My Brilliant Career
 
"My Brilliant Career" is the story of Sybylla, a headstrong young girl growing up in early 20th century Australia. Sybylla rejects the opportunity to marry a wealthy young man in order to maintain her independence. As a consequence she must take a job as a governess to a local family to which her father is indebted. "My Brilliant Career" is an early romantic novel by this popular Australian author.
 
Childhood at Brindabella
 
This delightful autobiography is the story of Miles Franklin's first ten years, spent partly on her parents' station in the mountain valley of Brindabella, not far from the present Canberra. It is the world of high places and graceful living which she portrayed in her novels, here recaptured with unfaltering warmth and simplicity. Unquestionably the most charming of Miles Franklin's writings, CHILDHOOD AT BRINDABELLA was written in 1952-53, but not published until her death in 1954.