1955 Film Jedda the Uncivilised (Charles Chauvel)
1960 Local TV content requirement. Australian Postmaster-General Charles Davidson announced requirements for TV stations broadcast 40% Australian content overall and four hours in peak time every 28 days.
1964 Film A Changing Race Landmark Aboriginal affairs documentary broadcast featured only Indigenous people
1966 95% of households in Melbourne and Sydney have a TV
1967 Referendum
1968 Prime Minister John Gorton, government to pay major support grant for our film industry.
1970 Australian Film Development Corporation launched
1970s film began to be utilised by Indigenous people. Whitlam government change from assimilation to Aboriginal Self determination
1975 Racial Discrimination Act introduced
1975 Colour TV introduced
1975 Australian Film Commission established by Whitlam government. This took over from the Australian Film Development Corporation. These institutions were ultimately succeeded by Screen Australia in 2008.
1976 Victorian Film Corporation established later renamed Film Victoria in 1982
1977 NSW film corporation launched. Later renamed Screen NSW
1979 SBS launched and took control of Indigenous radio stations 2EA and 3EA. Began broadcasting in 1980. SBS was hugely influential in supporting Indigenous creatives
1980 Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association (CAAMA) founded by Freda Glynn, Phillip Batty and John Macumba. Its aim is to expose Indigenous art and music to the rest of Australia
1981 Australian Feature Film Directors’ Association. Now known as the Australian Directors Guild
1983 David Bowie ‘Let’s Dance’ brought Indigenous issues into world stage. It was the first time Indigenous performers featured in music videos
1987 The ABC Indigenous Department founded
1988 Imparja Television launched after the CAAMA won the license for the Remote Commercial Television Service in Central Australia
1988 Film Finance Corporation established
1989 Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies established
1991 The Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. The report recommended that media bodies develop codes and policies for the presentation of Indigenous issues and training in media. It was a turning point in TV industry
1992 High Court recognised Indigenous property rights extended beyond British Settlement
1992 Australian Film Commision (AFC) Shirley McPherson and Michael Pope report on ‘Promoting Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander Involvement in the film TV industry’
1993 In a direct response to this report the AFC created an Indigenous branch
1993 Film: ‘Blood Brother: Freedom Ride’ (Rachael Perkins)
1993 AFC establishes Indigenous Unit
1995 ScreenWest established (supported Bran Nue Dae)
1997 Gonski report delivered major findings included acknowledgement that Commonwealth assistance had been critical in building and developing a film industry and ongoing support was essential
1999 DVD arrives
2000 Blackfella films developed
2001 Refundable Film Tax Offset introduced
2003 Northern Territory Film Office established
2005 NITV gained funding after years of campaigning
2006 Film: 10 Canoes (Rolf de Heer, Peter Djigirr) First Aboriginal language feature
2008 Terri Jankes developed ‘A Guide to Protocols for filmmakers Working with Indigenous Content and Indigenous Communities’
2008 Film Finance Corporation and Film Australia merge to create screen Australia
2009 Film: Samson & Delilah (Warwick Thorton)
2009 Film: Making ‘Samson & Delilah’ (Beck Cole)
2009 Film: Bran Nue Dae (Rachael Perkins)
2010 Film: The Story of Bran Nue Dae (Adrain Russell Wills)
2011 FIlm: Here I am (Beck Cole)
2012 Film: Satellite Boy (Catriona McKenzie)
2012 TV: Redfern Now (Beck Cole, Rachael Perkins, Wayne Blair, Leah Purcell, Catriona McKenzie, Adrian Russel Wills)
2012 Film: The Sapphires (DOP Warwick Thorton, Wayne Blair)
2012 TV movie: Mabo (Rachael perkins)
2013 TV: The Gods of Wheat Street (Wayne Blair, Catriona McKenzie, Adrian Russel Wills)
2013 Film: Charlie’s Country (Rolf de Heer)
2014 TV: Black Comedy (Beck Cole, Craig Anderson)
2015 TV movie: Redfern Now: Promise Me (Rachael Perkins)