Miles Franklin Primary School is a primary school in Evatt, Canberra. The school is named after Australian author Miles Franklin and was opened in 1980; as Franklin's novel My Brilliant Career had received public acclaim in 1979, it seemed suitable for the school to be named in recognition of her.[1] Each year the school celebrates her birthday with a writing competition and an 'old fashion' dress up day. During this day the students are involved in a variety of activities from yesteryear.
The school's colours are red, blue and white.
They have three houses, all named after Australian authors:
The houses compete in swimming carnivals, athletics carnivals, and to a lesser extent, cross country races.