Australia's first blockbusters were outlaw fever dreams shot on dirt roads.
A collection of early Australian films about bushrangers, compiled by Australia's National Film and Sound Archive. Films are: [unknown] (1906), The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906), The Story of the Kelly Gang (1910), Thunderbolt (1910), Trooper Campbell (1914), The Kelly Gang (1920), Robbery Under Arms (1920), When The Kellys Were Out (1923), and Trooper O'Brien (1928).
Production
1906 Kelly Gang: world's first feature film, somehow made in rural Victoria.
Practical Effects
Real locations, real horses, probably real injuries.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 1906 Kelly Gang was thought lost until 1976 fragments surfaced in a garbage dump; the 2006 reconstruction runs 17 minutes.
These films were banned in several Australian states for 'glorifying bushrangers'—the same states now fund their preservation.
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