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My ___MASK80___ Career is a 1901 novel written by Miles Franklin . It is the first of many novels by Stella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin ( 1879  1954 ), one of the major Australian writers of her ___MASK92___ . It was written while she was still a teenager , as a romance to amuse her friends . Franklin submitted the manuscript to Henry Lawson who contributed a preface and took it to his own publishers in Edinburgh . The popularity of the novel in Australia and the perceived closeness of many of the characters to her own family and circumstances as small farmers in New South Wales near Goulburn caused Franklin a great deal of distress and led her to withdrawing the novel from publication until after her death . Tim ( Timothy John ) Winton ( born 4 ___MASK16___ 1960 ) is a multi - ___MASK78___ winning Australian writer of novels , children ' s books , non - ___MASK29___ books and short stories . Monica Elizabeth Jolley AO ( 4 ___MASK97___ 1923  13 February 2007 ) was an English - born writer who settled in Western Australia in the late 1950s . She was 53 when her first ___MASK37___ was published , and she went on to publish fifteen novels ( including an autobiographical trilogy ), four short story collections and three non - fiction books , publishing well into her 70s and achieving significant critical acclaim . She was also a pioneer of creative writing teaching in Australia , counting many well - known writers such as Tim Winton among her students at Curtin University . Stella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin , known as Miles Franklin ( 14 ___MASK15___ 187919 ___MASK49___ 1954 ) was an Australian writer and feminist who is best known for her novel " My ___MASK80___ Career ", self - published in 1901 . While she wrote throughout her life , her other major literary success , " All That Swagger ", was not published until 1936 . The Well is a Miles Franklin ___MASK78___ winning novel by Australian author Elizabeth Jolley . It tells the story of two women , Hester and her young ward Katherine , and their relationship with one another . Hester , who has lived alone on a farm with her father for many years , is possessive of the much younger Katherine . The relationship between the two women becomes strained after an incident where Katherine hits a mysterious creature with the roo bar on their four - wheel drive . It is left unclear whether the creature is an animal or an intruder who has stolen a large sum of money from the house . When Katherine begins to hear voices from the well and becomes racked with guilt , Hester goes to extreme measures to maintain her influence over her young ward . In 1997 a film of the same name was adapted from this novel . The film was directed by Samantha Lang , from a screenplay by Laura Jones and featured Pamela Rabe and Miranda Otto . The Miles Franklin Literary ___MASK78___ is an annual literary prize awarded to " a novel which is of the highest literary merit and presents Australian life in any of its phases ". The ___MASK78___ was set up according to the ___MASK33___ of Miles Franklin ( 1879  1954 ), who is best known for writing the Australian classic " My Brilliant Career " ( published in 1901 ) and for bequeathing her estate to fund this ___MASK78___ . As of 2016 , the ___MASK78___ is valued A $ 60 , 000 . Curtin ___MASK86___ ( a trademark of Curtin ___MASK86___ of Technology ) is an Australian public research ___MASK86___ based in Bentley , Perth , Western Australia . The ___MASK86___ is named after the 14th Prime ___MASK83___ of Australia , John Curtin , and is the largest ___MASK86___ in Western Australia , with over 50 , 000 students ( as of 2014 ) at locations including Perth , Margaret ___MASK72___ , Kalgoorlie , Malaysia and Singapore .