An upper-class woman (Nicole Kidman) travels to Australia where she meets and ultimately falls in love with a cowboy (Hugh Jackman). Despite cultural and class differences, they fight for their love and her ranch while struggling to survive World War II bomb attacks.Official Site: Australia Movie Trailer

The film garnered an Oscar nomination for Best Costume Design in 2009, but the award went to Michael O'Connor for his work on The Duchess.

• "The film is also a mea culpa, in a vast popular-entertainment format, for the cruel racial policies once imposed by the Australian government upon Aboriginals in general and, specifically, half-castes, who were aggressively swept out of sight. It was one of (Baz) Luhrmann's best ideas to make the film's narrator the prepubescent Nullah (Brandon Walters), a charming boy who not only observes the vast sweep of the story but provides its fulcrum."—VarietyVariety: Australia Review (November 19, 2008)

• British aristocrat Lady Sarah Ashley (Kidman) inherits a cattle station near the town of Darwin and hires an Australian man (Jackman) to move the animals before cattle barons can take her land.

Actor Russell Crowe was originally cast as The Drover but left the film during pre-production. Director Baz Luhrmann then tapped Heath Ledger for the role, but Ledger dropped out to play The Joker in the upcoming Batman movie, The Dark Knight. Ultimately, the leading role went to Hugh Jackman.

• Brandon Walters: Nullah
• Nicole Kidman: Lady Sarah Ashley
• Hugh Jackman: The Drover
• David Wenham: Neil Fletcher
• Bryan Brown: King Carney
• Jack Thompson: Kipling Flynn