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From a historic home to Hollywood star. A mansion on South Australia’s limestone coast is the backdrop of a new screen adaptation of the Australian novel My Brilliant Career. Locals in nearby Penola are hopeful the global release of the series will put the town on the tourist map.

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00:02A crew of more than a hundred, helping highlight this historic homestead.
00:08The 19th century mansion, home to Andy and Annie Clifford,
00:12and the backdrop for the Netflix reboot of the Miles Franklin novel, My Brilliant Career.
00:18It was absolutely magic and they've done a marvellous job of transforming it.
00:23With a budget running into the tens of millions, including an undisclosed amount from the taxpayer,
00:28the production employed 600 people in South Australia.
00:33Location manager Scott McCartan chose Yellum Park.
00:37As soon as I walked in that place, I couldn't speak for half an hour. It's amazing.
00:42Mr Clifford hosts monthly tours of the well-preserved 17-room home, bought by his grandfather in 1914.
00:50These architecture admirers expecting big things from the release.
00:54I'm very proud that a lovely place like this in the southeast has been here.
00:58I think it'll be good for Panola, actually.
01:01While the small screen setting has many excited, beyond the homestead, not everyone's so convinced
01:06it'll actually bring more people to Panola.
01:09Locals want to see more promotion, linking the show to the region.
01:13We've just got to advertise and advertise and hopefully get the floods here.
01:18Hoping period drama fans tune in and hear the message.
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01:25In the second place, let's move on.
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