A Romance of the Burke and Wills Expedition of 1860

Although he reaches the Gulf of Carpentaria along with Wills and King when they return to their base at Cooper Creek they discover their comrades have left without them.

[7] Chapter headings included: According to the Argus "Believing that - something was needed to lighten the tragedy of the story, the producers have introduced a certain number of fictional scenes relating to the days of preparation, and have thus brought in a love interest.

"[19] According to the Sydney Sun: Even without the aid of romantic trimmings this story of an ill-fated expedition offers abundant material for a picture of great historic and dramatic significance.

It sketches lightly for juvenile minds the salient features of tho expedition, but Barely does justice to the memory of the Intrepid explorers.

At all events ho keeps tlio centre of tho stage and gets all tlie limelight, Burke and his companions appearing only as incidentals.

[20]The Perth Call said "The acting was hopeless, the thing was strung out with yards of foolish title, the story was padded with minuet dances, and incidents that had no bearing on the theme, and the actually "bush" scenes looked as if they had been enacted with the utmost hardship in the fastnesses of Footscray.. it is a plain travesty on the name of decent filmdom.

"[21] Arthur Tinsdale had legal troubles with Francis Birtles about stolen films including On the Track of Burke and Wills.