Directed by Phil K. Walsh Starring Molly O'Donohue Initial release 1925 | Written by Phil K. Walsh Release date 25 September 1925 | |
Based on poems of Patrick Joseph Hartigan Productioncompany Phil K. Walsh Productions Similar The Man from Snowy Ri, Desert Gold, Robbery Under Arms, The Adventures of Algy | ||
Around the boree log my country australia
Around the Boree Log is a 1925 Australian silent film adapted from the poems of "John O'Brien" (Patrick Joseph Hartigan). It tells stories of a priest's life around the 1870s in the Goulburn area.
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- Around the boree log my country australia
- Around the boree log 1933 by moreno hartigan
- Plot
- Cast
- Production
- Release
- References
Unlike many Australian silent films, a copy of it survives today.
Around the boree log 1933 by moreno hartigan
Plot
A priest reads from the book of poems by John O'Brien and recalls his earlier life in the country. He remembers travelling hawkers, his first school, a bishop inspection, childhood romance, and the marriage of a girl to another man.
Cast
Production
The movie was shot on location in the New South Wales bush, mostly at the Wollondilly River area near Goulburn, in early 1925. The director had previously worked as an assistant on While the Billy Boils (1921) and would direct The Birth of White Australia (1928). He also tried to make a film of the novel Love Blind but was unable to raise finance.
Most of the cast were anonymous people who lived in the area.
Release
The film met with resistance from distributors who felt it was Roman Catholic propaganda. It was also criticised for having little plot and consisting mostly of a travelogue of scenery and incidents in the country.
However it did screen throughout Australia.