4 Films & TV Shows Set In Australia During The 1890s

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  Jandamarra's War

  Western Australia The 1890s

  In Jandamarra's War, we learn how in the 1890's the European colonialists arrive in the Kimberley with vast herds of sheep and cattle, determined to make their fortune by feeding a rapidly growing population in the South. But the settlers soon discover they are in land populated with indigenous tribes, ready to fight the red-faced invaders.

  Released in 2011 • 55 minutes
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  Dad and Dave: On Our Selection

  🇦🇺 Australia The 1890s

  Cripes! Just what this country needs... a bloody good laugh! — Tired of local corruption and the harshness of his life a bushman demonstrates the true Aussie spirit and decides to run for parliament

  Released in 1995 • 102 minutes
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  Inn of the Damned

  Victoria The 1890s

  A sheriff investigates why the guests at a local hostelry check in, but never check out.

  Released in 1975 • 118 minutes
• Melba

  🇦🇹 Austria 🇨🇿 Czechia 🇦🇺 Australia The 1890s The 1880s The 1870s

  The story follows the career of Melba from the time she left her father's Australian cattle ranch and a suitor to travel to Paris to get her voice training, and picks up another suitor. She debuts in Brussells and is a smash hit followed by international fame. The suitor from Australia shows up in Monte Carlo, marries her and soon is cast in the role of "Mr. Melba" until he can take it no longer and returns to Australia, while Melba decides her voice belongs to the world and sadly goes on alone.

  Released in 1954 • 112 minutes