It was a melodrama set during the "Ned Kelly era"[2] about an orphaned girl raised by a policeman in the bush.

Mr & Mrs Brown die in the accident but their daughter Winnie survives and is found by two boys, Glen O'Brien (Jimmy McMahon) and his aboriginal friend Moori (Reg Quartly).

As the years pass Glen O'Brien (now played by Gordon Collingridge) follows family tradition and pursues a career in the Police Force.

Gavin made the film after spending several years in Hollywood, and was reunited with his old associate Herbert Finlay.

Together they formed Australian Artists Company to make the movie, which was originally shot under the title The Key of Fate.

"[5] However, when the movie was officially released critical response was poor, the reviewer from the Sydney Morning Herald stating that "it has the faults of some Australian productions, and few of the virtues.

"[7] Another critic from the same paper thought that: The story wanders vaguely on; the actors key themselves up to tremendous emotional stress over situations that are not essentially dramatic; and there Is no sense of proportion whatever.