Australia, the movie

Baz Luhrmann's Australia, the much-anticipated romantic-adventure movie starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman, alongside the Top End’s breathtaking scenery, shares the Northern Territory's story with the world and brings a touch of Hollywood to an often forgotten episode in Australia’s history.

The film - which is at times heartbreaking and confronting, and then thrilling and humorous - shares the stories of Aboriginal culture, the stolen generation, the Bombing of Darwin, and the transformative power of love. Darwin's historic Stokes Hill Wharf can be seen throughout the film, which begins in the late 1930s.

The story focuses on Lady Sarah Ashley (Nicole Kidman), an English aristocrat who reluctantly joins forces with a rugged cattle drover (Hugh Jackman) to save her remote cattle station, on the border of NT and WA, from cattle barons.
She embarks on an epic journey to drive 2000 cattle from Faraway Station to Darwin and along the way is transformed by the country and by love, for both the "Drover" and indigenous child, Nullah (Brandon Walters).
But three years later, in 1942, the trio are caught in the Bombing of Darwin, Australia’s only World War II battle fought on home soil.

The Northern Territory provides travellers with the real "Australia" The Movie experience – the dramatic landscapes, the spirit of adventure, a colourful cast of outback characters, abundant wartime heritage, rich aboriginal culture and Darwin’s historic Stokes Hill Wharf, the location for a number of scenes in Australia the movie.

The Northern Territory is the place to experience Australia the movie – come and share our story.