My Brilliant Career
Sybylla Melvyn, sixteen, restless and fiercely independent, refuses to settle for the life expected of a bush girl.
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- In Australia
Miles Franklin (author) died in 1954. Australian copyright then lasted 50 years after the author's death, so it ended on 31 December 2004. The 2005 extension to 70 years did not revive copyright that had already expired.
Henry Lawson (preface) died in 1922. Australian copyright then lasted 50 years after the author's death, so it ended on 31 December 1972. The 2005 extension to 70 years did not revive copyright that had already expired.
- In the United States
First published in 1901. In the United States, works published before 1 January 1931 are in the public domain.
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rights.json, checked 2026-10-19. Death dates: Miles Franklin (Wikidata, catalogue); Henry Lawson (Wikidata, catalogue). First publication: reference.
