''The Drover's Sweetheart'' is a 1911 film from the team of Agnes and

John Gavin John A. Gavin (born Juan Vincent Apablasa; April 8, 1931 – February 9, 2018) was an American actor who was the president of the Screen Actors Guild (1971–73), and the United States Ambassador to Mexico (1981–86). Among the films he appeared ...

. It was the first film they made for their own production company after leaving

Stanley Crick Stanley Sadler Crick (9 October 1888 – 1955) was an Australian film producer, distributor and politician. He joined the Melbourne office of Pathe Freres and became manager of the Sydney branch in 1909. He went into production, first in partner ...

and

Herbert Finlay Herbert Finlay was an Australian producer, photographer and exhibitor. He initially worked in films as a photographer and exhibitor of news items in Melbourne in the late 1890s. He helped tour ''The Story of the Kelly Gang'' (1907) and joined Path ...

on 19 July 1911 and seems to have been made at Gavin's new studios at Waverly. Very little is known about the movie, which is considered a

lost film A lost film is a feature or short film that no longer exists in any studio archive, private collection, public archive or the U.S. Library of Congress. Conditions During most of the 20th century, U.S. copyright law required at least one copy o ...

. It is not certain if it was ever even released commercially.Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, ''Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production'', Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 22. The film was supposed to be followed by another from Gavin called ''The Lubra's Revenge'' but is unclear if this was made.

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* 1911 films Australian black-and-white films Australian silent feature films Films directed by John Gavin Lost Australian films {{Australia-silent-film-stub