark room. -
First Australian Feature Film
The Story of the Kelly Gang produced by the Tait Brothers Production Company. -
Boom Period
The Pioneers at the time were directors such as Charles Chauvel, Ken G Hall, Raymond Longford. In all, between 1906 and 1928, 150 narrative feature films were made, of which almost 90 were made between 1910 and 1912.
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Massive Decline of film production
The industry experienced great decline as the American and Britsh film industries took over the Australian distribution and Australian features were often excluded from cinemas. The begginging of wwI also contributed greatly to the decline and almost cease of film production at the time. -
The Sound Era
Cinesound Productions was established in 1931 with by Ken G. Hall as its main driving force.The company was one of Australia's first feature film production companies which operated into the early 1940s(producing 17 ff) and became Australia's leading domestic studio, based on the Hollywood model. The Industry soon went into a decline at this point, this was contributed as the arrival of sound technology increased production costs and so there became little consistency in the production of films. -
End Cinesound
The company ceased making feature films with the outbreak of World War -
First Australian Oscar
The first Australian Oscar was won by 1942's Kokoda Front Line!, directed by Ken G. Hall. -
No Feature Films produced
1959-1966 Over a seven year span no feature Films were produced due to the Australian government withdrawing funding from the industry and the introduction of television. -
Rebirth
John Gorton, Prime Minister of Australia from 1968–1971, initiated several forms of government support for film and the arts as he saw the arts as a means through which australia could discover and express its identity both here and abroad. The Gough Whitlam government (1972–75) continued to support Australian film and state governments also established assistance programs.
This brought about a resurgence in Film that saw it pick up and grow -
The Australian Film Television and Radio School
The Australian Film, Television and Radio School (AFTRS) was created to develop a new wave of Australian FilmMakers
Experimental Film Fund was established to foster Creativity.
The Australian Film Institute was created to develop an active film culture and to foster engagement between the public and the Australian Film Industry. -
international audiences
Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) - One of the first Australian films to reach an international audience -
The Big Bang
The federal government seeing commercial potential in australian films encouraged private investors to fund local films An incentive called the 10BA offering 150% tax return on investment was developed. This however led to the system being abused and most films were produced in australia in this period than any other period. -
Crocodile Dundee-International Success
One of Australia's first truly commercially successful films. -
Post New Wave
New Wave of Australian Directors hit the screens producing internationally successful films such as Romper Stomper(1992) Shine (1997) Queen of the Desert (1994) Muriels wedding
This films would mark one of the most successful period in Australian Film History -
mixed successes
2000s in the history of Australian film has had some mixed successful films from Moulin Rouge! revitalizing the musical film genre, award winning short film Harvie Krumpet, and box office success Happy Feet. -
Difference between popularity and boxoffice
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Comparing Australian Boxoffice to World Wide
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Indigenous language recognised in australian film
2006 Ten Canoes was the first ausralian film to be shot in an indigenous language to be widely recognised. -
Screen Australia
The federal government closed the film agencies Film Australia, the Australian Film Commission and the Film Finance Corporation, transferring their functions to the newly formed Screen Australia. Australia became the second highest grossing film in Australian history. -
National film and Sound Archive of Australia
The Film Australia Collection and the Film Australia Library as well as Sales and Distribution were transferred to the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia.
