Possum Gully
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Possum Gully is the rural Australian bush setting that serves as the impoverished family home and formative backdrop for Sybylla Melvyn in Miles Franklin’s novel "My Brilliant Career."
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional place
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literary setting ⓘ rural locality ⓘ |
| appearsIn | My Brilliant Career NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter | Sybylla Melvyn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorOfWorkWhereAppears | Miles Franklin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| culturalContext | colonial Australia ⓘ |
| describedAs |
impoverished family home
ⓘ
rural Australian bush setting ⓘ |
| economicCondition | impoverished ⓘ |
| environmentType | bush ⓘ |
| hasSignificance | symbol of constraint and limited opportunity for the heroine ⓘ |
| inhabitedBy | Sybylla Melvyn’s family ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Australian bush realism ⓘ |
| locatedInFictionalRegion | New South Wales bush ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
contrasts with more affluent environments in the novel
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shapes protagonist’s ambitions and frustrations ⓘ |
| roleInWork | formative backdrop for Sybylla Melvyn ⓘ |
| settingFor | early life of Sybylla Melvyn ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
female independence
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poverty ⓘ rural hardship ⓘ social isolation ⓘ |
| workGenre |
Australian novel
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coming-of-age fiction ⓘ |
| workLanguage | English ⓘ |
| workPublicationYear | 1901 ⓘ |
| workTitle | My Brilliant Career NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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