Northern Safari

Northern Safari
US poster
Directed byKeith Adams
Written byKeith Adams
Produced byKeith Adams
StarringKeith Adams, Audrey Adams, Margaret Adams
Narrated byKeith Adams
CinematographyAudrey Adams, Keith Adams, Margaret Adams
Edited byKeith Adams
Distributed bySelf-distributed
Release date
  • 1956 (1956)
Running time
121 minutes (theatrical) / 90 minutes (original cut)
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

Northern Safari is a 1956 Australian documentary film produced, directed and narrated by adventurer Keith Adams. Shot on a family expedition from Perth to the Gulf of Carpentaria in 1955, it is widely regarded as Australia’s first feature-length nature-adventure documentary, a template later echoed by the Leyland Brothers, Malcolm Douglas, Harry Butler and Steve Irwin.