Franklin, Miles, 1879-1954

Miles Franklin was born in 1879, a fifth-generation Australian, and grew up on grazing properties run by her family in the Monaro region of New South Wales. At nineteen, she wrote 'My Brilliant Career', an important study of the opportunities and expectations faced by young Australian women in the 1890s. She left Australia in 1906, travelling first to America and then to England. During the 1920s in England, she wrote pseudonymously a series of six well-received novels. In 1932 Franklin returned to Australia permanently, continuing her important contributions to the promotion and development of Australian literature. She died in 1954.

From the description of From my notebook, 1950 [manuscript]. 1950. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 506388533

Born in Australia, lived in U.S.A., 1906-1917, where she became an active member of the National Women's Trade Union League of America. She edited its publication, Life and Labor, 1913, 1915-1916, and held various honorary positions.

From the description of Papers collected by Bruce Sutherland [manuscript]. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225791040

Stella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin, author, born in Talbingo, NSW. In 1906 she went to Chicago; in 1915 to England, and returned to Sydney in 1927.

From the description of Letters from Edith Lyttleton. ca. 1924-1933. (National Library of New Zealand - Wellington Service Centre). WorldCat record id: 228148472

Stella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin was born on 14 October 1879 at Talbingo, N.S.W. She lived for many years in the U.S.A. and England before settling permanently in Australia in 1933. Several novels were published under her pseudonym of "Brent of Bin Bin". Old Blastus of Bandicoot was written in her own name.

From the description of Papers of Miles Franklin, 1887-[ca. 1931]. 1887-[ca. 1931] (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 219985821

Stella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin, author, born in Talbingo, N.S.W. In 1906 she went to Chicago; in 1915 to England, and returned to Sydney in 1927.

From the description of Letters to, and from, Edith Lyttleton. 1927-[1941?] (National Library of New Zealand - Wellington Service Centre). WorldCat record id: 228148475

Stella Marion Sarah Miles Franklin was born on 14 October 1879 at Talbingo, N.S.W. My Brilliant Career, her first novel, was published in 1901. For many years she lived in the U.S.A. and then in England. She returned to Australia permanently in 1933. She wrote many works under the pseudonym of "Brent of Bin Bin". A satire, Pioneers on Parade (1939), was written in collaboration with Dymphna Cusack, and a literary biography, Joseph Furphy, the Legend of a Man and his Book (1944), was written with Kate Baker.

From the description of Papers [manuscript]. 1877-1933. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225712302