The plot focuses on a famous sculptor, Gustaf Borgstrom (played by Jean Hersholt). He hires a chorus girl, Ardell Kendall (played by Lillian Rich). When Donald Dillingham (played by Cullen Landis) marries the chorus girl, his wealthy parents disown him.
The film is set in 1820s New South Wales. Two transported convicts,George Worrall and Frederick Fisher, are released and take up farms at Campbelltown. They are both successful and become friends. Worrall persuades Fisher to go on a trip to England and says he will manage Fisher's farm. A few months later, Worrall goes to an estate agent with a letter from Fisher saying that he has decided to stay in England and has instructed Worrall to sell his farm.