Caloola, or The Adventures of a Jackeroo


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.
It is considered a lost film.

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.
Chapter headings were:
  • Falsely' accused, Dismissed,
  • A stranger in a strange land,
  • The Jackeroo,
  • At Caloola,
  • Mutual admiration,
  • The bush fire,
  • The' alarm,
  • At the point of death,
  • A timely rescue,
  • Love's awakening,
  • A cowardly assault,
  • Captured by Black,
  • Saved from a watery grave,
  • Off for the honeymoon.

Cast

Release

The movie was advertised as being available for release on 4 October 1911.
The bushfire sequence was heavily promoted in advertising.
One report said the film had been "a strong draw".