Australian films of
the first decade of the 20th century
The first day of the twentieth century saw Australia's six colonies become a federation of States, the Commonwealth of Australia, with official ceremony and attendant celebrations, and motion pictures were taken of these. Ensuing production of locally-taken films was initially on a small scale, but after the big exhibitors, such as Cosens Spencer, T. J. West, and J. D. Williams, became established and were showing large numbers of films from England, Europe, and the USA, the need for more local material was recognised.
Most Australian-made films in this period were actuality or "newsreel" items, showing important or attention-getting events of the day. Some state governments, and later the federal government, commissioned the production of films for propaganda purposes, specifically to show Australia's resources and opportunities for immigrants. By the end of the decade the newsreel had become established, and almost all the items from this time listed below are from newsreels.
For information on most of the fiction films of this period (and later) see the monumental work by Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production.
For the first Australian motion pictures, from the last half-decade of the 19th century, see the earliest motion pictures filmed in Australia.
Motion pictures filmed in Australia in 1901 - 1910
N.B.: this list is not complete (but it's getting there). Some of the information below is provisional, and requires further research.
Film title or description [* = a copy of (some of) the film exists] | Date of filming | Camera operator | Notes Date of first public showing |
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Australian Federation ceremony and activities * | 1901-01-01 | Mark Blow | |
Albert James Perier | |||
Joseph Henry Perry | NFSA no's 8881, 65162, 429418 | ||
Robert Sandall | NFSA no's 8881, 65162, 429418 | ||
[Others] | |||
The hits of Florodora: Hugh J. Ward's eccentric dance Carrie Moore's and George Lauri's burlesque of the Dart-ohs I must love someone sung by double sextette Tell Me, Pretty Maiden | 1901-03 | Clement Mason | 1901-03-09 |
The Block, Collins Street, Melbourne, between Swanston and Elizabeth Streets | 1901-03-09 | Clement Mason | |
Visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York * | 1901-05 | Mark Blow | NFSA no's 19389, 106663, 106677, 229620 |
Stephen and Rupert Bond | |||
Clement Mason? | |||
T. McGregor | |||
Joseph Henry Perry | |||
Joseph Rosenthal | |||
[Others] | |||
Tram ride along George St, Sydney | 1901-05 | Joseph Rosenthal | |
Sydney Harbour, from Farm Cove | 1901-05 | Joseph Rosenthal | |
Melbourne fire brigade | 1901-05 | Joseph Rosenthal | |
Panorama of Thursday Island | 1901 | Joseph Rosenthal | |
Russian battleship in Australian waters | 1901 | Joseph Rosenthal | |
[Other films] | 1901-05 | Joseph Rosenthal | |
Cycling grand prix at Melbourne | 1901? | [Pathé Frères] | |
Convoy of cattle | 1901? | [Pathé Frères] | |
Place in Melbourne | 1901? | [Pathé Frères] | |
Fire at Anthony Hordern and Sons' Palace Emporium, Sydney | 1901-07-10 | [Several] | |
First Test Cricket match: England v Australia | 1901-12 | Mark Blow | |
Australian aboriginals' ceremonies and life | 1901 – 1902 | W. Baldwin Spencer and F. J. Gillen | |
Scenic, information, and advertising films | 190y | Joseph Henry Perry | |
Under Southern Skies 35 short films showing scenes of life in Australia from the start of English settlement until Federation | < 1902-08 | Sidney Cook | 1902-08-11 |
Yachting in Port Jackson | 1903-01-31 | Herbert Wyndham | 1903-02 |
Collision between [yachts] Arawa and Australian | 1903-01-31 | Herbert Wyndham | 1903-02 |
Thrilling capsize | 1903-01-31 | Herbert Wyndham | 1903-02 |
Water carnival at Pyrmont baths | 1903-02-21 | Herbert Wyndham | |
Shamrock Brewery, Abbotsford, Melbourne, in full swing | 1903 | Millard Johnson? | |
Major Taylor winning his heat in the Sydney Thousand | 1903-03-14 | Herbert Wyndham | |
Victor Trumper at the wicket at the Sydney Cricket Ground | 1903-04 | Herbert Wyndham | |
Mixed bathing at Little Coogee | 1903-04 | Herbert Wyndham | |
[Other films?] | 1903-04 | Herbert Wyndham | |
Departure of Eight-Hours' Day procession from Trades Hall, Melbourne | 1903-04-27 | Millard Johnson | |
