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(2001)</span> </span> </a> </div> <div class="panel" id="tstory-kelly-gang"> <a href="/titles/features/story-kelly-gang/" title=" Audiences of the time loved this film’s boldness and, with its live sound effects and narration, to them it didn’t seem silent." class="title-thumb"><img src="/media/titles/storykel/storykel3__jpg_409x245_crop-,0_upscale_q85.jpg" width="409" height="245" alt="" /></a> <a href="/titles/features/story-kelly-gang/" title=" Audiences of the time loved this film’s boldness and, with its live sound effects and narration, to them it didn’t seem silent."> <span class="panel-text"> <span>The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906)</span> </span> </a> </div> <div class="panel" id="tman-snowy-river"> <a href="/titles/features/man-snowy-river/" title=" The Man From Snowy River is an iconic Australian western. It’s a naive film of epic proportions, but the naiveté is calculated to appeal to a sense of American nostalgia, and Australian chauvinism." class="title-thumb"><img src="/media/titles/manfroms/manfroms2__jpg_409x245_crop-,0_upscale_q85.jpg" width="409" height="245" alt="" /></a> <a href="/titles/features/man-snowy-river/" title=" The Man From Snowy River is an iconic Australian western. It’s a naive film of epic proportions, but the naiveté is calculated to appeal to a sense of American nostalgia, and Australian chauvinism."> <span class="panel-text"> <span>The Man from Snowy River (1982)</span> </span> </a> </div> <div class="panel" id="tcrocodile-dundee-II"> <a href="/titles/features/crocodile-dundee-II/" title=" This sequel, in which Mick Dundee battles drug dealers, follows the pattern of the first movie but in reverse." class="title-thumb"><img src="/media/titles/crocdun2/crocdun23__jpg_409x245_crop-,0_upscale_q85.jpg" width="409" height="245" alt="" /></a> <a href="/titles/features/crocodile-dundee-II/" title=" This sequel, in which Mick Dundee battles drug dealers, follows the pattern of the first movie but in reverse."> <span class="panel-text"> <span>Crocodile Dundee II (1988)</span> </span> </a> </div> <div class="panel" id="ttheyre-weird-mob"> <a href="/titles/features/theyre-weird-mob/" title=" An Italian sports journalist arrives in Australia to find his cousin’s new magazine for migrant Italians has folded. He soon gets a job as a builder’s labourer, learns to talk and drink like an Australian, and falls in love with an Australian girl." class="title-thumb"><img src="/media/titles/theyreaw/theyreaw3__jpg_409x245_crop-,0_upscale_q85.jpg" width="409" height="245" alt="" /></a> <a href="/titles/features/theyre-weird-mob/" title=" An Italian sports journalist arrives in Australia to find his cousin’s new magazine for migrant Italians has folded. He soon gets a job as a builder’s labourer, learns to talk and drink like an Australian, and falls in love with an Australian girl."> <span class="panel-text"> <span>They're a Weird Mob (1966)</span> </span> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="home-middle"> <div id="home-blogs"> <div class="blog-tease clearer"> <h3><a href="/news/2014/3/17/65-years-australian-film-comedy/"> 65 Years of Australian film comedy</a></h3> <a href="/news/2014/3/17/65-years-australian-film-comedy/"><img src="/media/blogmedia/alvinpur2__jpg_130x90_crop_q85.jpg" alt="" /></a> <p>Paul Byrnes on the evolution of Australian film comedy from the silent era to the 1980s</p> </div> <div class="blog-tease clearer"> <h3><a href="/news/2013/8/23/australias-national-treasures/"> Australia’s National Treasures</a></h3> <a href="/news/2013/8/23/australias-national-treasures/"><img src="/media/blogmedia/bradmans1__jpg_130x90_crop_q85.jpg" alt="" /></a> <p>Cartoonist Warren Brown