The Colleen Bawn (1911 Australian film)

The Colleen Bawn is a 1911 Australian silent film directed by Gaston Mervale starring Louise Lovely.

Hardess Cregan is an impoverished Irish aristocrat whose mother wants him to marry Anne Chute, an heiress, in order to restore the family fortunes.

Hardess' servant Danny (James Martin) tries to murder the girl but she is rescued by a villager and hidden away.

A cliff and a cave on Sydney harbour were used for the scene of the attempted murder and the rescue of the colleen.

The rest of the movie was shot in the studio of Australian Life Biograph Company in Manly.