| Down Under | |
| Starring: | Harry Southwell Nancy Mills |
| Cinematography: | Lacey Percival Cliff Thomas |
| Studio: | Anglo-Australian Films |
| Language: | Silent film English intertitles |
| Country: | Australia |
Down Under is an Australian feature-length film directed by Harry Southwell. It was the first full-length feature film made in Western Australia.[1] It featured the outback, as well as Perth and Kings Park.
An Australian vagabond, Walter Nobbage, has a series of adventures, including a trotting race meeting, a cattle muster and an aboriginal corroboree. Nobbage's sweetheart dies and he sacrifices his life for the safe her his dead sweetheart's little boy.[2]
The film was financed by West Australian businessmen and shot in that state at Erlistoun Station, Laverton and Perth.[4] [5]
Southwell claimed at the time he had a contract to make six films for distribution in Britain.[6]
It was the first and only production of Anglo-Australian Films.[7]
It premiered on 4 September 1929 in Perth at the Majestic Theatre.[1] The film appears never to have received a commercial release in Britain[7]
Southwell attempted to set up another company in Australia, Western Southwell Productions, aiming to make a £4,000 movie called Gold. This film was never made.[8]