Born: Established: 7 Oct 1897 Warwick, Warwick area, Darling Downs, Queensland, ; Died: Ceased: 11 Nov 1959 Castlecrag, Chatswood - Gordon - Castlecrag area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,
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Born: Established: 7 Oct 1897 Warwick, Warwick area, Darling Downs, Queensland, ; Died: Ceased: 11 Nov 1959 Castlecrag, Chatswood - Gordon - Castlecrag area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,
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form
y
Forty Thousand Horsemen
Elsa Chauvel
,
E. V. Timms
,
Charles Chauvel
,
( dir. Charles Chauvel
)
Australia
:
Famous Feature Films
,
1940
Z1804332
1940
single work
film/TV
(taught in 1 units)
'Red Gallagher and his best pals Jim and Larry are bored Australian soldiers in Egypt in 1916, constantly getting up to mischief in Cairo nightclubs. When German-backed Turkish forces attack British outposts in the Sinai desert, the Australians rush to the defence, as mounted troops of the Australian Light Horse regiments. They take part in a fierce battle at Romani, then drive on to Gaza, where Jim and Larry are killed. Red is wounded and lost in the desert, but rescued by a French woman, dressed as an Arab boy. Juliet spies on the German preparations at Beersheba, as Red rejoins his unit in time for the final battle. The Lighthorsemen charge Beersheba across open ground, and are victorious against the odds. Red and Juliet find each other in Jerusalem, after the Turks are routed.' (Source: Australian Screen online) |
Upfront: History of Film in Australia | University of the Sunshine Coast | 2015 (Semester 1) |
Text | Unit Name | Institution | Year |
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form
y
Heritage
Charles Chauvel
,
( dir. Charles Chauvel
)
Australia
:
Expeditionary Films
,
1935
7748889
1935
single work
film/TV
(taught in 1 units)
'The main thread of the story is made the history of two families. James Morrison is a stalwart teamster of the early days, who is somewhat irresponsible in his romantic adventures. He is engaged to marry Jane Judd. When a cargo of girls arrives in Sydney he meets Biddy, a sweet little Irish girl, whom he decides to marry. He goes back to the country to tell Jane all about it, but circumstances force him into marrying Jane against his inclinations. The foresaken [sic] Biddy also marries. She and her husband are speared by blacks, and Morrison, who has ridden to their rescue; is given custody of the infant son by the dying Biddy. The Morrisons bring up Biddy's son with their own. The two infants establish families, and the picture closes with the grant-grandson [sic] of one marrying the great-granddaughter of the other, and both families are united in the pioneering of Northern Australia.' Source: 'Pictures of the Week', The Australasian, 1 June 1935, p.17. |
Upfront: History of Film in Australia | University of the Sunshine Coast | 2015 (Semester 1) |
Text | Unit Name | Institution | Year |
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form
y
In the Wake of the Bounty
Charles Chauvel
,
( dir. Charles Chauvel
)
Australia
:
Expeditionary Films
,
1933
6939997
1933
single work
film/TV
(taught in 1 units)
The first of two docudramas by Charles Chauvel (the other is Heritage), In the Wake of the Bounty retells the story of the mutiny led by Fletcher Christian in 1789 against William Bligh, depicting the fate of the mutineers on Tahiti and Pitcairnis. Presented as part narrative and part travelogue, the film uses introductory enacted scenes showing the mutiny, followed by documentary footage, anthropological style, of the mutineers' descendants on Pitcairn Island (including Polynesian women dancers) and an underwater shipwreck. |
Upfront: History of Film in Australia | University of the Sunshine Coast | 2015 (Semester 1) |
Text | Unit Name | Institution | Year |
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form
y
Jedda
Jedda The Uncivilised
Charles Chauvel
,
Elsa Chauvel
,
( dir. Charles Chauvel
)
Australia
:
Charles Chauvel Productions
,
1955
Z1382736
1955
single work
film/TV
(taught in 13 units)