Port Fairy fishermen catching barracouta | 1903 | Millard Johnson | |
Melbourne Cup | 1903-11-03 | G. D. Radcliffe? | 1903-11-09 |
Fourth Cricket Test Match competitors | 1904-03 | Herbert Wyndham | |
Cricket team captains tossing coin | 1904-03 | Herbert Wyndham | |
Commonwealth team going out | 1904-03 | Herbert Wyndham | |
English team coming off the field | 1904-03 | Herbert Wyndham | |
Eight-Hours' Day procession in Melbourne | 1904-04-25 | [For J. C. Williamson] | |
Procession and fancy dress football match, Tasmania | 1904-08-17 | Herbert Wyndham | |
Melbourne Cup events | 1904-11-01 | [For J. C. Williamson] [Not Franklyn Barrett] | 1904-11-01 |
Gus Blanc winning woodchopping championship, Devonport, Tasmania | 1904-11-30? | Herbert Wyndham | |
Rounding-up of cattle Hereford cattle crossing stream at Ranger's Valley, NSW Sheep mustering and shearing at Wellington Vale, NSW Horses at Wellington Vale Cows, and calves feeding Buckjumping exhibition at Muswellbrook, NSW Collins St, Melbourne from the roof of a cable tram George St, Sydney from the roof of a tram Sydney Harbour Shipping and ferries at Circular Quay, Sydney Yacht race Woodchopping and sawing contests at Devonport, Tasmania Gun drill by Naval cadets on Parramatta River Kangaroo grazing [and others?] | 1904 | Herbert Wyndham? | For Australian Animated Picture Syndicate Ltd. |
Views of Hobart | 1905-03-23 | T. J. West | |
Scenes in Tasmania | 1905-07 | John Watt Beattie | |
Stanbury v Towns championship sculling match | 1905-07-22 | C. Spencer | |
Melbourne Cup events | 1905-11-07 | Herbert Wyndham? | 1905-11-07 |
Franklyn Barrett? | |||
Events at and members of Prince Alfred Yacht Club, Sydney | 1905-12 | John J. Rouse? | |
Events at Perth Cup [won by "Czarovitch"] | 1905-12-28 | Herbert Wyndham | 1905-12-29 |
Events at Exhibition Building, Melbourne * | c. 1905 | NFSA no. 267054 | |
Hawkesbury River bridge | 1906 | 1906-11 | |
Adelaide Show scenes | 1906-03-01 | C. Spencer | |
Adelaide fire brigade turn-out * | 1906-03-02 | C. Spencer | NFSA no. 17333 |
Australians at a matinee [Audience leaving Theatre Royal, Sydney] | 1906-03-30 | T. J. West | |
Fire at Clarence and Kent Streets, Sydney | 1906-03-31 | T. J. West | |
Living Sydney: Turnout of the fire brigade [1906-04-09 10:15] The Manly, Mosman, and North Shore ferries at Circular Quay Redfern railway station [1906-04-07 09:00] Anthony Hordern's Employees Leaving Work [1906-05-07 13:00] Cathedral, Town Hall, and Victoria Markets [1906-04-07 10:00] General Post Office [1906-04-07 11:00] Prehistoric Peeps at the Theatrical Charities Carnival [1906-04-07 15:00] Street scenes in Sydney Buckjumping contests Students' procession on Commemoration Day Parade of cattle and other scenes at the Royal Agricultural Show Buns at Wirth's Circus Holiday traffic Pitt-street and George-street The Governor-General and his escort Living portraits of the Premiers of Australia | c. 1906-04 | T. J. West and staff | 1906-04-21 |
Woodchopping contest at Bendigo, Victoria | c. 1906-04-14 | Herbert Wyndham | |
Collins, Swanston, Bourke, and Elizabeth Streets, Melbourne Moving Melbourne | 1906-05-09 | [For J. & N. Tait] | 1906-05-11 |
Arrival of Japanese fleet, Port Melbourne | 1906-05-09 | T. J. West (for J. & N. Tait) | 1906-05-12 |
The Block, Collins St; Smith St, Collingwood Moving Melbourne | 1906-05-12 | [For J. & N. Tait] | |
March of Japanese bluejackets, Melbourne | 1906-05-14 | T. J. West (for J. & N. Tait) | |
Chapel St, Prahran, Melbourne Moving Melbourne | 1906-05-14 | [For J. & N. Tait] | 1906-05-15 |
The Treasury, Melbourne Moving Melbourne | 1906-05 | [For J. & N. Tait] | 1906-05-21 |
King William and Rundle Sts, Adelaide Animated Adelaide | 1906-05-17 | [For J. & N. Tait] | 1906-05-19 |
Military church parade, Perth | 1906-05-27 | [For J. & N. Tait] | Failed |
Berthing of RMS Oroya at Fremantle | 1906-05-28 | T. J. West | Failed? |
St George's Terrace, Perth | 1906-05-28 | [For J. & N. Tait] | Failed |
Corner of Hay and Barrack Streets, Perth | 1906-05-29 | T. J. West | Failed? |
Review of Metropolitan Fire Brigade by Governor-General in Domain, Sydney | 1906-06-02 | ||
Living Perth Hay and Barrack Streets, Perth | 1906-06-04 | [For J. & N. Tait] | 1906-06-04 |
Views of Fremantle, Western Australia | 1906-06-05 | [For J. & N. Tait] | 1906-06-06 |
