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

 * Charles Villiers

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".