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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. It is considered a lost film.〔Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, ''Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production'', Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p 28〕 ==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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Caloola, or The Adventures of a Jackeroo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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