Lawn tennis pennant matches at Perth Zoo | 1906-06-09 | T. J. West | 1906-07-10 |
Carlton v Fitzroy football match, Melbourne | 1906-06-09 | For T. J. West | 1906-06-16 |
Collingwood v Melbourne football match, Melbourne | 1906-06-16 | For T. J. West | 1906-06-20 |
Tram along Hannan St, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia | 1906-06-23 | T. J. West | |
Living Hawthorn * | 1906 | Johnson and Gibson | NFSA no. 9124 |
The Story of the Kelly Gang * | 1906 | Johnson and Gibson | Pike & Cooper no. 2 NFSA no. 50618 |
Hannan St and Golden Mile, Kalgoorlie | 1906-08-18 | Herbert Wyndham | |
Finish of Hampton Handicap Kalgoorlie racecourse | 1906-08 | Herbert Wyndham | |
[Films at Brisbane?] | 1906-08 – 1906-09 | T. J. West | |
[Various Australian locations] | 1906 | Herbert Wyndham | |
Hay, Barrack, Wellington, and William Streets, Perth | 1906-09-11 | Herbert Wyndham | 1906-09-15 |
Tram ride along Sturt St, Ballarat * | 1906-09-13 | NFSA no. 33982 | |
Australia v New Zealand Rugby football match, Perth | 1906-09-15 | Herbert Wyndham | 1906-09-19 |
Perth v East Fremantle football match, Fremantle Oval | 1906-09-29 | Herbert Wyndham | |
Royal Agricultural Societies show, Melbourne | c. 1906-10 | Johnson and Gibson | |
Fun on the Ice [at Melbourne Glaciarium] | c. 1906-10 | Johnson and Gibson | |
Bill Squires–Peter Kling boxing match * | 1906-11-06 | Johnson and Gibson | NFSA no. 7122 |
Melbourne Cup events | 1906-11-06 | [Several] | |
Travelling shot of one side of George St, Sydney | 1906 late | Shown in third act of the play A Path of Thorns | |
Excerpt from The Fatal Wedding [Probably the Tin-Can Band scene] | 1906 late | Shown at National Amphitheatre, Sydney | |
Views of Adelaide streets | 1906-11-22 | Herbert Wyndham | |
Sydney Municipal Council elections | 1906-12 | 1906-12-12 | |
Bill Squires–Mike Williams boxing match * | 1906-12-22 | Johnson and Gibson | NFSA no. 7122 |
Departure of Oonah and street scenes, Hobart | 1906-12-26 | Herbert Wyndham | |
Films of Brisbane and elsewhere in Queensland | 1906-12 – 1907 | Sidney Cook | |
Living Bendigo | 1907-01-18, -19 | Charles Byers Coates | |
Tram ride along George St, Sydney * | 1907 early | For NSW government | NFSA no. 106667 (and others) |
Repetition of the "Oriental wedding" at Wonderland City, Bondi | 1907-02-23 | ||
Bashful Mr. Brown * | 1907-03 | Leonard Corrick | 1907-03-09 NFSA no's 14486, 747585, 760807 |
Principal streets of Perth * | 1907-03-09 | Leonard Corrick | 1907-03-09, 1907-03-11 NFSA no. 761273 |
Day – Postle races at Boulder racecourse, Western Australia * | 1907-04-10 | Leonard Corrick | 1907-04-12 NFSA no. 739980 |
Fire at W. Sandover and Co's store, Hay St, Perth | 1907-04-24 | 1907-04-24 | |
Procession at Druids' annual demonstration, Sydney | 1907-06-03 | T. J. West | |
The Bauer murder and daylight diamond robbery | 1907-06 | ||
The Eureka Stockade * | 1907 | Charles Cornwell? | Pike & Cooper no. 3 NFSA no. 229621 |
The rescue of Varischetti | 1907 | ||
20 minutes in New South Wales Sydney Harbour: Heads to Circular Quay Tram ride along George St, Sydney Hawkesbury River bridge Wheat fields at Tamworth Hawkesbury Agricultural College Sydney showground: shorthorn cattle and jumping horses | 1907 | NSW government films shown as one of Hale's Tours of the World | |
Hawkesbury River and Bridge, NSW | 1907 | Manners and customs of Australia Shown in USA in 1907-12 | |
Street in Melbourne | |||
Australian aboriginals; boomerang throwing | |||
Emu farm; plucking feathers | |||
Killing rabbits | |||
Breaking in wild horses | |||
Sydney: NZ v Australia football match | 1907 | T. J. West | |
Sydney: NZ v NSW football match | 1907-07-13 | T. J. West | |
Brisbane: football pictures | 1907-08 | T. J. West | |
Cruise through Sydney Harbour | 1907-08 | Clement Mason? | 1907-09-07 |
Cairns–Mareeba railway and Barron Falls, Queensland | 1907 | ||
Robbery Under Arms [Charles MacMahon's version] | 1907-08 – 1907-09 | Charles Byers Coates | Pike & Cooper no. 4 |
Robbery Under Arms [J. & N. Tait's version] | 1907-08 – 1907-09 | ||
Kalgoorlie Hurdle Race | 1907-08-31 | ||
A trip to the Hawkesbury | 1907-09 | Clement Mason? | 1907-09 |
Carlton v South Melbourne final at MCG | 1907-09-21 | Johnson and Gibson? | |
[Perth city views] | 1907 | T. J. West | |
