Australian Mavericks

Overview

Australian film has long been celebrated in our nation and abroad, as we have some of the most skilled filmmakers in the world. The Australian spirit can be felt in each and every one of our productions and it is in saying this that the State Library of Queensland have chosen to honour some of the greatest in Aussie cinema.

Over the next four Sundays, you will be able to enjoy specially chosen films from different styles of Australian film, each with their own story and exception film work. The movies are classics Picnic at Hanging Rock, Mad Max, The Adventures of Barry McKenzie, and recent film, Not Quite Hollywood.

Picnic at Hanging Rock starts off this cinematic journey – it's a must see for any movie buff or Australiana lover. It follows the story of a girls' school trip that goes horribly wrong when a student goes missing at the Hanging Rock. Cue moviegoers thinking the premise was actually true and it becoming a long standing rumour that someone actually did vanish at Hanging Rock (they didn't!). The 1970s theme is rife with the next two movies, and finishes with 2008's Not Quite Hollywood, which is a self-confessed story of 'Ozploitation'. Make sure you feast your eyes on some timeless Australian mavericks' work and appreciate the movies you were always too young to understand.