Resources

Reviews

Film Weekly 18 December 1952, 13 January 1955, 14 April 1955, 12 May 1955

Monthly Film Bulletin September 1956

Northern Territory News 6 January 1955

New York Times 9 March 1957

Sun-Herald 8 May 1955

Sydney Morning Herald 9 September 1952, 30 July 1953, 27 November 1952, 9 July 1953, 27 November 1953, 2 February 1954, 13 April 1954

The Times (London) 5 January 1955

Articles and Essays

Cunningham, Stuart. Charles Chauvel, the last decade. Continuum I/1, 1987; p.26-46. Bibliography.
Study of Chauvel's only feature film of the 1950s, Jedda.

Johnson, C. Chauvel and the centring of the Aboriginal male in Australian film. Continuum I/1, 1987; p.47-56. Bibliography.
Using Jedda as the central focus, Johnson studies Chauvel's interpretation of the Aboriginal character.

McKee, Alan. Films vs real life : communicating Aboriginality in cinema and television, UTS Review, Vol: 3, No: 1, p. 160-182, May 1997.
The article suggests that television, as opposed to cinema, allows the identity of Indigenous Australians to be seen in other ways.

Periz, Ingrid. Night cries: cries from the heart. Filmnews XX/7, Aug 1990; p.16. Ills.
Detailed analysis on landscape and the role of women in Tracey Moffatt's Night cries: a rural tragedy. Included is a textual analysis comparing Jedda and Joshua Logan's Picnic.

Hickling-Hudson, A. White construction of black identity in Australian films about aborigines. Literature Film Quarterly" XVIII/4, Oct 1990; p.263-274. Ills, Bibliography.
Focuses on portrayals of aborigines in four films made by white people: Bitter Springs, Walkabout, Jedda and The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith.

Books

My life with Charles Chauvel (1973)
My life with Charles Chauvel
(1973)

Carlsson, Susanne Chauvel. Charles & Elsa Chauvel, Movie Pioneers. University of Queensland Press, 1989, 194p.

Chauvel, Elsa. My life with Charles Chauvel. Shakespeare Head Press, 1973, 191p

Cunningham, Stuart, Featuring Australia : the cinema of Charles Chauvel. Sydney : Allen & Unwin, 1991. x, 214 p. : ill. ; 22 cm

Jennings, Karen Una Aboriginality in Australian cinema : representations of Aborigines in selected features and documentaries, 1955-1987. Murdoch University. School of Human Communication. 1987. iv, 167p ; 30cm

Mellencamp, Patricia. A fine romance : five ages of film feminism. Philadelphia. Temple University Press, 1995. xiii, 330 p. : ill. ; 24cm

Molloy, Bruce. Before the interval : Australian mythology and feature films, 1930-1960. St. Lucia, Qld., University of Queensland Press, 1990

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Comprehensive Australian Film Institute Jedda bibliography
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Archive Holdings

National Film & Sound Archive Collection Guide - Charles Chauvel [ Adobe PDF Icon PDF - 195 KB]

Film & Video Material

National Film & Sound Archive film storage vaults
NFSA film storage vaults

Cover Title No. 1270
Jedda
16mm, 35mm prints and VHS copies available

Cover Title No. 1774
Jedda (Trailer)
16mm access print, VHS access copy, 35mm access print
12 minute black and white trailer featuring highlights from the feature film

Cover Title No. 1775
Jedda Screen Tests
Unedited screen tests for the feature film Jedda.

Cover Title No. 21197
Cinesound Review no 1285
Includes a 1956 newsreel item about Robert Tudawali's fight with tuberculosis.

Cover Title No. 43478
Bicentennial Minutes. A Time to Remember eps 60A-80
Episode 77 covers the making of the film Jedda as presented by Peter Luck.
Video available.

Cover Title No. 49729
Jedda Outtakes
Shows versions of scenes included in the final edit. Includes the fire in the corral, the water struggle between Jedda and Marbuck and the crocodile attack.
Access copy available.

Cover Title No. 306664
Australian Biography. Rosalie Kunoth-Monks
Access VHS
From the Film Australia series Australian Biography, Kunoth-Monks talks about her life before, during and after Jedda.

Cover Title No. 308203
Where Are They Now? Collectors Edition. 1997
Seven Network program hosted by Peter Luck. Includes a story on Jedda.
Access copy available.

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Sound Material

Cover Title No. 80937
Jedda. Piano
Side A of this disc is of three arrangements of a melody. It is possibly the score for Jedda, or possibly for the famous piano scene.
Preservation material only.

Cover Title No. 227782
Oral History with Carl Kayser by Martha Ansara. 1978
Access DATS, Transcription, Conditions attached
Three hours of interviews with Carl Kayser about his career as a cameraman. Includes his work for Charles Chauvel and Jedda. Also includes an interview with cameraman Bill Trerise.

Cover Title No. 228491
Voices from a Vanishing Australia. 1988
Access DATS
Oral History interviews by Tim Bowden and others. Includes a variety of Australians including Rosalie Kunoth-Monks.

Cover Title No. 241900
Dreamtime for Jedda
The original disc released by Columbia and recorded by Bob Gibson of the song for the Jedda movie.
Access copy available.

Cover Title No. 276945
Ezard, Alex. Interviewed by Martha Ansara, 1994, Oral History
Alex Ezard edited Jedda and part of this interview discusses his role on the film and working with the Chauvels.
Access copy available and transcript.

Cover Title No. 277000
Foote,Tex. Interviewed by Terry Colhoun. Oral History
Film technician Tex Foote worked with the Chauvels on Jedda. In this interview he talks about working with them.
Access copy with transcript available.

Cover Title No. 334017
Jedda – Story and Music. Mr and Mrs Chauvel.

Cover Title No. 408626
Under the Southern Cross
Record album (LP) of various songs including Dream Time For Jedda, the popular song released to coincide with the release of the feature film.

Cover Title No. 466828
Ballads of the Bushland
Record Album (LP) of varous songs performed by the LeGarde Twins. Includes Dreamtime for Jedda.
Access copy available.

Documentation Material

Production stills and publicity photos, clippings, scripts and other items are held in the collection

Media Resources

Media Release
Film Stills