'On a lonely cattle station in the Northern Territory, a newly born Aboriginal baby is adopted by a white woman in place of her own child who has died. The child is raised as a white child and forbidden any contact with the Aborigines on the station. Years later, Jedda is drawn by the mysteries of the Aboriginal people but restrained by her upbringing. Eventually she is fascinated by a full-blood Aboriginal, Marbuck, who arrives at the station seeking work and is drawn to his campfire by his song. He takes her away as his captive and returns to his tribal lands, but he is rejected by his tribe for having broken their marriage taboos. Pursued by the men from Jedda's station and haunted by the death wish of his own tribe, Marbuck is driven insane and finally falls, with Jedda, over a cliff.' (Synopsis from the Australian Film, Television and Radio School website, http://library.aftrs.edu.au) |
Trauma, Memory & Culture | Australian National University | 2012 |
form
y
Jedda
Jedda The Uncivilised
Charles Chauvel
,
Elsa Chauvel
,
( dir. Charles Chauvel
)
Australia
:
Charles Chauvel Productions
,
1955
Z1382736
1955
single work
film/TV
(taught in 13 units)
'On a lonely cattle station in the Northern Territory, a newly born Aboriginal baby is adopted by a white woman in place of her own child who has died. The child is raised as a white child and forbidden any contact with the Aborigines on the station. Years later, Jedda is drawn by the mysteries of the Aboriginal people but restrained by her upbringing. Eventually she is fascinated by a full-blood Aboriginal, Marbuck, who arrives at the station seeking work and is drawn to his campfire by his song. He takes her away as his captive and returns to his tribal lands, but he is rejected by his tribe for having broken their marriage taboos. Pursued by the men from Jedda's station and haunted by the death wish of his own tribe, Marbuck is driven insane and finally falls, with Jedda, over a cliff.' (Synopsis from the Australian Film, Television and Radio School website, http://library.aftrs.edu.au) |
Australian Screen | Griffith University | 2010 (Semester 2) |
form
y
Jedda
Jedda The Uncivilised
Charles Chauvel
,
Elsa Chauvel
,
( dir. Charles Chauvel
)
Australia
:
Charles Chauvel Productions
,
1955
Z1382736
1955
single work
film/TV
(taught in 13 units)
'On a lonely cattle station in the Northern Territory, a newly born Aboriginal baby is adopted by a white woman in place of her own child who has died. The child is raised as a white child and forbidden any contact with the Aborigines on the station. Years later, Jedda is drawn by the mysteries of the Aboriginal people but restrained by her upbringing. Eventually she is fascinated by a full-blood Aboriginal, Marbuck, who arrives at the station seeking work and is drawn to his campfire by his song. He takes her away as his captive and returns to his tribal lands, but he is rejected by his tribe for having broken their marriage taboos. Pursued by the men from Jedda's station and haunted by the death wish of his own tribe, Marbuck is driven insane and finally falls, with Jedda, over a cliff.' (Synopsis from the Australian Film, Television and Radio School website, http://library.aftrs.edu.au) |
Australian Screen | Griffith University | 2012 (Semester 2) |
form
y
Jedda
Jedda The Uncivilised
Charles Chauvel
,
Elsa Chauvel
,
( dir. Charles Chauvel
)
Australia
:
Charles Chauvel Productions
,
1955
Z1382736
1955
single work
film/TV
(taught in 13 units)
'On a lonely cattle station in the Northern Territory, a newly born Aboriginal baby is adopted by a white woman in place of her own child who has died. The child is raised as a white child and forbidden any contact with the Aborigines on the station. Years later, Jedda is drawn by the mysteries of the Aboriginal people but restrained by her upbringing. Eventually she is fascinated by a full-blood Aboriginal, Marbuck, who arrives at the station seeking work and is drawn to his campfire by his song. He takes her away as his captive and returns to his tribal lands, but he is rejected by his tribe for having broken their marriage taboos. Pursued by the men from Jedda's station and haunted by the death wish of his own tribe, Marbuck is driven insane and finally falls, with Jedda, over a cliff.' (Synopsis from the Australian Film, Television and Radio School website, http://library.aftrs.edu.au) |
