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The Breaking of the Drought

1920-01-01 Drama 1hr 27m

Wallaby Station in the outback is devastated by drought. The sheep are starving, but Jo Galloway (Charles Beetham) and his wife (Nan Taylor) battle on. Their son Gilbert (Rawdon Blandford) falls in with the wrong crowd while studying medicine in Sydney: conman Varsy Lyddleton (John Faulkner) and the seductress Olive Lorette (Marie La Varre). Gilbert forges his mother’s cheques to pay for Olive’s favours, ruining the family. A bank takes ‘friendly possession’ of Wallaby Station. Gilbert’s sister Marjorie (Trilby Clark) keeps her brother out of jail, but he becomes a tramp, after Lyddleton murders Olive and kills himself. Marjorie’s suitor Tom Wattleby (Dunstan Webb) saves Gilbert from a bushfire, just as the drought breaks, restoring the family’s fortunes. Marjorie and Tom can now wed, as the sheep and cattle fatten on rich pasture.

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The Breaking of the Drought

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Wallaby Station in the outback is devastated by drought. The sheep are starving, but Jo Galloway (Charles Beetham) and his wife (Nan Taylor) battle on. Their son Gilbert (Rawdon Blandford) falls in with the wrong crowd while studying medicine in Sydney: conman Varsy Lyddleton (John Faulkner) and the seductress Olive Lorette (Marie La Varre). Gilbert forges his mother’s cheques to pay for Olive’s favours, ruining the family. A bank takes ‘friendly possession’ of Wallaby Station. Gilbert’s sister Marjorie (Trilby Clark) keeps her brother out of jail, but he becomes a tramp, after Lyddleton murders Olive and kills himself. Marjorie’s suitor Tom Wattleby (Dunstan Webb) saves Gilbert from a bushfire, just as the drought breaks, restoring the family’s fortunes. Marjorie and Tom can now wed, as the sheep and cattle fatten on rich pasture.

  • Released
    1920-01-01
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  • Runtime
    1hr 27m
  • Genre
    Drama
  • Status
    Released
  • Language
    No Language
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  • Production
    Golden Wattle Films

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Franklyn Barrett
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Cast

Charles Beetham

Charles Beetham

Jo Galloway
Nan Taylor

Nan Taylor

Mrs. Galloway
Rawdon Blandford

Rawdon Blandford

Gilbert Galloway
Trilby Clark

Trilby Clark

Marjorie Galloway
Dunstan Webb

Dunstan Webb

Tom Wattleby
Ethel Henry

Ethel Henry

Molly Henderson
Marie La Varre

Marie La Varre

Olive Lorette
John Faulkner

John Faulkner

Varsy Lyddleton

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