Year
|
Film
|
Subject
|
Source
|
1970s
|
1978
|
The Getting of Wisdom
|
Eleanor Witcombe
|
The Getting of Wisdom (novel) by
Henry Handel Richardson
|
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
|
Fred Schepisi
|
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (novel) by
Thomas Keneally
|
The Mango Tree
|
Michael Pate
|
The Mango Tree (novel) by
Ronald McKie
|
Weekend of Shadows
|
Peter Yeldham
|
The Reckoning (novel) by
Hugh Atkinson
|
1979
|
My Brilliant Career
|
Eleanor Witcombe
|
My Brilliant Career (novel) by
Miles Franklin
|
Cathy's Child
|
Ken Quinnell
|
A Piece of Paper (novel) by Dick Wordley
|
The Last of the Knucklemen
|
Tim Burstall
|
The Last of the Knucklemen (play) by John Power
|
Money Movers
|
Bruce Beresford
|
Money Movers (novel) by
Devon Minchin
|
1980s
|
1983
|
Careful, He Might Hear You
|
Michael Jenkins
|
Careful, He Might Hear You (novel) by
Sumner Locke Elliott
|
Now and Forever
|
Richard Cassidy
|
Now and Forever (novel) by
Danielle Steel
|
The Wild Duck
|
Tutte Lemkow, Dido Merwin, Henri Safran, Peter Smalley
|
The Wild Duck (play) by
Henrik Ibsen
|
The Year of Living Dangerously
|
Peter Weir,
David Williamson
|
The Year of Living Dangerously (novel) by
Christopher Koch
|
1984
|
Annie's Coming Out
|
John Patterson, Chris Borthwick
|
Annie's Coming Out (novel) by
Rosemary Crossley &
Anne McDonald
|
BMX Bandits
|
Russell Hagg
|
Story by
Patrick Edgeworth
|
Razorback
|
Everett De Roche
|
Razorback (novel) by
Peter Brennan
|
Strikebound
|
Richard Lowenstein
|
Dead Men Don't Dig Coal (novel) by
Wendy Lowenstein
|
1985
|
Bliss
|
Peter Carey,
Ray Lawrence
|
Bliss (novel) by Peter Carey
|
An Indecent Obsession
|
Denise Morgan
|
An Indecent Obsession (novel) by
Colleen McCullough
|
The Coca-Cola Kid
|
Frank Moorhouse
|
The Americans Baby (novel) by Frank Moorhouse
|
Rebel
|
Michael Jenkins
|
No Names, No Pack Drill (play) by Bob Herbert
|
1986
|
The Fringe Dwellers
|
Bruce & Rhoisin Beresford
|
The Fringe Dwellers by Peter Carey
|
For Love Alone
|
Stephen Wallace
|
Stephen Wallace (novel) by
Christina Stead
|
Kangaroo
|
Evan Jones
|
Kangaroo (novel) by
D. H. Lawrence
|
Playing Beatie Bow
|
Peter Gawler
|
Playing Beatie Bow (novel) by
Ruth Park
|
1987
|
Travelling North
|
David Williamson
|
Travelling North (play) by David Williamson
|
The Place at the Coast
|
Hilary Furlong
|
The Place at the Coast (novel) by Jane Hyde
|
Slate, Wyn & Me
|
Don McLennan
|
Slate, Wyn & Me (novel) by Georgia Savage
|
Vincent
|
Paul Cox
|
The Letters of
Vincent van Gogh
|
1989
|
Evil Angels
|
Robert Caswell,
Fred Schepisi
|
Evil Angels (novel) by
John Bryson
|
Campo
|
Abe Pogos
|
TBA
|
Dead Calm
|
Terry Hayes
|
Dead Calm (novel) by
Charles F. Williams
|
Emerald City
|
David Williamson
|
Emerald City (play) by David Williamson
|
1990s
|
1993
|
Blackfellas
|
James Ricketson,
Archie Weller
|
Blackfellas (novel) by Archie Weller
|
Black River
|
Kevin Lucas
|
Black River (opera) by
Andrew &
Julianne Schultz
|
No Worries
|
David Holman
|
No Worries (play) by David Holman
|
The Silver Brumby
|
Elyne Mitchell, Jon Stephens
|
Silver Brumby (novels) by Elyne Mitchell
|
1994
|
The Sum of Us
|
David Stevens
|
The Sum of Us (play) by David Stevens
|
Country Life
|
Michael Blakemore,
Anton Chekhov
|
Uncle Vanya (play) by Anton Chekhov
|
Everynight ... Everynight
|
Ray Mooney,
Alkinos Tsilimidos
|
Everynight ... Everynight (play) by Ray Mooney
|
Traps
|
Robert Carter,
Pauline Chan
|
Dreamhouse (novel) by
Kate Grenville
|
1995
|
Hotel Sorrento
|
Richard Franklin, Peter Fitzpatrick
|
Hotel Sorrento (play) by
Hannie Rayson
|
Dad and Dave: On Our Selection
|
Geoffrey Atherden,
Steele Rudd
|
Characters by Steele Rudd
|
Sanctuary
|
David Williamson
|
Sanctuary (play) by David Williamson
|
That Eye, the Sky
|
John Ruane, Jim Barton
|
That Eye, the Sky (novel) by
Tim Winton.
