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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.[4][5]

Caloola, or The Adventures of a Jackeroo
Directed by	Alfred Rolfe
Based on	novel Caloola by Clement Pratt[1]
Production company	Australian Photo-Play Company
Release date	16 October 1911[2]
Running time	2,000 feet[3]
Country	Australia
Languages	Silent film English intertitles

It is considered a lost film.[6][7]

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.[8][9][10]

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.[11]

Cast

• Charles Villiers

Release

The movie was advertised as being available for release on 4 October 1911.[12]

The bushfire sequence was heavily promoted in advertising.[13]

One report said the film had been "a strong draw".[14]

References

External links

• Caloola, or The Adventures of a Jackeroo at IMDb
• Caloola, or the Adventures of a Jackeroo film at AustLit
• Original novel at AustLit

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