James later comes across a homestead being attacked by Aboriginals and discovers Biddy mortally wounded, and her husband dead – but her baby is still alive.

Heritage was originally conceived in 1933, while Charles Chauvel was organising publicity for his previous film, In the Wake of the Bounty.

Chauvel declared his intentions to enter the competition, and conceived a large-scale historical drama, spanning 150 years of Australian history, to maximise his likelihood of winning.

It would cover Australian history form the arrival of Captain Cook to the Great Depression.

[6] Chauvel announced plans to hold a Miss NSW competition to promote the movie.

Extensive research was undertaken to ensure that props, costumes, hairstyles and music were accurate to their historical settings.

[17] Heritage was first released on 13 April 1935, and distributed by Universal Films through the General Theatres Corporation.

There were allegations that the Deputy Premier of New South Wales had shares in Expeditionary Films Ltd, and that was why the government was supporting the introduction of a quota.

[21] Heritage was received with mixed success in England, but was profitable in the United States for an American distributor who had cheaply purchased the distribution rights for $300.