Australian Literature and Film | King's College London | 2009 (Semester 1) |
form
y
Jedda
Jedda The Uncivilised
Charles Chauvel
,
Elsa Chauvel
,
( dir. Charles Chauvel
)
Australia
:
Charles Chauvel Productions
,
1955
Z1382736
1955
single work
film/TV
(taught in 13 units)
'On a lonely cattle station in the Northern Territory, a newly born Aboriginal baby is adopted by a white woman in place of her own child who has died. The child is raised as a white child and forbidden any contact with the Aborigines on the station. Years later, Jedda is drawn by the mysteries of the Aboriginal people but restrained by her upbringing. Eventually she is fascinated by a full-blood Aboriginal, Marbuck, who arrives at the station seeking work and is drawn to his campfire by his song. He takes her away as his captive and returns to his tribal lands, but he is rejected by his tribe for having broken their marriage taboos. Pursued by the men from Jedda's station and haunted by the death wish of his own tribe, Marbuck is driven insane and finally falls, with Jedda, over a cliff.' (Synopsis from the Australian Film, Television and Radio School website, http://library.aftrs.edu.au) |
Australian Film | King's College London | 2009 |
form
y
Jedda
Jedda The Uncivilised
Charles Chauvel
,
Elsa Chauvel
,
( dir. Charles Chauvel
)
Australia
:
Charles Chauvel Productions
,
1955
Z1382736
1955
single work
film/TV
(taught in 13 units)
'On a lonely cattle station in the Northern Territory, a newly born Aboriginal baby is adopted by a white woman in place of her own child who has died. The child is raised as a white child and forbidden any contact with the Aborigines on the station. Years later, Jedda is drawn by the mysteries of the Aboriginal people but restrained by her upbringing. Eventually she is fascinated by a full-blood Aboriginal, Marbuck, who arrives at the station seeking work and is drawn to his campfire by his song. He takes her away as his captive and returns to his tribal lands, but he is rejected by his tribe for having broken their marriage taboos. Pursued by the men from Jedda's station and haunted by the death wish of his own tribe, Marbuck is driven insane and finally falls, with Jedda, over a cliff.' (Synopsis from the Australian Film, Television and Radio School website, http://library.aftrs.edu.au) |
Australian Literature and Film | King's College London | 2011 (Semester 1) |
form
y
Jedda
Jedda The Uncivilised
Charles Chauvel
,
Elsa Chauvel
,
( dir. Charles Chauvel
)
Australia
:
Charles Chauvel Productions
,
1955
Z1382736
1955
single work
film/TV
(taught in 13 units)
'On a lonely cattle station in the Northern Territory, a newly born Aboriginal baby is adopted by a white woman in place of her own child who has died. The child is raised as a white child and forbidden any contact with the Aborigines on the station. Years later, Jedda is drawn by the mysteries of the Aboriginal people but restrained by her upbringing. Eventually she is fascinated by a full-blood Aboriginal, Marbuck, who arrives at the station seeking work and is drawn to his campfire by his song. He takes her away as his captive and returns to his tribal lands, but he is rejected by his tribe for having broken their marriage taboos. Pursued by the men from Jedda's station and haunted by the death wish of his own tribe, Marbuck is driven insane and finally falls, with Jedda, over a cliff.' (Synopsis from the Australian Film, Television and Radio School website, http://library.aftrs.edu.au) |
Australian Literature and Film | King's College London | 2013 (Semester 1) |
form
y
Jedda
Jedda The Uncivilised
Charles Chauvel
,
Elsa Chauvel
,
( dir. Charles Chauvel
)
Australia
:
Charles Chauvel Productions
,
1955
Z1382736
1955
single work
film/TV
(taught in 13 units)
