Heritage (1935 film)

Heritage is a 1935 Australian historical film directed by Charles Chauvel.

Biddy hears of the news and marries an exconvict, James Parry, who she does not love. They start a farm and have a baby son together, Jack. James later comes across a homestead being attacked by aboriginals and discovers Biddy mortally wounded, and her husband dead but her baby is still alive. James raises the baby as his own. Frank Parry grows up as brother with Tom, the son of James and Jane.Heritage was originally conceived in 1933, while Charles Chauvel was organising publicity for his previous film, In the Wake of the Bounty. The Australian government, in a bid to encourage the local film industry, announced the Commonwealth Prize, an award of 2,500 to the best Australianmade film. Chauvel declared his intentions to enter the competition, and conceived a largescale historical drama, spanning 150 years of Australian history, to maximise his likelihood of winning. ........

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