Dairying at Koroit, Victoria | 1907-10 | W. A. Gibson | |
Butter-making at Grasmere Butter Factory, Victoria | 1907-10 | W. A. Gibson | |
Grand National Show at Warrnambool, Victoria | 1907-10 | W. A. Gibson | |
Scenes of Melbourne Hospital life | 1907-10 | Baker and Rouse | |
Victoria Bridge and Queen St, Brisbane | ≥ 1907-10 | Sidney Cook | Films of Queensland for Franco-British Exhibition, England |
Ambulance Brigade at work | |||
Ascot racecourse, Brisbane | |||
Goat race at Ravenswood | |||
Sheep and shearing at Westbrook | |||
Hermitage State Farm | |||
Dairy, cattle, poultry, etc | |||
Harvest films | |||
Lake's Creek Meat Works, near Rockhampton | |||
Operations at the Mount Morgan mine | |||
Sugar plantation at Bingera | |||
Cairns; banana growing | |||
Forestry in the Atherton Scrub | |||
On the Cairns Railway; Stoney Creek Falls and Barron Falls | |||
Films of New South Wales for Franco-British Exhibition, England | 1907 | ||
Melbourne Cup events | 1907-11-05 | Johnson and Gibson | 1907-11-06 |
[Others] | |||
England v NSW cricket match | 1907-11-22 | 1907-11-23 | |
Blue Spec, Poseidon, and Solution [racehorses] | c. 1907-12 | ||
Surf bathing and rescue at Manly | 1907 | Clement Mason? | 1907-12 |
Funeral of Kenneth McLeod of the Salvation Army * | 1908-01-08 | NFSA no. 16008 | |
The History of a Loaf | c. 1908-03 | C. Spencer | For Messrs. Abel and Co., Newtown and Sydney |
Sydney Agricultural Show | 1908 | [C. Spencer] | |
[T. J. West] | |||
Play on first day of Test Cricket Match | 1908 | [C. Spencer] | |
Aftermath of Braybrook, Victoria railway disaster | 1908-04-21 | ||
Corpus Christi festival at St. Patrick's College, Manly, Sydney | 1908-06-21 | [For T. J. West] | 1908-07-01 |
For the Term of His Natural Life | 1908 | Jerdan's, Ltd. | Pike & Cooper no. 5 |
Tram strike in Sydney | 1908-07-25 | [For T. J. West] | 1908-07-26 |
Arrival of the American Fleet at Sydney | 1908-08-20 | Charles Cornwell | |
Edwin Geach | |||
Jerdans Ltd | |||
Joseph Henry Perry | |||
[For T. J. West] | |||
[Others] | |||
Governor-General receiving Admiral | 1908-08-20 | ||
Landing of the American Admiral | 1908-08-21 | ||
Procession through streets | 1908-08-21 | ||
Review of American sailors and Commonwealth troops | 1908-08-21 | ||
Welcome of NSW children to American Fleet, and related activities | 1908-08 | [For T. J. West] | |
Tommy Burns–Bill Squires boxing match | 1908-08-24 | Charles Byers Coates and Arthur James Guest | For Jerdans, Ltd. |
The American Fleet at Melbourne | 1908-08-31 | [Several] | |
Burns–Lang boxing match | 1908-09-03 | ||
Arrival of Governor-General Dudley at Sydney | 1908-09-09 | Pathé Frères [C. Spencer] | |
S.S. Westralian in Swan River | 1908-10-11 | Bert Finlay | |
Eight-Hours' Day procession in Sydney | 1908-10 | [C. Spencer] | |
Fort Street Model Scouts at La Perouse, Sydney | 1908-10 | [C. Spencer] | |
Arrival of Lord and Lady Dudley at Melbourne * | > 1908-10? | Pathé Frères | NFSA no. 99862 |
Melbourne Cup events | 1908-11-03 | [For T. J. West] | Shown on 1908-11-03 |
[Others] | |||
Flag celebrations at Croydon, Sydney | 1908-11 | [C. Spencer] | |
BHP mine at Broken Hill, NSW | 1908-11 | Franklyn Barrett (for Bert Sayers) | |
Bird life on islands of Bass Strait | 1908-11 – 1908-12 | Orizaba Perry | |
Events related to Burns–Johnson boxing match | 1908-11 – 1908-12 | Ernest H. Higgins and other(s) | |
Yacht Coronet and Sydney Harbour views | 1908-11-29 | [For T. J. West] | 1908-11-30 |
Miner Ned Bullock at BHP mine, Broken Hill | 1908-12-07 | Franklyn Barrett? (for Bert Sayers) | |
Burns–Johnson boxing match * | 1908-12-26 | Ernest H. Higgins and other(s) | NFSA no. 16603 |
Six trains passing near Richmond station, Melbourne | 1909 | Pathé Frères | |
Adelaide and its environs *
[View from and of train in Adelaide hills] [Panorama of Adelaide city] [Tram ride through Adelaide] | 1909 | Henri Hérault | Pathé Frères film for the Commonwealth Government NFSA no. 681 |
Hop picking in Tasmania | 1909 | Henri Hérault, Hans Theyer | Pathé Frères films for the Commonwealth Government [Real Australia] |
Apple growing in Tasmania | |||
Views of Russell Falls in Tasmania | |||
Steam ploughing on the Huon River, Tasmania | |||
Hydraulic mining at Grahamstown, New South Wales | |||
Coal mining at Newcastle, NSW | |||
Rabbit industry in Victoria | |||
