Historian Michael Cathcart tells the epic story of how the colourful characters of early colonial Australia transformed a penal settlement into a land with rights and opportunity in a mere 40 …

Films and television programs set in Australia's Colonial past between 1788 and 1900. This category has only the following subcategory. The following 64 pages are in this category, out …

Examines how a traditional way of life has been disrupted by Australia, and the consequences that has had for the Yolngu people. Featuring Australian Football League (AFL) player Adam …

The Proposition is a 2005 Australian Western film directed by John Hillcoat and written by screenwriter and musician Nick Cave. It stars Guy Pearce, Ray Winstone, Emily Watson, John …

This is a List of films about Australian history.

Jul 9, 2024 · But thanks to a visionary contingent of First Nations filmmakers, in more recent years, we’ve been able to see Blak stories told on screen in holistic ways, across a range of …

Remarkably, given Australia’s history as a penal colony, Van Diemen’s Land is the first film since 1927 to take convict life as its subject. It tells the true story of Alexander Pearce,...

Australia was colonized in the late 1700s. Pemulwuy, a man of the Bidjigal tribes — from the region that is today modern-day Sydney — led a 12-year resistance against British settlers …

‘The story of the Aboriginal people of Roebourne in north-western Australia, including the Yindjibarndi, Banjima and Kurram people, and their continuing struggle against the colonial …

The lives of a dozen Australian soldiers who served in the ANZACs. Fighting first at Gallipoli in 1915, then on the Western Front for the remainder of WWI, it's the story of the hardships, …