Stella was to later write about this time in her autobiography Childhood at Brindabella. She remembered well her extended family - her great-grandmother, Martha Bridle her grandmother's brothers and sisters whom she considered to be unofficial grandparents and the numerous brothers, sisters and cousins of her mother, all of whom lived in and around the Tumut district. Stella often stayed on extended visits with her grandmother, Sarah Lampe, no doubt bringing her childish charm to the old lady and amusement to her uncles and aunts. While the Franklin family lived at Brindabella, family visits to Talbingo and Tumut were frequent. Perhaps the choice of names shows the optimism of the family for this child's future. The little girl was given four names: Stella Maria Sarah Miles - one for herself, two for her grandmothers and the last for her great, great grandfather, Edward Miles, who had arrived on the First Fleet almost 90 years earlier. The baby arrived safely on 14 October 1879 as the eldest child of John Maurice Franklin and his wife, Susannah nee Lampe. In the middle months of 1879, Susannah Franklin made the arduous journey by horseback from her home in the remote Brindabella Valley to the safety and comfort of her mother's residence at Talbingo Station to await the birth of her first child. Stella Maria Sarah Miles FRANKLIN was bornĭeath of father John Maurice FRANKLIN (aged 83)ĭeath of mother Suzannah Margaret Eleanor LAMPE (aged 87)
at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia aged 75Įvents in Stella Maria Sarah Miles FRANKLIN (1879 - 1954)'s life at Talbingo, New South Wales, Australiaĭ. Suzannah Margaret Eleanor LAMPE (1850 - 1938)ī. Stella Maria Sarah Miles FRANKLIN (1879 - 1954)Īuthor, feminist, published My Brilliant Career, sponsor of Miles Franklin Award for Australian Literature Stella Maria Sarah Miles FRANKLIN (1879 - 1954)
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