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''Moora Neya, or the Message of the Spear'' is a 1911 Australian silent film which was the first Australian movie to emphasise aboriginal people. It was described by a contemporary newspaper report as "on the same lines as the Indian cowboy pictures with which the public are familiar, except that it is a colonial production, and blackfellows are substituted for Indians." It is considered a lost film. ==Plot== The plot consists of 41 scenes and appears to be an original written for the screen. On a station west of the Darling River, Harry Earl is in love with the station owner's daughter. The evil manager makes advances on her but Earl beats him up. The overseer urges some local Aborigines to kill Earl but one of them, Budgerie, alerts the station men by writing a message on a spear. The stockmen ride to the rescue and save Earl just as the Aborigines are about to perform a "Death Dance" around him. The overseer is killed and Earl is reunited with his love.〔Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, ''Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production'', Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 21〕 The main chapter headings were: *The attack on the Hut *Harry teaches the Overseer a lesson *A horrible revenge: the Overseer arranges with the abotiginals to kill Harry *To save her sweetheart *Arrival of the Police *Lovers re-united. 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「Moora Neya, or The Message of the Spear」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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