The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906)

Just as Galeen and Wegeners Der Golem 1915 can be seen as a testament to early German film artistry The Story of the Kelly Gang 1906 symbolizes both the birth of the Australian film industry and the emergence of an Australian cinema identity Even more significantly it heralds the emergence of the feature film format However only fragments of the original production of more than one hour are known to exist preserved at the National Film and Sound Archive Canberra Efforts at reconstruction have made the film available to modern audiences