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- Restoration of The Story of the Kelly Gang
- Mike and Stefani
- 1967 Referendum
- Australians in WWI
- For The Term of His Natural Life
- Jedda
- The Sentimental Bloke
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- Theatres & Cinemas
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- Shirley Ann Richards
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The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906) is added to the international register of UNESCO's Memory of the World.
In June 2007, the National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA) announced that
Australia’s earliest feature film, The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906),
had been added to the international register of UNESCO’s Memory of the
World. The decision was made earlier in the month at a meeting of UNESCO’s International
Advisory Committee in Pretoria, South Africa.
Established in 1997, the prestigious Memory of the World Register formally
acknowledges historical heritage of world significance, such as the
Gutenberg Bible and Beethoven’s 9th Symphony.
Charles Tait’s production The Story of the Kelly Gang - recently restored by
the NFSA - joins other film classics such as Fritz Lang’s Metropolis (1926),
Luis Buñuel’s Los Olvidados (1950) and the first films by the Lumière
brothers (1895) in UNESCO’s list of cinematic treasures of the 20th
century.
Follow this link to
an essay about the film followed by links to additional
resources.
