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Disney Studios Australia

Logo: The Walt Disney Company, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Australian film and television production facility owned by Disney (1998-present)

Disney Studios Australia (formerly known as Fox Studios Australia) is a motion picture and television production facility in Sydney that has operated as part of The Walt Disney Company since 2019. Occupying the site of the former Sydney Showground at Moore Park, the studio was created in May 1998 by the now-defunct News Corporation, later split into 21st Century Fox, which Disney acquired in 2019.2 It is part of Walt Disney Studios.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

May 1998Founded1

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Fox Studios Australia 1
Photo: J Bar, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons5

Disney Studios Australia (formerly known as Fox Studios Australia) is a motion picture and television production facility in Sydney that has operated as part of The Walt Disney Company since 2019.2

Corporate structure

Disney Studios Australia is part of a group headed by Walt Disney Studios. 4 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

Prior to 1998, the Studio's site was host to Sydney's Royal Easter Show – the largest event held in Australia, and the sixth largest in the world. In 1881, the New South Wales Government provided land for the Royal Agricultural Society at Moore Park where the show was held for 16 years. From 1902 to 1919, the site expanded to the south and from 1920 to 1937, the Moore Park Showground expanded to the north. In 1998, the Show moved to a new showground and the former Sydney Showground at Moore Park became the home to Fox Studios Australia.

The 132,000 square metre (32 acre) site includes eight stages, production offices and heavy industrial workshops, and a community of over 60 independent businesses. These businesses provide services such as equipment hire, travel and freight, casting, postproduction, and explosives/pyrotechnic factory, adjoining residential properties.

Disney Studios Australia houses post-production specialists in film editing, sound re-recording and sound.

From Wikipedia’s article on Disney Studios Australia, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Products and brands

The studio has been involved in a number of movies and television shows including:

From Wikipedia’s article on Disney Studios Australia, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Owners

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. May 1998Founded Founded1

Sources

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