Episode One - A Very Brief History

Paulette McDonagh in directing mode on the set of “The Cheaters” in 1928. (Credit: NFSA)

Paulette McDonagh in directing mode on the set of “The Cheaters” in 1928. (Credit: NFSA)

Credits:

Written, Narrated, Produced and Edited by: Matt Hofmann

Graphic Design: Matt Hofmann

Additional Voices: Mish Wittrup, Broden Kelly, Luke Leonard, Liv Hewson, Ben Volchok, Sam Petersen, Bart Freebairn, Jess Perkins, and Katherine Allan

Music by Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.com/
Promoted by MrSnooze https://youtu.be/OD_wCefPp_A
Creative Commons — CC BY 3.0 https://goo.gl/Yibru5

“Advance Australia Fair” used with permission by the Commonwealth.

Sources:

Cinema History Trends 1901-1932: https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/fact-finders/cinema/industry-trends/historical-admissions/1901-1932

Cinema of Australia Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_Australia

Early Australian Cinema - 1906: http://archive.maas.museum/australia_innovates/index6d98.html?behaviour=view_article&Section_id=1050&article_id=10054

The Australian Cinema - An Overview: https://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/featurearticlesbyReleaseDate/C83EBE935009D14CCA2569DE0025C18A?OpenDocument

Australian Film - Saskia Vanderbilt, 2006 (Book)

Australia’s Lost Films: https://www.nla.gov.au/sites/default/files/australias_lost_films.pdf

Film: The Pictures that Moved - Film Australia, 1968

Film: The History of Australian Cinema: The Passionate Industry 1920-1930 - Film Australia, 1973

Australian Cinema During WWI: https://2015.acmi.net.au/acmi-channel/2015/australian-cinema-during-ww1/

Film/Cinema - Australia: https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/filmcinema_australia

The McDonagh Sisters: https://www.nfsa.gov.au/latest/mcdonagh-sisters-australian-filmmaking-pioneers

Newspaper: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/48566044

When Three Dashing Sisters Made a Movie: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/48566044

Raymond Longford - Biography: http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/longford-raymond-john-walter-hollis-7226

Louise Lovely - Biography: http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/lovely-louise-nellie-7248

Lottie Lyell - Biography: http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/lyell-lottie-edith-7266