Where was My Brilliant Career filmed? South Australia's Penola, the Barossa and Adelaide Studios

The series entered production near Penola, in the South East of South Australia, in June 2025. Penola is a small town of around 1,400 people in the limestone coast region – its wide, flat streets, its stone buildings and its surrounding pastoral landscape making it one of the most authentically preserved 19th-century rural settlements in the country. 

Also the histroic homestead Yallum Park, near Penola, will feature in the series. It is one of the best-preserved historic homes in the country.

Tourism hopes for the town ran high from the moment Netflix announced the production. The town's local council welcomed the crew, the 400 cast and crew members, and the attention that a major Netflix production brings to a region that the industry has rarely reached before.

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Filming also took place at Para Para Mansion in Gawler West, just north of Adelaide, in May 2025. The historic property is one of South Australia's most significant 19th-century homesteads

Further south, at the Southern Barossa region – the wine-producing area south of the main Barossa Valley – additional scenes where shot. The landscapes and farmhouses serve as the backdrop for Sybylla's earlier years orking the land and her later literary and romantic pursuits. At this time, we do not yet know the exact locations.

Adelaide Studios served as the production's primary studio base for interior scenes and technical work. The SAFC's flagship facility, located at Glenside in Adelaide's inner east, provided the controlled environment for the period interiors – drawing rooms, bedrooms, dining rooms – that the series required alongside its outdoor location work.

My Brilliant Career premieres on Netflix on August 13, 2026.