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Just For FunAustralian Movie Ideas

Here is a list of movies that take place in Australia.

Consider including a “Movie and Aussie snack” to

your calendar. Check out the great recipes

in the Pantry section.

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Australia (2008) PG-13 Adventure, Drama, Romance

Set in northern Australia before World War II, an Eng-

lish aristocrat who inherits a sprawling ranch reluctantly

pacts with a stock-man in order to protect her new

property from a takeover plot. As the pair drive 2,000

head of cattle over unforgiving landscape, they experi-

ence the bombing of Darwin, Australia, by Japanese

forces firsthand.

Stars: Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman

Crocodile Dundee (1986) PG-13 Adventure, Comedy

An American reporter goes to the Australian outback

to meet an eccentric crocodile poacher and invites

him to New York City.

Stars: Paul Hogan

Quigley Down Under (1990) PG-13 Action, Adven-

ture, Drama

Sharpshooter Matt Quigley is hired from Wyo-

ming by an Australian rancher paying a very high

price. But when Quigley arrives Down Under, all

is not as it seems.

Stars: Tom Selleck, Alan Rickman

Gallipoli (1981) PG Adventure, Drama, History

Two Australian sprinters face the brutal reali-

ties of war when they are sent to fight in the

Gallipoli campaign in Turkey during World

War I. Stars: Mel Gibson

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