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	Miles Franklin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Miles Franklin (born "Stella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin", October 14, 1879, died September 19, 1954) was an Australian writer.
		After its publication in 1901, Franklin tried a career in nursing, and then as a housemaid in Sydney and Melbourne.
		In 1906, Franklin moved to the USA and undertook secretarial work for Alice Henry, another Australian, at the National Women's Trade Union league in Chicago, and co-edited the league's magazine, Life and Labor.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Miles_Franklin (565 words)

	Franklin, Stella Maria ( Marian) Sarah Miles - Australian Women Biographical entry
		Miles Franklin’s place in Australian literary history was assured when on her death in 1954, she made provision for an award for Australian literature.
		Miles Franklin, the eldest child of John Maurice Franklin and Margaret Susannah Helena, nee Lampe, was educated at home and after 1889 at Thornford Public School, when the family moved to Stillwater.
		Franklin, Miles, All that swagger, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1936, 418 pp.
	www.womenaustralia.info /biogs/AWE1051b.htm (696 words)

	AustLit Agent
		Miles Franklin was born in 1879 near Tumut, New South Wales.
		A decline in profits and the increasingly poorer properties taken up by the Franklin family were a major influence on the young Miles, an influence that is reflected in her fiction.
		The Miles Franklin Award has become one of the most prestigious prizes in Australian literature, offering novelists and playwrights high esteem and (in 2001) a prize of $28,000.
	www.austlit.edu.au /common/samples/Franklin.htm (437 words)

	Miles Franklin School \| Home
		Miles Franklin School was established as a learning community in 1980.
		Parents, teachers and students came together to name the school after Miles Franklin, who is most noted for her work ‘My Brilliant Career’.
		Miles Franklin Primary School has a dedicated and professional team of teaching and non-teaching staff.
	www.mfps.act.edu.au (233 words)

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		Franklin and John Wilkinson arranged to go downtown one ~, riding in what was known as the New York Automobile, designed and built for the New York Automobile Co. by the Syracuse engineer.
		Franklin was first to use electric carburetor priming to speed up cold weather starting in 1921 and led in narrow steel pillar body front design in 1925.
		In fact, it is related that Franklin plant die-casting inventions in the aluminum field were turned over to the Aluminum Company of America as they were hit upon and Franklin paid $1 to the big company for a license to use patents on the inventions.
	www.franklincar.org /history3.htm (5010 words)

	Miles Franklin Literary Award (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The annual Miles Franklin Literary Award is one of the most illustrious events on the Australian literary calendar.
		Stella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin was born near Tumut in New South Wales in 1879.
		Kate Jennings, who was shortlisted for the 2003 Miles Franklin Literary Award and won the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction at the 2003 NSW Premier's Literary Awards for her novel Moral Hazard, says that the best novels don't always win literary awards but acknowledges their importance to the writer.
	www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au /articles/milesfranklin (858 words)

	Franklin Miles - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Franklin Miles - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Franklin, Miles (1879-1954), Australian novelist, journalist, and feminist, best known for her first novel My Brilliant Career.
		Miles Franklin Award, Australia’s most prestigious award for literature, presented annually for a novel or play portraying any aspect of Australian...
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Franklin_Miles.html (87 words)

	netcyclo: Franklin, Miles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Written while Franklin was still a teenager, the book is semi-autobiographical and follows a girl growing up in rural Australia, and her struggles between a comfortable life and bohemian independence.
		Born and brought up in the Australian bush lands, Franklin later moved with her family to the suburbs of Sydney and Melbourne.
		Following instructions in her will, The Miles Franklin Award, for new Australian plays or novels, was set up in 1954, and her archive - including her diaries - was donated to the Mitchell Library in New South Wales, who set up the Miles Franklin Collection.
	www.netcyclo.com /people/f/mifrankl/mifrankl.htm (243 words)

	Battle of Franklin, Miss.
		I immediately moved the command forward at a rapid trot toward Franklin, sending a squadron of Colonel Wood’s regiment in advance to Franklin, to occupy the forks of the road at that place and check the enemy in case he was likely to reach there before we did.
		When the head of our column was within two miles of Franklin a force of the enemy, estimated at from 400 to 600 strong, suddenly appeared upon our right flank, coming up a side road, commenced forming rapidly in an open field, and opened fire upon our column.
		After this action at Franklin, Mississippi on January 2, 1865, Colonel John Griffith was once again placed in command of the brigade, and was briefly in command of the Department of Southwest Mississippi and Eastern Louisiana.
	www.geocities.com /Pentagon/1117/franklin.html (1517 words)

	History Page 14
		Calvert's wife, Elizabeth, died in 1869, and was buried at Franklin.
		I direct that if I die within three hundred miles of Franklin, that I be buried in the Franklin Cemetery; other wise I desire to be buried in a place convenient to my relatives.
		The probate records at Franklin are of great interest to the people of Robertson County, not only for their factual information but also for the little human interest notes that can be found.
	www.franklintexas.com /history14.htm (643 words)

