"[1] Another review said "The novel is not a Bush story in the generally accepted sense, and is almost womanless; but it is an arresting picture of Central Australian outposts that men, at least, will relish.
[9]The movie was meant to be the first shot at Efftee's new studio at Wattle Path Palais, St Kilda, Melbourne.
[13] Thring stated, "1 shall present a cast of male actors many of whom are already familiar on the English screen, such as Frank Harvey, Henry Wenman, Claude Flemming and Harold B. Meade.
Thring suffered from exhaustion, several crew members narrowly escaped death in a tent fire, and cattle mustering scenes were delayed due to communication difficulties.
[25] Thring later decided to abandon production (and postpone all his other planned movies) due to uncertainty about whether the Goveernment would introduce a quota for Australian pictures.
"[26] In 1936 Thring announced Sheepmates would be one of several novels he was taking with him to Hollywood, with a view to having American writers adapt them into screenplay form, suggesting he still intended to use the footage he had shot.