List of Australian history films
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This is a List of films about Australian history.
Prior to European settlement
[edit]- Ten Canoes (2007)
Early European settlement
[edit]- The Birth of White Australia (1928)
- Heritage (1935)
- Botany Bay (1953)
Convicts
[edit]- For the Term of His Natural Life (1927)
- Against the Wind (1978) (mini series)
Gold Rush era
[edit]- Eureka Stockade (1948)
- Eureka Stockade (1984) (mini-series)
Bushranger era
[edit]- The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906)
- Captain Thunderbolt (1953)
- various versions of Robbery Under Arms - ones made in 1957
- The Proposition (2005)
Up to and around Federation
[edit]- Wills and Burke (1985)
- Burke and Wills (1985)
- The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978)
- Oscar and Lucinda (2000)
Boer War
[edit]- 'Breaker' Morant (1980)
World War I
[edit]Gallipoli Campaign
[edit]- The Hero of the Dardanelles (1915)
- Murphy of Anzac (1916)
- Gallipoli (1981)
- Break of Day (1976)
Palestinian Campaign
[edit]- Forty Thousand Horsemen (1940)
- The Lighthorsemen (1987)
Other theatres
[edit]- How we Beat the Emden (1915)
World War II
[edit]Australia
[edit]- The Overlanders (1946)
- Australia (2008)
African Campaign
[edit]- The Rats of Tobruk (1944) - with final sequences in New Guinea
Pacific War
[edit]- Attack Force Z (1981)
- Kokoda (2006)
Vietnam War
[edit]- The Odd Angry Shot (1979)
- Vietnam (1988) - mini series
- The Dish (2001)
- Dirty Deeds (2002)