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{{Infobox film
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| studio = [[Australian Photo-Play Company]]
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| released = 11 September 1911<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15272849 |title=VICTORIA THEATRE. |newspaper=[[Sydney_morning_herald|The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954)]] |location=NSW |date=9 September 1911 |accessdate=9 November 2014 |page=13 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
| runtime = 3,000 feet<ref name="wood">{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article120694731 |title=Advertising. |newspaper=[[The_Sunday_Times_(Sydney,_Australia)|Sunday Times (Sydney, NSW : 1895 - 1930)]] |location=Sydney, NSW |date=10 September 1911 |accessdate=9 November 2014 |page=2 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
| language = [[Silent film]]<br>English intertitles
| country = Australia
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'''''Mates
It is considered a [[lost film]] and was arguably the first Australian war film.<ref name="pike">Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, ''Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production'', Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998,23</ref>
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Two friends who live near the [[Murrumbidgee River]] that wind up fighting in the [[Second Boer War]] for the [[New South Wales Lancers]]. The two friends fall in love with the same girl. The girl ends up poisoning herself and one of the friends shoots the other.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article120030870 |title=BROADWAY THEATRE. |newspaper=[[Empire (newspaper)|Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 - 1931)]] |location=Sydney, NSW |date=28 August 1911 |accessdate=12 September 2013 |page=4 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
The film includes a charge at [[Majuba Hill]] (even though that took place during the [[First Boer War]])
It also included a triumphant return to Sydney.<ref name="pike"/><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article50498990 |title=ENGLISH AMUSEMENT COMPANY. |newspaper=[[The Examiner (Tasmania)|Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954)]] |location=Launceston, Tas. |date=21 October 1911 |accessdate=21 February 2012 |page=5 Edition: DAILY |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> A con
==Cast==
*[[Charles Villiers (actor)|Charles Villiers]]
==Release==
The film was released on a double bill with ''Fighting Blood'', an American Western.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article120694779 |title=VICTORIA THEATRE. |newspaper=[[The_Sunday_Times_(Sydney,_Australia)|Sunday Times (Sydney, NSW : 1895 - 1930)]] |location=Sydney, NSW |date=10 September 1911 |accessdate=9 November 2014 |page=2 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> It was accompanied by a lecturer who would explain the plot; for many screenings, this was the noted comedian Charles Woods.<ref name="wood"/>
==References==
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