|
1996
|
Cosi
|
Louis Nowra
|
Così (play) by Louis Nowra
|
Dead Heart
|
Nick Parsons
|
Dead Heart (play) by Nick Parsons
|
Life
|
John Brumpton, Lawrence Johnston
|
Containment (play) by John Brumpton
|
What I Have Written
|
John A. Scott
|
What I Have Written (novel) by John A. Scott
|
1997
|
The Well
|
Laura Jones
|
The Well (novel) by
Elizabeth Jolley
|
Blackrock
|
Nick Enright
|
Blackrock (play) by Nick Enright
|
Love in Ambush
|
Carl Schultz
|
Jarai (novel) by Loup Durand
|
1998
|
The Boys
|
Stephen Sewell
|
The Boys (play) by Gordon Graham
|
Head On
|
Ana Kokkinos
|
Loaded (novel) by
Christos Tsiolkas
|
Oscar and Lucinda
|
Laura Jones
|
Oscar and Lucinda (novel) by John Brumpton
|
Radiance
|
Louis Nowra
|
Radiance (play) by Louis Nowra
|
1999
|
Praise
|
Andrew McGahan
|
Praise (novel) by Andrew McGahan
|
2000s
|
2000
|
Looking for Alibrandi
|
Melina Marchetta
|
Looking for Alibrandi (novel) by Melina Marchetta
|
Chopper
|
Andrew Dominik
|
The autobiographies of
Mark "Chopper" Read
|
The Magic Pudding
|
Harry Cripps,
Greg Haddrick,
Simon Hopkinson
|
The Magic Pudding (book) by
Norman Lindsay
|
2001
|
Lantana
|
Andrew Bovell
|
Speaking In Tongues (novel) by Andrew Bovell
|
He Died with a Felafel in His Hand
|
Richard Lowenstein
|
He Died with a Felafel in His Hand (novel) by
John Birmingham
|
The Monkey's Mask
|
Anne Kennedy,
Dorothy Porter
|
The Monkey's Mask (novel) by Dorothy Porter
|
Silent Partner
|
Daniel Keene
|
Silent Partner (play) by Daniel Keene
|
2002
|
Australian Rules
|
Paul Goldman,
Phillip Gwynne
|
Deadly, Unna? (novel) by Phillip Gwynne
|
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
|
John Briley
|
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien (novel) by Hilde Eynikel
|
Rabbit-Proof Fence
|
Christine Olsen
|
Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence (novel) by
Doris Pilkington
|
Swimming Upstream
|
Tony Fingleton
|
Swimming Upstream (autobiography) by Diane & Tony Fingleton
|
2003
|
The Rage in Placid Lake
|
Tony McNamara
|
The Cafe Latte Kid (play) by Tony McNamara
|
Blurred
|
Stephen Davies, Kier Shorey
|
Blurred (play) by Stephen Davis
|
Ned Kelly
|
John Michael McDonagh
|
Our Sunshine (novel) by
Robert Drewe
|
Teesh and Trude
|
Vanessa Lomma
|
Teesh and Trude (play) by Wilson McCaskill
|
2005
|
Three Dollars
|
Robert Connolly,
Elliot Perlman
|
Three Dollars (novel) by Elliot Perlman
|
Hating Alison Ashley
|
Christine Madafferi
|
Hating Alison Ashley (novel) by
Robin Klein
|
The Illustrated Family Doctor
|
David Snell,
Kriv Stenders
|
The Illustrated Family Doctor (novel) by
Robert Drewe
|
The Widower
|
Lyndon Terracini
|
Evening Alone at Bunyah, Noonday Axeman, The Widower in the Country, Cowyard Gates and The Last Hellos (poems) by
Les Murray
|
2006
|
Candy
|
Neil Armfield,
Luke Davies
|
Candy: A Novel of Love and Addiction (novel) by Luke Davies
|
The Book of Revelation
|
Andrew Bovell,
Ana Kokkinos
|
The Book of Revelation (novel) by
Rupert Thomson
|
Jindabyne
|
Beatrix Christian
|
So Much Water So Close to Home (short story) by
Raymond Carver
|
Last Train to Freo
|
Reg Cribb
|
The Return (play) by Reg Cribb
|
2008
|
Unfinished Sky
|
Peter Duncan
|
The Polish Bride (1998 screenplay) by Kees van der Hulst
|
All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane
|