Harvesting in Victoria | |||
Irrigation in Victoria | |||
Australian cadets at Melbourne [Parade in Alexandra Avenue; encampment] | |||
Melbourne and its surroundings | |||
Sheepbreeding and the wool industry, Queensland [Shearing time on Fairbairn Bros' station, Claremont] | |||
Dairying in Queensland | |||
Wine vintage and winemaking scenes in South Australia | |||
Government locomotive workshops at Islington, Adelaide | |||
Horse racing events at Morphettville, Adelaide | |||
Children's exercises, etc at Norwod Public School, Adelaide | |||
Strike procession and meeting at Broken Hill, NSW | 1909-01-10 | Franklyn Barrett (for Bert Sayers) | |
Strange Events in the Broken Hill Strike | 1909-01 | [C. Spencer] | |
Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania races on Derwent River, Hobart | 1909-02-20 | Ernest H. Higgins | |
Fruit industry in Tasmania | 1909-02 | Ernest H. Higgins | |
Broken Hill express train leaving Adelaide for Terowie, SA | c. 1909-02 | Tott Burman | |
Trial of motor harvester at Willaura, Victoria | 1909-03 | Franklyn Barrett | |
Phantom railway ride on Derwent Valley line, Tasmania | 1909-03-05 | Ernest H. Higgins | |
Driving the first pile of the Glenelg breakwater, Adelaide | 1909-03-13 | Pathé Frères | |
St. Patrick's Day sports at the Agricultural Show Ground, Sydney | 1909-03-20 | Ernest H. Higgins | 1909-03-22 |
NSW Governor and Cardinal Moran at St. Patrick's Day sports | 1909-03-20 | Ernest H. Higgins | 1909-03-22 |
Governor-General and Countess Dudley at Royal Agricultural Show, Sydney | 1909-04-07 | [C. Spencer] | 1909-04-09 |
Other scenes at Royal Agricultural Show, Sydney | 1909-04-07 | [C. Spencer] | 1909-04-09 |
New South Wales naval forces: drill, inspection, marches, racing, etc | 1909-04 | [C. Spencer] | 1909-04 |
Sydney express near Tallarook, Victoria; Goulburn River valley | 1909-05-21 | Pathé Frères | |
Blue Mountains and Jenolan Caves, NSW | c. 1909-06 | Henri Hérault (Pathé Frères) | |
Scenes in Adelaide | 1909-06 | Ernest H. Higgins | |
Deep-sea fishing [on Commonwealth trawler Endeavour] | 1909-06 | Franklyn Barrett | |
Hobart Regatta | 1909 | ||
Heroes of the Cross | 1909 | Joseph Henry Perry | Pike & Cooper no. 1 |
Scottish Covenanters | 1909 | Joseph Henry Perry | Pike & Cooper no. 1 |
Grand National Steeplechase at Flemington, Melbourne | 1909-07-10 | Pathé Frères | |
Sydney on the Spree | 1909-07 | ||
The Motor Boat Pirates on Sydney Harbour | 1909-07 | (George) Hubert Wilkins | |
Essendon v Prahran premiership football match, Melbourne [Players training; the match; the crowd] | 1909-07-31 | Pathé Frères | 1909-08-26 |
Skating at Earl's Court Rink, Brisbane | 1909-07-31, 1909-08-07 | Alfred John Moulton (for Pathé Frères) | 1909-08-21 |
Mac Robertson's manufacturing establishment, Melbourne | 1909-08 | [J. & N. Tait?] | |
Scenes at Queensland Jubilee Exhibition, Brisbane [Crowd views; arrival of the guard of honour; arrival of Lord Dudley and suite; inspecting the guard of honour; opening ceremony; grand parade of prize cattle] [Views of children's day activities; formation of map of Australia] | 1909-08 | Alfred John Moulton (for Pathé Frères) | |
View from tram travelling along Queen St, Brisbane | 1909-08-03 | Stanley S. Crick (for Pathé Frères) | |
Brisbane school cadets on parade | 1909-08-06 | Sidney Cook | |
Maoris v Queensland Rugby Union match at Brisbane | 1909-08-07 | Sidney Cook | |
Winter carnival at Mount Kosciusko | 1909-08 | [C. Spencer] | |
Labor Party members in gardens of Federal Government House, Melbourne Caucus meeting in party rooms | 1909-08-26 | Pathé Frères | |
Federal Labor party candidates | 1909-09 | Pathé Frères | |
Whybrow's boot factory, Melbourne | 1909 | Pathé Frères | Australia at Work series |
Bottle-making industry | 1909 | Pathé Frères | Australia at Work series |
Coal lumping at Port Melbourne | 1909 | Pathé Frères | Australia at Work series |
Seal hunting at Seal Rocks, Phillip Island, Victoria | 1909-09 | Pathé Frères | |
Opening of Brisbane Dingey Sailing Club's season | 1909-09 | Bert Ive | 1909-10-06 |
Carlton v South Melbourne football match at MCG | 1909-09-25 | Pathé Frères | 1909-09-27 |
Arthur Charles Frost | |||
Brunswick v Prahran association football final at North Melbourne Cricket Ground | 1909-09-25 | ||
