List Of Australian Academy Award Winners And Nominees
Australian film artists and craftsmen have received an award and/or nomination for the Academy Awards (also known as the Oscars) since 1933. First presented by the United States Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in 1929, the awards "honor outstanding achievements in theatrically released feature-length motion pictures."
Actress May Robson was the earliest known Australian born nominee for an Academy Award, who received a nomination for Best Actress in a Leading Role in 1933, for her performance in Lady for a Day (1933). The Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature was the first Oscar win for Australia. It was given to Ken G. Hall for his documentary Kokoda Front Line! (1942).
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