Stephen Vagg
|
All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane (play_ by Stephen Vagg
|
2009
|
Balibo
|
Robert Connolly,
David Williamson
|
Cover-Up (novel) by
Jill Jolliffe
|
Beautiful Kate
|
Rachel Ward
|
Beautiful Kate (novel) by
Newton Thornburg
|
Blessed
|
Andrew Bovell,
Patricia Cornelius,
Melissa Reeves and
Christos Tsiolkas
|
Who's Afraid of the Working Class? (play) by Andrew Bovell
|
Mao's Last Dancer
|
Jan Sardi
|
Mao's Last Dancer (autobiography) by
Li Cunxin
|
2010s
|
2010
|
Tomorrow, When the War Began
|
Stuart Beattie
|
Tomorrow, When the War Began (novel) by
John Marsden
|
Bran Nue Dae
|
Reg Cribb,
Rachel Perkins
|
Bran Nue Dae (musical) by
Jimmy Chi
|
The Boys Are Back
|
Allan Cubitt
|
The Boys Are Back In Town (novel) by Simon Carr
|
The Tree
|
Julie Bertuccelli
|
Our Father Who Art in the Tree (novel) by
Judy Pascoe
|
AACTA Awards
|
2011 (
1st)
|
Snowtown
|
Shaun Grant
|
The
Snowtown murders
|
The Eye of the Storm
|
Judy Morris
|
The Eye of the Storm (novel) by
Patrick White
|
The Hunter
|
Alice Addison
|
The Hunter (novel) by
Julia Leigh
|
Red Dog
|
Daniel Taplitz
|
Red Dog (novel) by
Louis de Bernières
|
2012 (
2nd)
|
The Sapphires
|
Tony Briggs, Keith Thompson
|
The Sapphires (play) by Tony Briggs
|
Lore
|
Robin Mukherjee,
Cate Shortland
|
The Dark Room (novel) by
Rachel Seiffert
|
2013 (
3rd)
|
The Great Gatsby
|
Baz Luhrmann,
Craig Pearce
|
The Great Gatsby (novel) by
F. Scott Fitzgerald
|
Adoration
|
Christopher Hampton
|
The Grandmothers (short story collection) by
Doris Lessing
|
Dead Europe
|
Louise Fox
|
Dead Europe (novel) by
Christos Tsiolkas
|
The Turning
|
The Turning Ensemble
|
The Turning (short story collection) by Tim Winton
|
2014 (
4th)
|
The Railway Man
|
Frank Cottrell Boyce,
Andy Paterson
|
The Railway Man (novel) by
Eric Lomax
|
Predestination
|
The Spierig Brothers
|
All You Zombies (novel) by
Robert A. Heinlein
|
2015 (
5th)
|
Last Cab to Darwin
|
Reg Cribb,
Jeremy Sims
|
Last Cab to Darwin (play) by
Reg Cribb
|
Holding the Man
|
Tommy Murphy
|
Holding the Man (autobiography) by
Timothy Conigrave
|
Ruben Guthrie
|
Brendan Cowell
|
Ruben Guthrie (play) by Brendan Cowell
|
2016 (
6th)
|
The Daughter
|
Simon Stone
|
The Wild Duck (play) by
Henrik Ibsen
|
Girl Asleep
|
Matthew Whittet
|
Girl Asleep (play) by Matthew Whittet
|
2017 (
7th)
|
Lion
|
Luke Davies
|
A Long Way Home by
Saroo Brierley and
Larry Buttrose
|
Berlin Syndrome
|
Shaun Grant
|
Berlin Syndrome (book) by Melanie Joosten
|
Don't Tell
|
Anne Brooksbank, Ursula Cleary, James Greville
|
Based on a true story
|
Jasper Jones
|
Shaun Grant,
Craig Silvey
|
Jasper Jones (book) by Craig Silvey
|
|
Boy Erased
|
Joel Edgerton
|
Boy Erased: A Memoir by Garrard Conley
|
Breath
|
Simon Baker,
Gerard Lee,
Tim Winton
|
Breath (novel) by Tim Winton
|
Cargo
|
Yolanda Ramke
|
Cargo (short film) by Ben Howling, Yolanda Ramke
|
Ladies in Black
|
Bruce Beresford,
Sue Milliken
|
Ladies in Black (play) by Carolyn Burns
|
|
The Dry
|
Robert Connolly,
Harry Cripps
|
The Dry (novel) by
Jane Harper
|
Penguin Bloom
|
Shaun Grant,
Harry Cripps
|
Penguin Bloom (novel) by
Bradley Trevor Greive
|
Peter Rabbit 2
|
Patrick Burleigh,
Will Gluck
|
Peter Rabbit (stories) by
Beatrix Potter
|
Rams
|
James Duncan
|
Rams (2015 film) by
Grímur Hákonarson
|