'On a lonely cattle station in the Northern Territory, a newly born Aboriginal baby is adopted by a white woman in place of her own child who has died. The child is raised as a white child and forbidden any contact with the Aborigines on the station. Years later, Jedda is drawn by the mysteries of the Aboriginal people but restrained by her upbringing. Eventually she is fascinated by a full-blood Aboriginal, Marbuck, who arrives at the station seeking work and is drawn to his campfire by his song. He takes her away as his captive and returns to his tribal lands, but he is rejected by his tribe for having broken their marriage taboos. Pursued by the men from Jedda's station and haunted by the death wish of his own tribe, Marbuck is driven insane and finally falls, with Jedda, over a cliff.' (Synopsis from the Australian Film, Television and Radio School website, http://library.aftrs.edu.au) |
Indigenous Histories in Film | University of Melbourne | 2009 |
form
y
Jedda
Jedda The Uncivilised
Charles Chauvel
,
Elsa Chauvel
,
( dir. Charles Chauvel
)
Australia
:
Charles Chauvel Productions
,
1955
Z1382736
1955
single work
film/TV
(taught in 13 units)
'On a lonely cattle station in the Northern Territory, a newly born Aboriginal baby is adopted by a white woman in place of her own child who has died. The child is raised as a white child and forbidden any contact with the Aborigines on the station. Years later, Jedda is drawn by the mysteries of the Aboriginal people but restrained by her upbringing. Eventually she is fascinated by a full-blood Aboriginal, Marbuck, who arrives at the station seeking work and is drawn to his campfire by his song. He takes her away as his captive and returns to his tribal lands, but he is rejected by his tribe for having broken their marriage taboos. Pursued by the men from Jedda's station and haunted by the death wish of his own tribe, Marbuck is driven insane and finally falls, with Jedda, over a cliff.' (Synopsis from the Australian Film, Television and Radio School website, http://library.aftrs.edu.au) |
Australian Cinema & Television | University of New South Wales | 2014 (Semester 2) |
form
y
Jedda
Jedda The Uncivilised
Charles Chauvel
,
Elsa Chauvel
,
( dir. Charles Chauvel
)
Australia
:
Charles Chauvel Productions
,
1955
Z1382736
1955
single work
film/TV
(taught in 13 units)
'On a lonely cattle station in the Northern Territory, a newly born Aboriginal baby is adopted by a white woman in place of her own child who has died. The child is raised as a white child and forbidden any contact with the Aborigines on the station. Years later, Jedda is drawn by the mysteries of the Aboriginal people but restrained by her upbringing. Eventually she is fascinated by a full-blood Aboriginal, Marbuck, who arrives at the station seeking work and is drawn to his campfire by his song. He takes her away as his captive and returns to his tribal lands, but he is rejected by his tribe for having broken their marriage taboos. Pursued by the men from Jedda's station and haunted by the death wish of his own tribe, Marbuck is driven insane and finally falls, with Jedda, over a cliff.' (Synopsis from the Australian Film, Television and Radio School website, http://library.aftrs.edu.au) |
Australian Film and Literature | University of South Australia | 2011 (Semester 2) |
form
y
Jedda
Jedda The Uncivilised
Charles Chauvel
,
Elsa Chauvel
,
( dir. Charles Chauvel
)
Australia
:
Charles Chauvel Productions
,
1955
Z1382736
1955
single work
film/TV
(taught in 13 units)
'On a lonely cattle station in the Northern Territory, a newly born Aboriginal baby is adopted by a white woman in place of her own child who has died. The child is raised as a white child and forbidden any contact with the Aborigines on the station. Years later, Jedda is drawn by the mysteries of the Aboriginal people but restrained by her upbringing. Eventually she is fascinated by a full-blood Aboriginal, Marbuck, who arrives at the station seeking work and is drawn to his campfire by his song. He takes her away as his captive and returns to his tribal lands, but he is rejected by his tribe for having broken their marriage taboos. Pursued by the men from Jedda's station and haunted by the death wish of his own tribe, Marbuck is driven insane and finally falls, with Jedda, over a cliff.' (Synopsis from the Australian Film, Television and Radio School website, http://library.aftrs.edu.au) |
