Sandy (Toni Collette) touches Hiromitsu’s face as he’s sleeping. They are in bed together. In the morning, at a petrol station, she sees a picture of his family in his wallet.

The Carmodys are camped in the Snowy Mountains beside a farm that’s for sale. Paddy (Robert Mitchum) explains why owning a farm is a recipe for misery.

Ida sends Jean Halstead (Dina Merrill) to town to fetch Bluey Brown from the pub. Bluey’s wife is in labour and Paddy (Robert Mitchum) is under strict instructions to keep him sober.

Crocodile Dundee remains the most commercially successful Australian film ever made, with Paul Hogan’s iconic Mick Dundee at the heart of the film. 

Crocodile Dundee was a huge international hit. How was it marketed in different countries? The second in a two-part series about items from the NFSA collection relating to the iconic 1986 film.

The first in a two-part series about items from the NFSA collection relating to Crocodile Dundee (Peter Faiman, 1986, Australia), which opened in Australian cinemas on 24 April 1986.

Graham Shirley continues his exploration of the rich diversity of Australian cinematic representations and interpretations of the outback. Part 2 of 2.

Films set in the outback have been central to an imagining of Australia for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous filmmakers. Part 1 of 2.