''The Drover's Sweetheart'' is a 1911 film from the team of Agnes and John Gavin. It was the first film they made for their own production company after leaving Stanley Crick and Herbert Finlay on 19 July 1911 and seems to have been made at Gavin's new studios at Waverly. He paid for advertisements saying it was the first film he made after leaving the Australian Photoplay COmpany. Very little is known about the movie, which is considered a

lost film A lost film is a feature film, feature or short film in which the original negative or copies are not known to exist in any studio archive, private collection, or public archive. Films can be wholly or partially lost for a number of reasons. ...

. It is not certain if it was ever even released commercially. It appears to have received some screenings in 1912. The film was supposed to be followed by another from Gavin called ''The Lubra's Revenge'' but is unclear if this was made. It may have a link with the Australian play '' The Drover's Sweetheart'' and/or the poem by Henry Lawson of the same name.

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* 1911 films 1911 lost films 1910s Australian films 1910s English-language films Australian black-and-white films Australian silent feature films Films directed by John Gavin Lost Australian films {{Australia-silent-film-stub