	The Miles Franklin Award
		The Miles Franklin award was set up under the terms of the will of the late Stella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin, the famed Australian author who died in September 1954.
		Unfortunately, the same day as the Miles Franklin was announced in Sydney, a new modern art prize was announced in Melbourne.
		It would appear that some attempt is being made to resurrect the standing of the Miles Franklin Award in the eyes of the general public after the debacle of 1995's award to Helen Demidenko.
	www.middlemiss.org /lit/prizes/milesfkn.html (1042 words)

	McDonald wins Miles Franklin award. 22/06/2006. ABC News Online
		Miles Franklin award judge Morag Fraser says the field of finalists this year was the strongest for a very long time.
		The Miles Franklin award is the richest literary prize in the country.
		It is named after author and feminist Miles Franklin, whose estate funded the award.
	www.abc.net.au /news/newsitems/200606/s1669696.htm (477 words)

	Australian Authors - Miles Franklin (1879 - 1954) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Miles Franklin was born Stella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin in 1879 on the grazing property, Talbingo, of her maternal grandmother near Tumut in New South Wales.
		In 1889 the family moved to a property near Goulburn, NSW, and then in 1903 to Penrith, a suburb on the western outskirts of Sydney and finally in 1914 to Carlton, an inner suburb of Sydney.
		Franklin left Australia in 1906 for the USA and undertook secretarial and editorial work for Alice Henry, another Australian, in the National Women's Trade Union league.
	www.middlemiss.org /lit/authors/franklinm/franklinm.html (394 words)

	Camp Miles; Southwest Florida Boy Scout Council
		The reservation is located on State Road 74, 15 miles east of Punta Gorda and 3 miles west of the intersection of SR 31 and SR 74.
		Dr. Franklin Miles was a native of Indiana, and was orphaned at a very early age.
		The Price-Sanders Scout Reservation, of which Camp Miles is a part, occupies a section of land one mile wide and two miles deep, on the eastern boundary of the Cecil Webb Wildlife Management Area, in Charlotte county.
	www.swflcouncilbsa.org /camp_miles.htm (507 words)

	This area is rich in a variety of hiking trails.
		A true cycling paradise, Franklin, NC has a fair share of bicycle events and has become a natural hub for the sport.
		This 20+ mile loop also begins at the bike shop; from there country roads are followed back to the bottom of “Standing Indian”.
		This 25-30 mile ride is also known as the “Standing Indian climb”.
	www.franklin-chamber.com /visitorInformation/cycling.asp (664 words)

	Franklin State Forest
		This trail is fun and beautiful, I parked at the west end trailhead,marked by a wooden sign about 7 miles past station on left of road (North Side).Im not the greatest rider but still had a lot of fun on this trail, even beginners could ride this and walk the ups and downs.
		I rode 3.5+ miles from that point and had to turn back because the sun was setting.
		We also did a leg/glute burning, 5 mile ride from the fire tower back to the headquarters using the fire roads until, they spilled us out onto 156 for the remainder with a headwind.
	www.mtbr.com /trails/Tennessee/FranklinStateForest.html (1346 words)

	Trust : Miles Franklin Literary Award
		The Miles Franklin Literary Award, our first and most prestigious literary award, was established in 1954 with a bequest from author Miles Franklin.
		The Miles Franklin Literary Award celebrates Australian character and creativity and nurtures the continuing life of literature based on Australia.
		This year we are pleased to announce the Patron for the Miles Franklin Literary Award – the Nelson Meers Foundation.
	www.trust.com.au /Content.aspx?topicID=129 (1290 words)

	Welcome To Franklin North Carolina, Macon County adn the Great Smokey Mountains of Western North Carolina (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Franklin is situated along major highways US 23/441, US 64 and US 28, with easy access to Interstates I-40, I-26 and I-85.
		Franklin's many restaurants offer everything from authentic mountain cuisine to the finest BBQ in the South to dining with an international flair.
		Nowhere is this friendly tradition more evident than in Franklin, where day-to-day life moves at a leisurely pace, and folks take time to help each other, to enrich their own lives, and to savor leisure hours in the natural splendor of our Great Smokies.
	www.mountainlivingproperties.com /area_information.htm (1993 words)

	What to do in the Franklin Area and Macon County
		Approximately 18 miles to Franklin from this exit.
		Scenic: Take U.S. 441 South from Knoxville to Sevierville (approximately 25 miles).
		Stay on 441 South to Franklin (35 miles from Cherokee).
	www.franklin-chamber.com /visitorInformation/maps.asp (96 words)

	FOX Broadcasting Company: PRISON BREAK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		After being dishonorably discharged from the United States Army, Miles returned home to learn that his war record was now a major blemish on his resume.
		Needing to provide for his wife and daughter, Miles secretly took a job transporting stolen goods and was apprehended by local police.
		Unwilling to cut a deal and give up the identities of his associates, Franklin was sentenced to Fox River.
	www.fox.com /prisonbreak/bios/bio_franklin.htm (120 words)

