Australian films: 1896 - 1919

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Cinema of Australia
List of Australian films
1896-1919
1920s
1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
This is a chronological list of Australian films by decade and year for years 1890s-1930s. For a complete alphabetical A-Z list, see Category:Australian films.

A list of films produced in Australia by year, from the 1890s to the end of the 1930s, in the List of Australian films.

Contents

[edit] Pre 1910s

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
1896
The Melbourne Cup  ? Henry Walter Barnett, Lord Brassey Sport documentary 24 Nov. IMDb
Passengers Alighting from Ferry Brighton at Manly Marius Sestier Short documentary 24 Nov. IMDb
1898
Social Salvation Herbert Booth Short 1 July IMDb
1900
Soldiers of the Cross Herbert Booth, Joseph Perry Beatrice Day, Harold Graham Biography drama 13 Sep. IMDb
1906
The Story of the Kelly Gang Charles Tait Elizabeth Tait, John Tait Biography drama 26 Dec. Considered the first full-length feature film ever made IMDb
1907
Eureka Stockade Arthur Cornwall, George Cornwell Short 19 Oct. IMDb
Robbery Under Arms Charles MacMahon Jim Gérald, George Merriman, Lance Vane Drama 2 Nov. - Based on novel IMDb
1908
For the Term of His Natural Life Charles MacMahon Martyn Keith, Rosie Knight Phillips Short 8 Aug. IMDb