Australia Imagined: Identity and Diversity in Australian Film and Literature | University of South Australia | 2012 (Semester 2) |
form
y
Jedda
Jedda The Uncivilised
Charles Chauvel
,
Elsa Chauvel
,
( dir. Charles Chauvel
)
Australia
:
Charles Chauvel Productions
,
1955
Z1382736
1955
single work
film/TV
(taught in 13 units)
'On a lonely cattle station in the Northern Territory, a newly born Aboriginal baby is adopted by a white woman in place of her own child who has died. The child is raised as a white child and forbidden any contact with the Aborigines on the station. Years later, Jedda is drawn by the mysteries of the Aboriginal people but restrained by her upbringing. Eventually she is fascinated by a full-blood Aboriginal, Marbuck, who arrives at the station seeking work and is drawn to his campfire by his song. He takes her away as his captive and returns to his tribal lands, but he is rejected by his tribe for having broken their marriage taboos. Pursued by the men from Jedda's station and haunted by the death wish of his own tribe, Marbuck is driven insane and finally falls, with Jedda, over a cliff.' (Synopsis from the Australian Film, Television and Radio School website, http://library.aftrs.edu.au) |
Representing Aboriginal People, History and Place | University of Technology, Sydney | 2009 |
form
y
Jedda
Jedda The Uncivilised
Charles Chauvel
,
Elsa Chauvel
,
( dir. Charles Chauvel
)
Australia
:
Charles Chauvel Productions
,
1955
Z1382736
1955
single work
film/TV
(taught in 13 units)
'On a lonely cattle station in the Northern Territory, a newly born Aboriginal baby is adopted by a white woman in place of her own child who has died. The child is raised as a white child and forbidden any contact with the Aborigines on the station. Years later, Jedda is drawn by the mysteries of the Aboriginal people but restrained by her upbringing. Eventually she is fascinated by a full-blood Aboriginal, Marbuck, who arrives at the station seeking work and is drawn to his campfire by his song. He takes her away as his captive and returns to his tribal lands, but he is rejected by his tribe for having broken their marriage taboos. Pursued by the men from Jedda's station and haunted by the death wish of his own tribe, Marbuck is driven insane and finally falls, with Jedda, over a cliff.' (Synopsis from the Australian Film, Television and Radio School website, http://library.aftrs.edu.au) |
Upfront: History of Film in Australia | University of the Sunshine Coast | 2015 (Semester 1) |
Text | Unit Name | Institution | Year |
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form
y
The Rats of Tobruk
The Fighting Rats of Tobruk
Elsa Chauvel
,
Charles Chauvel
,
Maxwell Dunn
,
( dir. Charles Chauvel
)
Sydney
:
Chamun Productions
,
1944
6939175
1944
single work
film/TV
(taught in 1 units)
Australia's only fully war-time feature, The Rats of Tobruk focuses on three friends who are cattle droving in the outback just before the outbreak of World War II. By 1941, restless Bluey Donkin, easy-going Milo Trent, and Shakespeare-quoting Englishman Peter Linton have decided to join the Australian Imperial Forces (A.I.F.) and later find themselves in North Africa fighting Rommel's army. After early successes against the Italian army, the Australian 9th Division finds itself besieged in Tobruk. When not fighting, the men have comic encounters with a barber, while Peter falls for a nurse, Sister Mary, after being wounded. The other two men are also later wounded, but it is Peter who is eventually killed just before the others are able to repel the enemy. Bluey and Milo are then later transferred to New Guinea, where Bluey is injured and Milo killed by a sniper. Bluey manages to kill the sniper. A romance subplot occurs between Bluey (who prior to leaving Australia was not prepared to settle down with any woman) and the daughter of a squatter, Kate, who is in love with him. When Bluey finally returns home, he and Kate are united. |
Upfront: History of Film in Australia | University of the Sunshine Coast | 2015 (Semester 1) |