	FranklinCCA
		Franklin University's Community College Alliance (CCA) program offers an online Bachelor of Science degree through an educational alliance with more than 230 community and technical colleges in the United States.
		The innovative program provides opportunities for students at two-year colleges to complete their bachelor's degree in a format that fits their career and lifestyle needs, without leaving their community.
		As part of that pledge, Franklin University's Community College Alliance (CCA) Web site is currently undergoing a complete redesign which will allow students more user-friendly access and streamlined navigation.
	www.alliance.franklin.edu (221 words)

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		The Franklin automobile was built in Syracuse, New York, from 1902 to 1934.
		The oldest Franklin in the group this week is a 1910 model G touring car brought here from California.
		The Franklins parked downtown in a reserved lot allowing all Franklins to be seen from the street.
	www.franklincar.org /HOLD/west29th.htm (1545 words)

	Franklin Homes - Quality Homes in Michigan for over 50 Years
		Franklin Homes Sales Centers are open during a variety of hours for your convenience.
		Franklin Homes sales center is on the south side of the road just west of Raisinville Road.
		Belleville Manor is on the right hand side about 1 mile up the road.
	www.franklinhomesales.com /homes/salescenters.html (181 words)

	About - Miles Franklin Collection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Most of the Miles Franklin collection came to the Mitchell Library, as a bequest, after Miles Franklin's death in 1954.
		Miles Franklin's Waratah Cup was presented to the Library by the Misses Bridle in 1956.
		A selection of the Miles Franklin collection has been digitised in association with the exhibition Miles Franklin: a Brilliant Career?
	www.sl.nsw.gov.au /franklin (94 words)

	Franklin Family Crest
		in 1630; William Franklin settled in Massachusetts in 1633.
		In continental Europe, the most ancient recorded family crest was discovered upon the monumental effigy of a Count of Wasserburg in the church of St. Emeran, at Ratisobon, Germany...
		In the Franklin coat of arms as in all coat of arms the crest is only one element of the full armorial achievement.
	www.houseofnames.com /xq/asp.fc/qx/franklin-family-crest.htm (618 words)

	Scientists begin relocating Franklin Miles Park rodents to Western N.M. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Global Concepts is relocating the prairie dogs from Franklin Miles Park to the Zia Pueblo.
		Paul Polechla, a biologist and skilled prairie-dog catcher, placed a spot of food coloring on almost all the Gunnison's prairie dogs he caught Thursday on the baseball fields at Franklin Miles Park.
		Botkin said most of Santa Fe's prairie-dog population was located near Franklin Miles Park, De Vargas Middle School and Santa Fe High School, but there was also a colony near St. Vincent Regional Medical Center.
	www.freenewmexican.com /news/42306.html (1230 words)

	AUSTRALIAN LITERATURE: MILES FRANKLIN AWARD
		The Miles Franklin Award is named for the famed Australian author the late Stella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin and set up under the terms of her will.
		The award is given annually for the novel or play of the highest literary merit, written by an Australian, presenting aspects of Australian life, and published during the preceding year.
		Interesting background on Miles Franklin and the award; I look forward to the Demidenko Affair (especially having used it myself in an article!)
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/aus_history/41954/1 (524 words)

	Franklin Templeton Bank & Trust
		The optional Franklin Miles Progam can make your Franklin Templeton Platinum MasterCard even more powerful.
		A $29 annual program fee will be charged to all cardholders enrolled in the Franklin Miles Program.
		No more than 10,000 Franklin Miles can be earned in any 30-day period.
	www.ftbank.com /milesprogramoverview.aspx?fid=492 (144 words)

	Franklin, North Carolina (NC) Detailed Profile - relocation, real estate, travel, jobs, hotels, hospitals, schools, ...
		Franklin, North Carolina business data: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...
		wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 39.1 miles away from the Franklin city center killed 4 people and injured 26 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.
		wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 32.5 miles away from the city center killed 3 people and injured 45 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.
	www.city-data.com /city/Franklin-North-Carolina.html (1003 words)

	New Franklin Missouri Restaurants, and other services on the Katy Trail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		To see only the New Franklin businesses offering a particular type of service, click one of the symbols above.
		We camped at the Roundhouse, but the restaurant was full and a little too nice for our taste.
		By using this website, you agree to the Terms and Conditions.
	www.bikekatytrail.com /newfranklin.asp (214 words)

	BEST VALUE INN OF FRANKLIN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The brand new Best Value Inn and Suites of Franklin, TN is perched on the Western Edge of the beautiful Tennessee Highland Rimis and located just off I-65 for easy on and off highway access.
		While in the area, Historic Franklin is surrounded by celebrated sites, many from the Civil War and America's earliest history.
		The visitor will find museums and antique stores can fill their spare time or one might wish to tour the Northern Extension of the Natchez Trace Parkway to experience water falls and old mills.
	www.motelfranklin.com (223 words)

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