# List of Australian films before 1910

    This is a chronological list of Australian films by decade and year for years 1890s–1910s. For a complete alphabetical A-Z list, see Category:Australian films.
A list of films produced in Australia by year, from the 1890s to the end of the 1910s, in the List of Australian films.

## Pre 1910s

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 1896 |||||
| Passengers Alighting from Ferry Brighton at Manly | Marius Sestier | | Short | 27 October IMDb |
| The Melbourne Cup | Marius Sestier | Henry Walter Barnett, Lord Brassey | Sports documentary | 24 November IMDb a series of 10 films about the Melbourne Cup Carnival |
| New South Wales Horse Artillery in Action | Marius Sestier | | Short documentary | IMDb |
| Patineur Grotesque | Marius Sestier | | Short comedy | Not released until 28 March 1897 (Lyon) IMDb |
| 1897 |||||
| Prince Ranjitsinhji Practising Batting in the Nets | Henry Walter Barnett | Ranjitsinhji | Sports documentary | IMDb one of a series of 4 cricket films |
| 1898 |||||
| Melbourne Street Scene | Joseph Perry | | Short | ABC Wayback machine |
| Social Salvation | Herbert Booth | | Short documentary | 1 July IMDb |
| Torres Strait Islanders | Alfred Cort Haddon | | Short documentaries | |
| 1899 |||||
| North Shore Steam Ferry | Frederick Wills | | Short | Sydney |
| Newtown Railway Station | Frederick Wills | | Short | Sydney |
| Dipping Sheep | Frederick Wills | | Short documentary | Queensland Department of Agriculture |
| South Sea Islanders Cutting Cane | Frederick Wills | | Short documentary | Queensland Department of Agriculture |
| Sugar Mills, Nambour | Frederick Wills | | Short documentary | Queensland Department of Agriculture |
| Threshing at Allora | Frederick Wills | | Short documentary | Queensland Department of Agriculture |
| Wheat Harvesting with Reaper and Binder | Frederick Wills | | Short documentary | Queensland Department of Agriculture |
| SS Katoomba Unloading | Frederick Wills | | Short | Queensland Department of Agriculture |
| Building Construction | Frederick Wills | | Short | Queensland Department of Agriculture |
| Boer War Transvaal Contingent | Frederick Wills | | Short documentary | Troops leaving for the Boer War |
| Loading Horses on the SS Cornwall | Frederick Wills | | Short | Horses for the Boer War |
| Darnley Islanders Pay Tribute | Henry Mobsby | | Short documentary | Torres Strait |
| Opening of Queensland Parliament | Frederick Wills | | Short | |
| Government Party Boards SS Lucinda | Frederick Wills | | Short | Brisbane |
| Queen Street and Victoria Bridge | Frederick Wills | | Short | Brisbane |
| Roma Street Station | Frederick Wills | | Short | Brisbane |
| 1900 |||||
| Second Victorian Contingent Leaving Melbourne | Joseph Perry | | Documentary | Troops leaving for the Boer War |
| Soldiers of the Cross | Herbert Booth, Joseph Perry | Beatrice Day, Harold Graham | Christian drama | 13 September IMDb |
| 1901 |||||
| Inauguration of the Commonwealth | Joseph Perry | | Documentary | 1 January IMDb |
| Royal Visit to Open the First Commonwealth Parliament | Joseph Perry | | Documentary | 9 May IMDb |
| Aboriginal Life | Walter Baldwin Spencer | | Documentary | |
| 1902 |||||
| Under Southern Skies | Joseph Perry | | Documentary | |
| Lazarus | Joseph Perry | | Christian drama | |
| 1904 |||||
| The Melbourne Cup | Franklyn Barrett | | Sports documentary | 1 November IMDb first film of the whole race from start to finish |
| 1906 |||||
| The Story of the Kelly Gang | Charles Tait | Elizabeth Tait, John Tait | Biography drama | 26 December Considered the first full-length feature film ever made IMDb |
| 1907 |||||
| Eureka Stockade | Arthur Cornwall, George Cornwell | | Short | 19 October IMDb |
| Robbery Under Arms | Charles MacMahon | Jim Gérald, George Merriman, Lance Vane | Drama | 1 October – Based on novel IMDb |
| Robbery Under Arms | John Tait, Nevin Tait | | Drama | 31 October – Based on novel; considered lost |
| 1908 |||||
| The Grand Memorial Service | Joseph Perry | | Documentary | |
| The Great White Fleet Visits the Antipodes | Joseph Perry | Great White Fleet | Documentary | August–September IMDb |
| For the Term of his Natural Life | Charles MacMahon | Martyn Keith, Rosie Knight Phillips | Short | 8 August IMDb |
| The Burns-Johnson Fight | Ernest Higgins | Jack Johnson, Tommy Burns | Sports documentary | 28 December IMDb |
| 1909 |||||
| Heroes of the Cross | Joseph Perry | Vida Dutton | Christian drama | IMDb |
| The Scottish Covenanters | Joseph Perry | Iza Crossley, Beatrice Day | Christian drama | IMDb |