Warrnambool–Melbourne bicycle road race (Dunlop Road Race) | 1909-10-02 | Pathé Frères | |
Carlton v South Melbourne football final at MCG * | 1909-10-02 | Arthur Charles Frost | 1909-10-08 NFSA no's 15855, 337588 |
Perth marathon | 1909-10-09 | Bert Finlay | 1909-10-12 |
Life in the Royal Victorian Blind Institute | 1909-10 | Pathé Frères | 1909-10-30 |
Views of Wyong and Tuggerah, NSW | 1909-10 | C. Spencer | |
WA state schools' demonstration, Claremont showground, Perth | 1909-10-16 | Alfred John Moulton (for Pathé Frères) | 1909-10-23 |
VRC Derby events | 1909-10-30 | ||
Melbourne Cup events | 1909-11-02 | Pathé Frères | |
[Others] | |||
Events at Royal Show, Claremont, Perth * | 1909-11-03 | Leonard Corrick | 1909-11-04 NFSA no. 48834 |
1909-11-03, 1909-11-04 | Bert Finlay | 1909-11-05 | |
Opening of the South Beach, Fremantle | 1909-11-15 | Bert Finlay | 1909-11-20 |
View of William St, Bathurst, NSW | 1909-11-22 | Sidney Cook | 1909-11-23 |
Bathurst cadets on parade | |||
Events at Bathurst Turf Club spring meeting | 1909-11-23, 1909-11-24 | Sidney Cook | 1909-11-23 |
Opening of Newcastle–Bolgart railway, WA | 1909-12-06 | Bert Finlay? | |
Fitzsimmons–Lang boxing match * | 1909-12-27 | Higgins? | NFSA no. 14683 |
Pearce–Day sculling championship, Swan River, Perth | 1909-12-27 | Bert Finlay | 1910-01-01 |
Perth Cup | 1909-12-29 | Bert Finlay | 1910-01-01 |
Agricultural pursuits in Western Australia | 1909 | Bert Finlay | |
Lord Kitchener's visit to Brisbane * | 1910-01-01 – 1910-01-03 | Bert Ive | NFSA no. 16772 |
Arrival of Lord Kitchener at Central Railway Station, Sydney | 1910-01-05 | [T. J. West] | 1910-01-06 |
Lord Kitchener's visit to Bathurst | 1910-01-10 | Sidney Cook | 1910-01-10 |
Railway accident at Claremont, Perth | 1910-01-15 | 1910-01-15 | |
Tobacco trades of Melbourne at play | 1910-01 | [J. & N. Tait] | |
Post Office picnic at Mornington, Victoria | 1910-01 | [J. & N. Tait] | |
The Kelly Gang * | 1910-02 | Johnson and Gibson | NFSA no. 50618 |
Scenes in Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Sydney | 1910 | [C. Spencer] | |
Scenes in Adelaide | 1910 | [C. Spencer] | Might include Adelaide fire brigade turn-out of 1906-03-02 |
The Life and Adventures of John Vane, the Notorious Australian Bushranger | 1910 | Ernest H. Higgins (for C. Spencer) | Pike & Cooper no. 6 |
Events at Hobart Carnival | 1910 | [C. Spencer] | |
Moorabool St wharf, Geelong, Victoria | 1910-02-13 | [J. & N. Tait] | |
Culwulla III v Sayonara yacht race at Melbourne | 1910-03 | [T. J. West] | |
Birth of a Coal City [Powlett River coal field] | 1910-03 | [T. J. West] | |
A trip to the Buffalo Mountains – Victorian Railways | 1910 | [J. & N. Tait] | |
Views of Castlemaine, Victoria | 1910-03-12 | [J. & N. Tait] | 1910-03-18 |
Hawkesbury River, NSW | 1910 | Pathé Frères | |
Loading wheat at Fremantle | 1910-03 | Bert Finlay | |
Procession on St. Patrick's Day, Brisbane, Queensland | 1910-03-17 | Bert Ive? | 1910-03-26 |
Harry Houdini's flights near Melbourne | c. 1910-03-20 | Pathé Frères | |
Japanese warships [Aso and Soya] arriving at Perth harbour | 1910-05-04 | Bert Finlay or Tom McLerie | |
H.M.S. Powerful and H.M.S. Challenger at Perth | c. 1910-05-06 | Bert Finlay or Tom McLerie | |
The Waybacks' Visit to Town | 1910 | Jerdans, Ltd. | |
West's Living Sydney [aka Sunny Sydney]: Circular Quay and shipping Lady Macquarie's Chair and the Botanic Gardens Darling Harbour, full of craft of all descriptions The Pyrmont Bridge working Mosman's Bay Views on the Hawkesbury River Some of the chief sights on the Blue Mountains Govett's Leap Kanimbla Valley, from Medlow Bath | 1910-04 | Pathé Frères (for T. J. West) | 1910-04-16 |
Picturesque Sydney [First series] | 1910-04 | [C. Spencer] | 1910-04-21 |
Irrigation at Castlemaine, Victoria | 1910 | Pathé Frères | 1910-05-17 |
Living Maitland, NSW | 1910 | ||
J. Enright's horse sale, Maitland | 1910-05-10 | ||
Suicide enactment at Melbourne | 1910-05-19 | Pathé Frères | |
Memorial ceremony for King Edward VII at Melbourne * | 1910-05-20 | Pathé Frères | NFSA no. 14042 |
A busy day at The Argus [Melbourne newspaper] | c. 1910-06 | Henri Hérault (Pathé Frères) | Australia at Work series 1910-07-01 |
Catching seals in Tasmania | 1910-06 | Pathé Frères? | |
Sturt–Port Adelaide football match at Unley, Adelaide | 1910 | ||
