Made as 'silents' ceased, it dated quickly, but today retains much interest and some power.įurther reading: M Roe, 'Vandiemenism debated', JAS 24, 1989. OnThisDay 1787: Captain Arthur Phillip leaves Portsmouth, England, with eleven ships full of convicts (the 'First Fleet') to establish a penal colony in Australia. On release a year later the film attracted general favour. The state government considered repression, but forbore, and in August–September 1926 much-publicised filming took place at Port Arthur. Within Tasmania this debate entailed unprecedented confrontation with the convict past. The project attracted criticism as Yankee propaganda, threatening to demean Tasmania, Australia and the Empire. With the industry booming in the mid-1920s, Union Theatres/Australian films planned a grander effort, employing American expertise – producer Norman Dawn, star Eva Novak. Stage versions of Marcus Clarke's famous novel of convictism's horrors date back to 1886, and films were shot in 1908 (partly at Port Arthur) and 1911. Filming For the Term of his Natural Life, 1927 (AOT,
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