Miles Franklin’s other brilliant career

Miles Franklin is famous for her book ‘My Brilliant Career’, but what is less well-known is the fact she went undercover for a year as a domestic servant to investigate the working and living conditions of domestic staff.

A room made of leaves

The newest novel from the author of The Secret River is an imagined diary, detailing the ‘true’ story of Elizabeth Macarthur.

Remembering Australia’s first female ‘undercover’ journalist

A passionate crusader for the rights of women and children, Catherine Hay Thomson went undercover to investigate their treatment in public institutions and testified before a Royal Commission.