Australian History Movies

For both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians, Captain James Cook is a figure of great historical significance.

This remarkable documentary tells the story of Professor Jenny Hocking, the historian who took on the Australian Government and HM Queen Elizabeth II...

In 1973, for the first time, Aboriginal people from across Australia directly elected members to the National Aboriginal Consultative Committee...

The shameful history of persecution of the Aborigines in Australia. The secret history of Australia is a historical conspiracy of silence. Written...

Produced to celebrate the Jubilee of Federation, Cavalcade of Australia provides an historical review of the development of the nation between 1901...

A poetic cine-essay about race and Australia’s colonised history and how it impacts into the present offering insights into how various...

A story of struggle and tragedy, the film features harrowing underground disasters, heroic rescues and traces a history of strikes, industrial...

A short documentary tracking the construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and everyday life around the harbor during the 1920s and 30s.

Beth Tyson is murdered in her mansion. Chief Inspector Fields, Inspector Bramell and Detective Philbert present three different versions of this...

Julie Peters is a legend in the trans community in Australia. She was the first person to transition at the ABC, at a time when there were no role...

Packed with drama, high emotions and cliff-hanger moments, Australia Says Yes is the intimate and personal history of struggle and perseverance that...

WINHANGANHA (Wiradjuri language: Remember, know, think) - is a lyrical journey of archival footage and sound, poetry and original composition. It is...

On November 15, 1938 the steamship Dalfram berthed at No. 4 jetty Port Kembla to load pig iron for Kobe, Japan. Ted Roach, Branch Secretary,...

System (2025) is a short documentary film exploring intergenerational connections to land and country. Interviews with Aunty Denise Morgan Bulled, a...

Colin Jones is of Aboriginal, Polynesian and English decent. The Aboriginal side of his family are from the Kalkadoon and Nunuckle tribal groups. ...

This is a story of coal, communism, and the Australian prime minister who went to war against his own during the national miners' strike of 1949....