★6.8
The Furnace
To escape the outback, a young Afghan cameleer falls in with a mysterious bushman on the run with stolen Crown gold.
★6.0
Eureka Stockade
In 1854, Australian gold rush miners struggle for their rights against an oppressive government.
★6.7
The Birth of White Australia
An early Australian silent film depicting historical events on the Young district goldfields, then known as Lambing Flat. During the gold rush of 1861, tensions between Australian miners and immigrant Chinese led to rioting, with Chinese miners attacked and driven from the diggings. The film portrays these events as being the genesis - or birth - of the White Australia policy, a significant political issue of the day.