Eureka Stockade (1907 film)

This article is about 1907 film primarily. For other uses, see Eureka Stockade (disambiguation).

Eureka Stockade
Directed byGeorge Cornwell
Arthur Cornwell
Production
company
Australasian Cinematograph Company[3][4]
Release date
  • 19 October 1907 (1907-10-19) (Melbourne)[1]
[2]
Running time
over 4,000 feet[5]
CountryAustralia
LanguagesSilent film
English intertitles
Budget£1,500[6]
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Eureka Stockade is a 1907 Australian silent film about the Eureka Rebellion. It was the second feature film made in Australia, following The Story of the Kelly Gang.

The film was made by George Cornwell, and his brother Arthur, who was a motor mechanic.[7]

  1. ^ "Advertising". The Argus. Melbourne. 19 October 1907. p. 15. Retrieved 24 August 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Advertising". The Age. No. 16407. Victoria, Australia. 12 October 1907. p. 18. Retrieved 10 July 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "ATHENEUM HALL". The Herald. No. 9992. Victoria, Australia. 28 October 1907. p. 5. Retrieved 10 July 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Advertising", The Bulletin, Sydney, N.S.W: John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 24 October 1907, nla.obj-646495105, retrieved 10 July 2024 – via Trove
  5. ^ "THE PLAYGOER". Punch]. Vol. CVII, no. 2725. Victoria, Australia. 17 October 1907. p. 33. Retrieved 10 July 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ Graham Shirley and Brian Adams, Australian Cinema: The First Eighty Years, Currency Press, 1989 p 25.
  7. ^ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 7