Caloola, or The Adventures of a Jackeroo

Caloola, or The Adventures of a Jackeroo
Directed by Alfred Rolfe
Based on novel Caloola by Clement Pratt[1]
Production
company
Release dates
 20 November 1911
Running time
 2,000 feet[2]
Country Australia
Language Silent film
English intertitles

Caloola, or The Adventures of a Jackeroo is a 1911 Australian silent film directed by Alfred Rolfe based on a novel published the previous year by Clement Pratt.[3][4]

It is considered a lost film.[5]

Plot

An Englishman, Charlie Hargreaves, is falsely accused of an embezzlement and goes to Australia, where he finds work as a jackeroo at Caloola Station. He falls in love with Hilda, the station owner's daughter, but they are both captured by aboriginals.

The girl's parents arrange a search party and come to the rescue, but the chief of the tribe takes the girl. He is about to throw her over a cliff when the jackeroo comes to the rescue. He encounters a bushfire and manages to escape death in a watery grave.[6][7]

Cast

Release

The bushfire sequence was heavily promoted in advertising.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "A BUSH DRAMA.". The Register (Adelaide: National Library of Australia). 13 August 1910. p. 4. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
  2. ↑ "EMPRESS OPEN-AIR GARDEN.". Williamstown Chronicle (Vic.: National Library of Australia). 4 November 1911. p. 3. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
  3. ↑ ""CALOOLA.".". The Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW: National Library of Australia). 13 August 1910. p. 5. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
  4. ↑ "ON AN AUSTRALIAN STATION.". Western Mail (Perth: National Library of Australia). 24 September 1910. p. 50. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
  5. ↑ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p 28
  6. ↑ "SAYERS'S PICTURES.". The Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW: National Library of Australia). 26 January 1912. p. 1. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
  7. ↑ "EARL'S COURT.". The Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld.: National Library of Australia). 5 June 1912. p. 8. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
  8. ↑ "Advertising.". The Advertiser (Adelaide: National Library of Australia). 15 January 1912. p. 2. Retrieved 21 February 2012.

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