dusts off some fascinating artefacts from our cultural institutions</p> </div> <div class="blog-tease clearer"> <h3><a href="/news/2012/4/16/portrait-of-an-artist/"> Paul Cox: Portrait of an artist</a></h3> <a href="/news/2012/4/16/portrait-of-an-artist/"><img src="/media/blogmedia/Paul_Cox_5_JPG_130x90_crop_q85.jpg" alt="" /></a> <p>Lynden Barber profiles Paul Cox (1940–2016), the father of independent Australian art cinema</p> </div> </div> <div id="new-on-site"> <h2>Highlights:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="/titles/features/father-1989/" class="title-thumb"><img src="/media/titles/fatherff/fatherff1__jpg_68x51_crop_q85.jpg" width="68" height="51" alt="Father" title="Father" /><span class="video-overlay"><img src="/media/chrome/video_overlay.png" width="32" height="29" alt=""></span></a><a href="/titles/features/father-1989/"><span class="new-title">Father<br /><span class="newtype">feature 1989</span></span></a></li> <li><a href="/titles/documentaries/a-changing-race/" class="title-thumb"><img src="/media/titles/achangra/achangra1__jpg_68x51_crop_q85.jpg" width="68" height="51" alt="A Changing Race" title="A Changing Race" /><span class="video-overlay"><img src="/media/chrome/video_overlay.png" width="32" height="29" alt=""></span></a><a href="/titles/documentaries/a-changing-race/"><span class="new-title">A Changing Race<br /><span class="newtype">documentary 1964</span></span></a></li> <li><a href="/titles/tv/wandjina-episode-5/" class="title-thumb"><img src="/media/titles/wandjina/wandjina1__jpg_68x51_crop_q85.jpg" width="68" height="51" alt="Wandjina! – Episode 5" title="Wandjina! – Episode 5" /><span class="video-overlay"><img src="/media/chrome/video_overlay.png" width="32" height="29" alt=""></span></a><a href="/titles/tv/wandjina-episode-5/"><span class="new-title">Wandjina! – Episode 5<br /><span class="newtype">TV program 1966</span></span></a></li> <li><a href="/titles/shorts/my-mother-my-son/" class="title-thumb"><img src="/media/titles/mymomyso/mymomyso1__jpg_68x51_crop_q85.jpg" width="68" height="51" alt="My Mother My Son" title="My Mother My Son" /><span class="video-overlay"><img src="/media/chrome/video_overlay.png" width="32" height="29" alt=""></span></a><a href="/titles/shorts/my-mother-my-son/"><span class="new-title">My Mother My Son<br /><span class="newtype">short film 2000</span></span></a></li> <li><a href="/titles/music/ill-never-find-another-you/" class="title-thumb"><img src="/media/titlephotos/Seekers_2_jpg_68x51_crop_q85.jpg" width="68" height="51" alt="I’ll Never Find Another You" title="I’ll Never Find Another You" /><span class="audio-overlay"><img src="/media/chrome/audio_overlay.png" width="32" height="29" alt=""></span></a><a href="/titles/music/ill-never-find-another-you/"><span class="new-title">I’ll Never Find Another You<br /><span class="newtype">music 1964</span></span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div id="col-homeright"> <div id="home-bleats"> <h4>NFSA Films on YouTube</h4> <p>Watch archival films from the <span class="caps">NFSA</span> collection on the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBEwcP6rsQSGJ3G869i8-IQ"><span class="caps">NFSA</span> Films channel on YouTube</a>.</p> </div> <div id="feeds"> <h2>Latest comments</h2> <div id="home-comments"> <p class="comm">This video was shot in our fish n'chips shop we ...</p> <p class="link"><a href="/comments/cr/28/1698/#c1125">Eagle Rock</a></p> <p class="comm">My son is a relative (9th gen) of Fanny Cochrane ...</p> <p class="link"><a href="/comments/cr/28/1601/#c1123">Fanny Cochrane Smith's Tasmanian Aboriginal Songs</a></p> <p class="comm">The cast list shows someone called Caspian Ashby. 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