[edit] 1910s

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
1910
Moonlite
(a.k.a. Captain Moonlite)		 John Gavin John Gavin, H.A. Forsyth, Ruby Butler Short 31 Dec. IMDb
The Squatter's Daughter
(a.k.a. The Land of the Wattle)		 Bert Bailey Olive Wilton, Bert Bailey, Edmund Duggan 4 Aug. - Based on play IMDb
Thunderbolt John Gavin John Gavin, Ruby Butler, H.A. Forsyth Short 12 Nov. IMDb
1911
All for Gold, or Jumping the Claim Franklyn Barrett Walter Bastin, Herbert Bentley, Ronald McLeod Short IMDb
The Assigned Servant John Gavin Agnes Gavin, John Gavin, Sid Harrison, Dore Kurtz Short IMDb
Assigned to His Wife John Gavin John Gavin, Agnes Gavin, Carr Austin Drama 9 Oct. IMDb
Attack on the Gold Escort  ? Action drama 26 June IMDb
The Bells W. J. Lincoln Nellie Bramley, Miss Grist 7 Oct. IMDb
Ben Hall and His Gang John Gavin John Gavin Short IMDb
Bushranger's Ransom, or A Ride for Life E.J. Cole E.J. Cole's Bohemian Dramatic Company 28 Mar. IMDb
Called Back W. J. Lincoln Arthur Styan Short 15 Apr. IMDb
Caloola, or The Adventures of a Jackeroo Alfred Rolfe Charles Villiers 20 Nov. IMDb
Captain Midnight, the Bush King Alfred Rolfe Alfred Rolfe, Lily Dampier Drama 9 Feb. IMDb
Captain Starlight
(a.k.a. Gentleman of the Road)		 Alfred Rolfe Lily Dampier, Lottie Lyell, Augustus Neville, Alfred Rolfe 16 Mar. - Based on novel IMDb
The Colleen Bawn Gaston Mervale Louise Lovely, James Martin 25 Sep. IMDb
The Cup Winner Alfred Rolfe Charles Villiers Drama 7 Nov. IMDb
Dan Morgan  ?  ? Drama 22 May IMDb
The Double Event W.J. Lincoln Martyn Hagan, The Bland Holt Company 21 Oct. IMDb
The Drover's Sweetheart John Gavin John Gavin Drama / Thriller 9 May IMDb
The Fatal Wedding Raymond Longford Master Anson, Miss Clare, Tom Cosgrove, George D. Ellis 24 Apr. IMDb
Five of Hearts, or Buffalo Bill's Love Story E.J. Cole E.J. Cole, E.J. Cole's Bohemian Dramatic Company 10 May IMDb
Frank Gardiner, the King of the Road John Gavin John Gavin 27 Feb. IMDb
The Golden West George Young 27 Mar. IMDb
In the Nick of Time Alfred Rolfe Drama 4 Sep. IMDb
It Is Never Too Late to Mend W. J. Lincoln Stanley Walpole Drama 7 Jan. (produced by J. and N. Tait) IMDb
The Lady Outlaw Alfred Rolfe Charles Villiers Drama 28 Aug. IMDb
The Life of Rufus Dawes Alfred Rolfe Lily Dampier, Raymond Longford, Lottie Lyell 19 June - Based on novel IMDb
The Lost Chord W. J. Lincoln  ? Drama 13 May IMDb
The Luck of Roaring Camp W. J. Lincoln John Cosgrove Western 25 Mar. IMDb
Mates of the Murrumbidgee Alfred Rolfe ? Drama 4 Sep. IMDb
The Miner's Curse Alfred Rolfe  ? 7 Dec. IMDb
The Miner's Daughter  ?  ? Drama 28 June IMDb
Moora Neya, or The Message of the Spear Alfred Rolfe Ethel Phillips, Charles Villiers, Stanley Walpole 31 July IMDb
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab W. J. Lincoln 4 Mar. - Based on novel IMDb
One Hundred Years Ago Gaston Mervale Louise Lovely, Harrie Ireland, A.J. Patrick, Godfrey Cass Drama / Thriller 8 May IMDb
Only a Factory Girl  ?  ? Drama 14 Aug. IMDb
The Romantic Story of Margaret Catchpole Raymond Longford William Coulter, J. Eldridge, Jack Goodall, Fred Hardy 7 Aug. IMDb
Sentenced for Life E.J. Cole E.J. Cole's Bohemian Dramatic Company 10 June IMDb
The Squatter and the Clown  ? ? Drama 16 Aug. IMDb
The Squatter's Son E.J. Cole E.J. Cole's Bohemian Dramatic Company 22 Apr. IMDb
The Sundowner E.J. Cole Vera Remée, Frank Mills 21 Aug. IMDb
Sweet Nell of Old Drury Raymond Longford Walter Bastin, Dorothy Clarke, Stewart Clyde, W. Edgeworth 2 Dec. IMDb
A Tale of the Australian Bush
(a.k.a. Ben Hall, the Notorious Bushranger)		 Gaston Mervale A.J. Patrick, Godfrey Cass, Harry Beaumont 3 Oct. IMDb
Three Strings to Her Bow George Young ? Comedy 10 Apr. IMDb
A Ticket in Tatts Gaston Mervale A.J. Patrick, Alf Scarlett Comedy 19 June IMDb
Way Outback Alfred Rolfe Charles Villiers Romance 25 Sep. IMDb
What Women Suffer Alfred Rolfe Alfred Rolfe, Ethel Phillips, Stanley Walpole, Charles Villiers Drama / Thriller 2 Oct. IMDb
1912
Angel of His Dreams George Marlow Drama IMDb
Breaking the News
The Bushman's Bride
Call of the Bush
The Cheat
Conn, the Shaughraun
