Austral-American Productions

Austral-American Productions was a short-lived film production company in Australia during the 1940s. They made two feature films during World War II, a time of low output for Australian cinema. They also produced some stage plays and exhibited films. Hartney Arthur was managing director.

Gordon Wharton was a key financier.

The company contributed to prizes for writing. It was involved in several lawsuits.

The company was wound up in 1950.

Credits

 * Beautiful Canberra - short film
 * A Yank in Australia (1942) – film
 * Twelfth Night and The Tempest by William Shakespeare (1943) – plays produced by John Alden
 * Red Sky at Morning (1944) – film

Unmade projects

 * Second Moses based on play by George Landen Dann Caroline Chisolm - film version
 * Eureka Stockade - film version
 * Daybreak - film version
 * The First Joanna - stage presentation