The Birth of White Australia (1928)
1h 43m
Running Time
July 24, 1928Release Date
The Birth of White Australia (1928)
1h 43m
Running Time
July 24, 1928Release Date
Plot.
An early Australian silent film depicting historical events on the Young district goldfields, then known as Lambing Flat. During the gold rush of 1861, tensions between Australian miners and immigrant Chinese led to rioting, with Chinese miners attacked and driven from the diggings. The film portrays these events as being the genesis - or birth - of the White Australia policy, a significant political issue of the day.
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Details.
Release DateJuly 24, 1928
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 43m
Wiki.
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".