Cooee and the Echo
Crime and the Criminal
A Daughter of Australia
Do Men Love Women?
The Eleventh Hour
Gambler's Gold
Hands Across the Sea
King of the Coiners
The Life Story of John Lee, or The Man They Could Not Hang
The Love Tyrant
The Midnight Wedding
The Moira, or Mystery of the Bush
The Mystery of the Black Pearl
The Octoroon
Percy Gets a Job
Rip Van Winkle
A Silent Witness
The Sin of a Woman
The Strangler's Grip
Strike
The Ticket of Leave Man
The Tide of Death
Whose Was the Hand? Alfred Rolfe Short/Drama/Thiller IMDb
Won on the Post
The Wreck of the Dunbar or The Yeoman's Wedding
1913
Australia Calls Raymond Longford IMDb
A Blue Gum Romance Franklyn Barrett Drama / Thriller IMDb
The Bondage of the Bush Charles Woods Short/ Drama /Thriller IMDb
The Crisis
Dr. Mawson in the Antarctic
The Life of a Jackeroo
A Melbourne Mystery
Moondyne
'Neath Austral Skies
Pommy Arrives in Australia
The Remittance Man
The Reprieve
The Road to Ruin
Sea Dogs of Australia
The Sick Stockrider
Transported
1914
The Day
A Long, Long Way to Tipperary
The Silence of Dean Maitland
The Swagman's Story
Taking His Chance
Trooper Campbell
1915
For Australia
The Hero of the Dardanelles
How We Beat the Emden
Into Australia's Unknown
The Loyal Rebel
Ma Hoggan's New Boarder
My Partner
The Rebel
The Shepherd of the Southern Cross
The Sunny South or The Whirlwind of Fate
We'll Take Her Children in Amongst Our Own IMDb
Within Our Gates
1916
Charlie at the Sydney Show
Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford
If the Huns Came to Melbourne
In the Last Stride
An Interrupted Divorce
The Joan of Arc of Loos
The Life of Adam Lindsay Gordon
A Maori Maid's Love
The Martyrdom of Nurse Cavell
Murphy of Anzac
Nurse Cavell
Officer 666
The Pioneers
La Revanche
Seven Keys to Baldpate
Within the Law
The Woman in the Case
1917
Australia's Peril Franklyn Barrett Maie Baird, Roland Conway, John De Lacey War 19 May IMDb
The Church and the Woman Raymond Longford George K. Chesterton Bonar, Nada Conrade, Boyd Irwin Drama 13 Oct. IMDb
The Hayseeds Come to Sydney
(a. k. a. The Hayseeds Come to Town)		 Beaumont Smith Tal Ordell, Fred MacDonald, Harry McDonna 9 July IMDb
The Hayseeds' Backblocks Show
The Monk and the Woman
The Murder of Captain Fryatt John Gavin Harrington Reynolds, John Gavin, Olive Proctor Short 26 Feb. IMDb
Our Friends the Hayseeds
(a. k. a. The Hayseeds)		 Beaumont Smith Roy Redgrave, Walter Cornock 19 Mar. IMDb
Remorse, a Story of the Red Plague J.E. Mathews Cyril Mackay, Ida Gresham, Marie D'Alton Drama 3 Jan. IMDb
1918
500 Pounds Reward
Algie's Romance Leonard Doogood Leonard Doogood Comedy IMDb
A Coo-ee from Home
Cupid Camouflaged
The Enemy Within Snowy Baker
The Hayseeds' Melbourne Cup
His Convict Bride
His Only Chance
Just Peggy
The Laugh on Dad
The Lure of the Bush Snowy Baker
A Romance of Burke and Wills Expedition of 1860
Satan in Sydney
Scars of Love
The Waybacks Arthur W. Sterry IMDb
What Happened to Jean Herbert Walsh Drama / Thriller IMDb
The Woman Suffers
Yachts and Hearts, or The Opium Smugglers Charles Byers Coates Drama IMDb
1919
Australia's Own J.E. Ward Garry Gordon, Nellie Romer Action / Adventure 20 Jan. IMDb
Australians in Palestine Frank Hurley Documentary IMDb
Barry Butts In Beaumont Smith Barry Lupino, John Cosgrove, Agnes Dobson 9 Aug. IMDb
Desert Gold Beaumont Smith Bryce Rowe, Marie Ney, John Cosgrove 24 Mar. IMDb
Does the Jazz Lead to Destruction? Fred Ward Ethel Bennetto, George Irving Comedy 4 Aug. IMDb
The Face at the Window
The Man From Kangaroo E.J. Carroll, Snowy Baker Snowy Baker
The Sentimental Bloke Raymond Longford Arthur Tauchert, Lottie Lyell, Gilbert Emery Drama / Romance 4 Oct. IMDb
The Shadow of Lightning Ridge E.J. Carroll, Snowy Baker Snowy Baker
South
Struck Oil Franklyn Barrett Harry Roberts, Percy Walshe Drama 20 Oct. IMDb
Why Jessie Learned to Jazz Fred Ward Olga Willard Short 4 Aug. IMDb



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Ned Kelly in his famed suit of armour in The Story of the Kelly Gang

Godfrey Cass as Ned Kelly in The Kelly Gang

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