[2][3] Bill Jones is an Aussie who leaves to serve in World War I in 1917, promising to return to his girlfriend Winnie.

The publicity-shy Earl is not happy to discover that Sydney newspapers have made his visit to Australia widely known.

When the boat arrives in Sydney, Bill struggles to impersonate a member of the British aristocracy and encounters difficulties from Captain Halliday.

[5] Shooting began in January 1924 at the Rushcutters Bay studio and on location around Sydney, including in the Domain, near Mrs. Macquarie's Chair, on the Osterley, at Surry Hills, and at Victoria Park racecourse.

[7]Screenings of the film were often accompanied with a personal appearance by Arthur Tauchert and a song composed by Emmanuel Aarons with lyrics by Beaumont Smith, "Australia Means Heaven to Me".