| The Golden West | |
| Director: | George Young |
| Cinematography: | Lacey Percival |
| Studio: | Australian Film Syndicate |
| Runtime: | 2,500 feet[1] |
| Language: | Silent film English intertitles |
| Country: | Australia |
The Golden West is an Australian film directed by George Young set in the Australian goldfields. It is considered a lost film.
"A sensational story of the West Australian goldfields in the 70s."[2]
This was the first movie from the Australian Film Syndicate, which was formed in early 1911 with the financial backing of a draper, doctor and squatter from Goulburn. Their low-budget films were directed by George Young and their technical department was run by Jack Wainwright and Lacey Percival.
The company ran out of a small studio and laboratory in North Sydney but did not last long due to poor financial returns for their movies.[3]