Miles Franklin's Goulburn: A Self-guided Walking Tour

In 1889, at the age of 9, Stella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin, better known as author Miles Franklin, move with her family to 'Stillwater', a property at Thornford in an area also known as Bangalore. It lies some 20 kilometres southeast of the city of Goulburn. She lived within the district for the next 13 years.

Her experience of the Goulburn district during the great drought of the 1890s seems to have provided the catalyst for Miles to write her first book 'My Brilliant Career' at age 18. It was published in 1901. In 1902, she wrote 'My Career Goes Bung' (not published until 1946), and in 1903, Miles penned her first draft of 'Cockatoos' (published 1954 under the pseudonym Brent of Bin Bin). By the end of 1903, Miles had left Thornford, seeking work and new experiences in Sydney, Melbourne and ultimately america.

This self-guided walking tour commemorates Miles' years in the Goulburn district and features many of the sites mentioned in relation to Miles, identifies places quoted in her books and hightlights other that she would have recognised in her numerous trips to the city.