The Sin of a Woman

The Sin of a Woman is a 1912 Australian silent film directed by Alfred Rolfe.

Dick Maxwell, a young man from Sydney, decides to move to the country for his health and gets a job as book keeper on Waroonga Station, near Orange, New South Wales. During his farewell dinner he becomes drunk and winds up getting married at a marriage shop to Tilly Farmfield, a young woman of doubtful character. After the ceremony, his friend Bob Lambert rescues Dick from Tilly as they arrive at the Night Birds Club. The next day Dick heads out to Waroonga, ignorant of the fact he is married.At the station, Dick falls for Clarice Inglehurst, his employers daughter, who feels the same way about him much to the anger of Martin Tracey, the station manager, who is in love with Clarice. While out riding, Dick comes across Geebung, an aboriginal who has been bitten by a snake, lying by the road side. Dick ties a ligature around Geebungs leg, and sends him home on his horse. Geebung arrives at the homestead immediately after Clarices rejection of Tracey, who vents his wrath on Geebung by whipping him. Dick arrives and rescues Geebung. Tracey is about to rush on Dick when Clarice interferes, asking for an explanation. Dick and Tracey remain silent, but Geebung tells her what happened. Tracey swears revenge on Dick. ........

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