Heritage
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In colonial Australia, James Morrison is a young teamster who has two friends, Long and Short. He is betrothed to Jane Judd when he visits Sydney and meets fiery Irish girl Biddy O'Shea, who is just off the "wife ship" – a boatload of women from an Irish orphanage bought out to Australia. James is attracted to Biddy and promises to marry her. James returns to Bathurst to break the news to Jane, but his mother dies and makes James promise to marry her daughter. He feels obliged to honour his old commitment to Jane.
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Cast
11 people
Frank Harvey
Governor Arthur Phillip
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A Ticket in Tatts
Franklyn Bennett
James Morrison
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Margot Rhys
Jane Judd
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Uncivilised
Peggy Maguire
Biddy O'Shea
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Harold Meade
Frank Parry
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A Ticket in Tatts
Lord Camber's Ladies
Joe Valli
Short
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Diggers in Blighty
Norman French
Governor Lachlan Macquarie
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Venus of the South Seas
Waltzing Matilda
Leonard Stephens
Greenway
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Austin Milroy
Major Ross
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Ivanhoe
Victor Fitzherbert
William Wentworth
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Uncivilised
Godfrey Cass
Harding
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The Kelly Gang
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Charles Chauvel Director · Tasman Higgins Cinematographer Arthur Higgins Cinematographer
First release April 13, 1935 · Produced in Australia
Production
Expeditionary Films
Production
Australia
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Australia · April 13, 1935
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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