South Australia–Victoria interstate football match at Adelaide Oval | 1910 | ||
Forestry in Western Australia | 1910 | Tom McLerie | |
Picturesque Sydney [Second series] | 1910-07 | Ernest H. Higgins | |
Aftermath of collision between Duranbah and Cevic in Sydney Harbour | 1910-07-15 | [T. J. West] | First Australian newsreel Shown on 1910-07-21 |
Narromine v Sydney polo match at Kensington racecourse, Sydney | 1910-07-16 | ||
Building in Sydney at Farmer's corner | 1910-07 | ||
Sydney's storm, showing suburbs in flood | 1910-07 | ||
Snowballing at Mt. Victoria, Blue Mountains, NSW | 1910-07 | ||
Railway accident at Richmond, Melbourne | 1910-07-18 | Ernest H. Higgins | |
The Squatter's Daughter | 1910-07 | Johnson and Gibson (for William Anderson) | Pike & Cooper no. 7 |
England v Australasia Rugby League football match | 1910-07 | [T. J. West] | 1910-07-16 |
Yawl Pandora on world cruise | 1910-07 | [T. J. West] | |
NSW v Victoria hockey match | 1910-07 | ||
Winter sports carnival at Mount Kosciusko | 1910-07 | ||
Boy Scouts' field day at Centennial Park, Sydney | 1910-07 | ||
Sunshine Harvester works, Sunshine, Victoria | 1910 | Pathé Frères | Australia at Work series |
Mac Robertson's confectionery factory, Melbourne | 1910 | Pathé Frères | Australia at Work series |
Abbotsford Brewery, Melbourne | 1910-07 | Franklyn Barrett (for Pathé Frères) | Australia at Work series |
Swallow and Ariell's biscuit factory, Melbourne | 1910-08 | Franklyn Barrett (for Pathé Frères) | Australia at Work series |
[Film(s)] | c. 1910-08 | Edwin Geach | |
NSW cross-country 5 miles championship | 1910-07-30 | [T. J. West] | 1910-08-06 |
Departure of Zealandia for Vancouver | 1910-08-01 | ||
Police stopping Rev. Schafer in Martin Place | 1910-08-03 | ||
Collingwood v Fitzroy football match at Victoria Park, Melbourne * | 1910-08-06 | [C. Spencer] | 1910-08-08 Part of NFSA no. 9525 |
A visit to Jenolan Caves, NSW | 1910-08 | [T. J. West] | 1910-08-13 |
Slaughtermen's strike at Glebe Island, Sydney | 1910-08 | ||
Saving the steamer Salazie | c. 1910-08-10 | ||
Pearl fishing in Australia | 1910 | Pathé Frères | |
The Royal Agricultural Show, Melbourne | 1910-09 | Pathé Frères | |
[C. Spencer] | |||
[T. J. West] | |||
Loading the record wheat shipment at Darling Harbour, Sydney | 1910-09 | [T. J. West] | 1910-09-16 |
Arrival at Sydney of Siberian dogs and ponies for Captain Scott's South Pole expedition | 1910-09-09 | ||
Australasian fly-casting championship at Centennial Park, Sydney | 1910-09-10 | ||
Arrival of the Dutch fleet at Sydney | 1910-09-16 | 1910-09-17 | |
Sturt–Port Adelaide football match at Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | 1910-09-10 | ||
Schools demonstration at Sydney Cricket Ground | 1910-09-14 | [C. Spencer] | |
Royal Agricultural and Horticultural Society's Spring Show, Adelaide | 1910-09-14 | For Lennon, Hyman, & Lennon | |
South Melbourne v Carlton semi-final football match at MCG | 1910-09-17 | [C. Spencer] | 1910-09-19 |
Sydney's motor boat speed race: Challenger v Fairbanks | 1910-09-24 | [T. J. West] | |
Opening of the yachting season at Brisbane | 1910-10-01 | Pathé Frères | |
Dunlop Road Race, Victoria | 1910-10-01 | Pathé Frères | 1910-10-03 |
Sturt–Port Adelaide premiership football match at Adelaide Oval | 1910-10-01 | ||
Eight-Hours' Day procession, Sydney | 1910-10-03 | Gaumont Co. Ltd. | |
[C. Spencer] | |||
Sturt–Port Adelaide final premiership football match at Adelaide Oval | 1910-10-08 | For Lennon, Hyman, & Lennon | 1910-10-10 |
Eight-Hours' Day procession, Adelaide | 1910-10-12 | For Lennon, Hyman, and Lennon | 1910-10-12 |
Terra Nova arriving at Melbourne | 1910-10-13 | ||
Combined opening of season of Prince Alfred Yacht Club and Sydney Amateur Sailing Club aka Flagship Premier leaving Fort Macquarie ... * | 1910-10-15 | [C. Spencer] | NFSA no. 126031 |
Skating at Wirths' rink, Melbourne | 1910-10-15, 1910-10-29 | Pathé Frères | |
View of part of Zig Zag railway, Lithgow, NSW * | < 1910-10-16 | Part of NFSA no. 46031 | |
Henley-on-Yarra Regatta, Melbourne | 1910-10-22 | Pathé Frères | |
Spencer's Pictures | 1910-10-25 | ||
Thunderbolt * | 1910 | Alfred John Moulton | Pike & Cooper no. 8 NFSA no. 66261 |
Moonlite | 1910 | Alfred John Moulton | Pike & Cooper no. 9 |
Melbourne Cup events | 1910-11-01 | Gaumont Co. Ltd. | |
Spencer's Pictures | |||
