Judy Davis learned the piano for her role in this film and played her own piano solos. Davis is credited for piano playing in the closing credits.
This film is considered one of the key films of the Australian New Wave cinema of the 1970s.
Miles Franklin was apparently only sixteen years of age when she wrote her novel 'My Brilliant Career.'
However, Franklin was about twenty-one years of age when the novel was first published in 1901.
This film's director, producers, scriptwriter, first billed actor, production designer, costume designer, production supervisor, bookkeeper and accountant were all women.
Reportedly, Judy Davis has said that she didn't care for her role (as Sybylla Melvyn) in this film and thought her appearance in it was unflattering.