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The origins of these stereotypes were from the earlier settler days of Australia, where people lived off the land, and have lost their relevance towards the Australian identity today, as majority of the population lives on coastal areas and in industrialized cities. An example of the Australian film successes from this time include The Man from Snowy River (1982) and Crocodile Dundee (1986), which portrayed the Australian stereotypical male as brave, resourceful, lacking respect for authority and a larrikin (Pearson History, 2013). These finances were used to establish film schools to teach Australians the skills needed to produce great screenplay, and accordingly led to a surge in Australian made films (Pearson History, 2013). The gradual process of government funding was not given to the Australian film industry until the end of the 1970’s, unlike the television industry which was supplied funding in the 1960’s. Australian films could simply not compete throughout the decades of the 1960’s or 1970’s, therefore allowing the dominance of Hollywood blockbusters on the silver screen. Higher quality films are produced by the American film industry because of their access to huge budgets, superior technicolour and wider technological resources, which therefore attracts talented actors, writers and directors (Swkirk, 2014). The United States film industry was and continues to be the most advanced and successful in the world. In 1952, it was estimated that almost 75% of screened films were American, and another 18% of the remainder were British (Skwirk, 2014). The influx of Hollywood produced films first hit Australia post World War 2. The American film industry is a dominant force that has continued to be an opposing competitor to the Australian film industry, in addition to many other countries around the world.