West's Pictures | |||
[Others] | |||
Scenes at Lismore, NSW Lismore National Show | 1910-11 | ||
Marvellous Melbourne: * Panorama of Melbourne from Eastern Hill fire tower Richmond: a busy [railway] station Along St. Kilda Road Swanston Street Melbourne Town Hall St. Paul's Cathedral Collins Street Treasury building Little Collins Street Bourke Street Federal Parliament House General Post Office Elizabeth Street Exhibition Building Law courts Federal Government House Queen Victoria Memorial Museum and Art Gallery (with interiors) Henley-on-Yarra Agricultural showgrounds Fair barrackers at a football match Yarra scenes at Studley Park The falls Flinders Street railway station Princes Bridge Shipping in the Yarra Port Melbourne Cloud and sunset effects on Hobson's Bay Botanical Gardens Flemington racecourse | 1910 | Ernest Higgins for C. Spencer | 1910-11-22 NFSA no. 9525 |
Demonstration by Australian League of Girl Aids at Greenoaks, Darling Point, Sydney | 1910-11-12 | [T. J. West] | 1910-11-20 |
Opening of St. Kilda Yacht Club, Melbourne | 1910-11 | Pathé Frères | |
Garden party at Federal Government House, Melbourne | 1910-11 | Pathé Frères | First Pathé's Australian Gazette Shown on 1910-11-28 |
South African cricketers practising at Melbourne | 1910-11 | Pathé Frères | |
Scottish Agricultural Commission members visiting Messrs. Dalgety and Co.'s warehouse | 1910-11 | Pathé Frères | |
Victoria Automobile Club giving Melbourne children a treat | 1910-11 | Pathé Frères | |
Interstate lawn tennis championships | 1910 | Pathé Frères | |
Gaston Cugnet's failed attempt to fly at Altona Bay, Williamstown, Victoria | 1910-11-26 | Pathé Frères | |
It Is Never Too Late to Mend | 1910 | Johnson and Gibson | Pike & Cooper no. 10 |
The first instalment of Australian [bank]notes * | 1910-12-01 | Pathé Frères | NFSA no's 101255, 37992 |
The new freight steamship Cyclops * | 1910-12-02 | Pathé Frères | NFSA no's 101256, 37992 |
At the opening of the Pakington St Infant School ... * | 1910-12-08 | Pathé Frères | NFSA no's 101257, 37992 |
Test cricket match: South Africa v Australia * | 1910-12-09 | Pathé Frères | NFSA no. 18471 |
The Australian torpedo boat destroyers Parramatta and Yarra reach Melbourne * | 1910-12-10 | Pathé Frères | NFSA no's 101259, 37992 |
Opening of clubhouse of Motor Boat Club of NSW * | 1910-12-10 | Pathé Frères | NFSA no's 18471, 70277, 395613 |
Swimming carnival at Glenelg, Adelaide | 1910-12-10 | Pathé Frères | |
Funeral of Naval Lieutenant Robertson at Melbourne * | 1910-12-12 | Pathé Frères | NFSA no. 18474 |
William Henry meeting Frank Beaurepaire at Spencer St Station, Melbourne * | 1910-12-13 | Pathé Frères | NFSA no. 18471 |
Ben Hall and His Gang | 1910 | Pike & Cooper no. 11 | |
Arrival of Prince Leopold of Battenberg at Government House, Adelaide | 1910-12-17 | 1910-12-19 | |
Henley-on-Torrens carnival, Adelaide | 1910-12-17 | Pathé Frères | 1910-12-19 |
[Another] | |||
Drivers' strike procession, Adelaide | 1910-12-18 | Pathé Frères | 1910-12-19 |
[Another] | |||
"Silver Chain" fund bazaar opened by Lady Strickland and party, Perth | 1910-12-21 | Pathé Frères | |
Selling Christmas Bush outside the GPO, Sydney * | 1910-12 | Pathé Frères | NFSA no. 74465 |
Snapshots of Xmas in Melbourne | 1910-12 | Pathé Frères | |
Beauty by Biograph competition | 1910-12 | West's Pictures | |
Trotting carnival, Belmore Park racecourse, Perth | 1910-12-24 | Pathé Frères | |
New South Wales v Victoria cricket match | c. 1910-12-26 | Pathé Frères | |
Christmas treat to the poor children of Sydney * | 1910-12-26 | Pathé Frères | NFSA no. 74462 |
Perth racing carnival (WA Derby and Perth Cup) | 1910-12-26 and 1910-12-28 | Pathé Frères | |
South Australia's 74th anniversary [at Glenelg] * | 1910-12-28 | Pathé Frères | NFSA no. 74464 |
[Another] | 1911-01-02 | ||
Prime Minister Andrew Fisher arrives at Melbourne from South Africa * | 1910-12-29 | Pathé Frères | NFSA no. 74463 |
Defence training camp at Albury, NSW | 1910-12 | Pathé Frères | |
Newport railway workshops, Melbourne | 1910-12 | Ernest H. Higgins | |
Outside Hordern Brothers' Pitt St, Sydney store on Christmas eve * | Probably 1901 – 1910 | Part of NFSA no. 46031 | |
[Unidentified items] * | Probably 1901 – 1910 | NFSA no's 46031, 236205, 395613 |
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