Overview
- Philippa Northeast stars as Sybylla Melvyn alongside Christopher Chung, Anna Chancellor and Genevieve O’Reilly among a predominantly Australian ensemble.
- Production is filming at Adelaide Studios and across regional sites in South Australia, employing local landscapes and a majority South Australian crew.
- Chloe Rickard, Liz Doran and Alyssa McClelland serve as executive producers, with McClelland directing the initial episodes and Anne Renton overseeing later installments.
- The series reimagines Miles Franklin’s 1901 coming-of-age novel, which was famously adapted into Gillian Armstrong’s 1979 film starring Judy Davis and Sam Neill.
- The South Australian Film Corporation is backing the project as part of Netflix’s wider push into Australian content, with a premiere date yet to be revealed.