After the success of this novel, its author wrote a number of works under the unusual pseudonym "Brent of Bin Bin". A character in this novel hits a man in the face with a riding whip despite having agreed to marry him, then only accepts a ring from him with the condition of a three-month probationary period. The protagonist of this novel is distressed by the dirtiness of Barney's Gap, where she serves as a governess to the M'Swat family. Its main character rejects proposals from Everard Grey, Frank Hawden, and her one true love, Harold Beecham. Followed forty-five years later by a sequel in which the title thing "goes bung", this novel was published with the aid of the poet Henry Lawson, and its success allowed the
After the success of this novel, its author wrote a number of works under the unusual pseudonym "Brent of Bin Bin". A character in this novel hits a man in the face with a riding whip despite having agreed to marry him, then only accepts a ring from him with the condition of a three-month probationary period. The protagonist of this novel is distressed by the dirtiness of Barney's Gap, where she serves as a governess to the M'Swat family. Its main character rejects proposals from Everard Grey, Frank Hawden, and her one true love, Harold Beecham. Followed forty-five years later by a sequel in which the title thing "goes bung", this novel was published with the aid of the poet Henry Lawson, and its success allowed the author to fund a prize that was first won by Patrick White. For 10 points, name this novel titled for Sybylla Melvyn's dreams of being a writer, the most famous novel by the Australian woman Miles Franklin.