The Birth of White Australia (1928)
Directed by Phil K. Walsh
The Birth of White Australia is a 1928 Australian silent film directed by Phil K. Walsh. It is an historical drama about the settlement of white Australia, including scenes of Captain Cook's landing at Botany Bay, skirmishes with Australian Aborigines and the Lambing Flat riots. This was Australia's last silent feature film, thanks to the advent of "talkies".
Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Streaming from the Internet Archive.
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