Miles Franklin’s name is inseparable from Australian
literature. She’s a late 1800s bush girl who told a
bold story of marriage rejection (My Brilliant Career)
that went global. And it continues to captivate audiences today
(see: the new Netflix adaptation by the same name).
Everyone read the book as semi-autobiographical, with its
protagonist, Sybylla, standing in for a young, flirty Miles. But
how much more is there to Miles Franklin’s story beyond
this juicy novel?
On this first part of her story, Alecia and Leigh explore the
temptations Miles Franklin faced as a writer and a woman, and the
many other lives she lived beyond Sybylla’s.
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Davies, Kerrie. Miles Franklin Undercover, Sydney: Allen &
Unwin, 2025
Hosted by Alecia Simmonds and Leigh Boucher
Supervising Producer: Hannah Reich
Producer: Hannah Jose
Video producer: Christian Harimanow
Executive Producers: Clare Rawlinson and Eric George
Head of ABC Audio on Demand: Jessica Radburn
Theme: Martin Peralta
Artwork: Gabriel Virata-Alves
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