Movies: Australian outback

Set at the peak of the Australian Gold Rush, a young grave digger seeks vengeance for the death of his brother from a wealthy town Commissioner....

An exploration into the early history of Australian herding...

Capturing the essence of the Australian wilderness and its unique array of fascinating wildlife, Greg Grainger's documentary explores such diverse habitats as eucalpt forests, deserts, rainforests and coral reefs. Featuring action sequences of much l...

When a down-and-out indie filmmaker learns he needs an A-List actor for his impending studio pitch, he coerces his estranged father into an outback road trip to find an elusive movie star....

Documentary about "The Coolbaroo Club",  which was the only Aboriginal-run dance club in a city which practiced unofficial apartheid. During its lifetime, the Club attracted Black musicians and celebrities from all over Australia and occasionally fro...

Cats are cuddly felines and lovely pets, but also highly evolved predators that hunt huge amounts of small mammals, birds and reptiles; perfect killing machines that threaten delicate ecosystems around the world....

Stranded on a remote desert highway, a young couple soon discover they are not alone....

A city woman's life falls apart just before she turns 30, so she heads to the outback on a quest to spend her 30th with her best friend in tiny opal mining town Andamooka....

Dot, an Australian girl, seeks the magical green root that will give her the ability to talk to animals. She eats a red root by mistake, and is shrunk to the size of an ant. With the help of her friends Keeto the mosquito and Butterwalk the caterpill...

Set amidst the raw beauty of North East Arnhem Land , a small community has lost its school teacher due to government cutbacks. With the chance inheritance of a boat they see this as an opportunity to start a business and find the money to buy their ...

A stunning documentary capturing a once in a generation event – the flooding of Lake Eyre and the dramatic transformation of the dead heart of Australia. ABC News mounted two filming expeditions by helicopter to follow the floodwaters from north Quee...

Follow filmmaker Don Meers on a paranormal road trip across the sunburnt landscapes of the Australian outback in hopes of solving one of Australia’s greatest mysteries: the Min Min light....

Australia’s El Dorado was found by Lewis Harold Bell Lasseter – if we believe his claims in the late 1800s to have discovered a vast gold deposit in central Australia. This mysterious place has never again been found, and many believe it doesn’t exis...

Ray Martin goes on a grand quest to locate a mysterious outback rock formation he spotted and photographed from an airliner 37,000 feet in the air....

A 19-year-old high school graduate travels through Australia as a backpacker and accompanies his adventure with a camera....

RODEO ROAD explores the unique cowboy culture of Australia's remote north west in the pursuit of the rodeo dream - eight seconds of bull riding glory. Each year cowboys from across the Kimberley load up their saddles, chaps and wranglers and go rough...

In a world decimated by nuclear war, where barbaric clans and genetically modified dinosaurs roam the Australian countryside, a young girl, Evie, must venture alone to a distant farmhouse to seek medical supplies for her dying father....

When two strangers cross paths while trying to escape their past, they form an unlikely music partnership that will take them running across rural Australia....

Warru, or black-footed rock-wallaby, is one of South Australia's most endangered mammals. In 2007, when numbers dropped below 200 in the APY Lands in the remote north-west of the State, the Warru Recovery Team was formed to help save the precious spe...

Set amid the rocky outcrops and dusty spinifex of the Australian outback, a supernatural monster tale documents the downfall of one man and his nemesis, the abominable apeman of aboriginal folklore, The Yowie....