The cinema of Australia had its beginnings with the 1906 production of
The Story of the Kelly Gang, the earliest feature film ever made.
Since then, Australian crews have produced many films, a number of
which have received international recognition. Many actors and
filmmakers started their careers in Australian films, many of whom
have acquired international reputations, and a number of whom have
found greater financial benefits in careers in larger film-producing
centres, such as in the United States.The first public screenings of
films in Australia took place in October 1896, within a year of the
world's first screening in Paris by Lumière brothers. The first
Australian exhibition took place at the Athenaeum Hall in Collins
Street, Melbourne, to provide alternative entertainment for the
dance-hall patrons. Commercially successful Australian films have
included: Crocodile Dundee, Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge!, and Chris
Noonan's Babe. Other award-winning productions include Picnic at
Hanging Rock, Gallipoli, The Tracker, Shine and Ten Canoes.Australian
actors of renown include Errol Flynn, Peter Finch, Rod Taylor, Paul
Hogan, Jack Thompson, Bryan Brown, Judy Davis, Jacki Weaver, Geoffrey
Rush, Hugo Weaving, Eric Bana, Guy Pearce, Hugh Jackman, Cate
Blanchett, Ben Mendelsohn, Anthony LaPaglia, David Wenham, Nicole
Kidman, Toni Collette, Rose Byrne, Sam Worthington, Heath Ledger,
Abbie Cornish, Chris Hemsworth, Sarah Snook, Mia Wasikowska and Margot
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