Historic Australian estate becomes a location for Netflix series My Brilliant Career
Lev Shevtsov22
August
2026
23:42
The owners of the historic Yallum Park estate near the town of Penola in South Australia hope that the release of the Netflix series My Brilliant Career, partly filmed in their home, will attract tourists to the region. This was
Filming at the historic estate
The two-storey, 17-room 19th-century mansion was built for John Riddoch, a pastoralist who later became a politician. The current owners, Andy and Annie Clifford, describe themselves as its present custodians. Andy Clifford’s grandfather bought Yallum Park from Riddoch’s heirs in 1914.
A 140-member film crew worked at the house for 14 long filming days, while the Cliffords continued living on the upper floor. To recreate some of the refined interiors, the team made silicone moulds of the stone ornamentation and door surrounds, then reproduced these elements on a soundstage in Adelaide.
Location manager Scott McCarten, who selected the estate, explained that the script required a distinctly Australian location that had remained as untouched as <a href="https://comicvibe.com/marvels-mutant-era-is-arriving-at-the-worst-possible-time-for-disney/” title=”Marvel’s Mutant Era Is Arriving at the Worst Possible Time for Disney+”>possible, as well as a large driveway for numerous scenes involving the arrival of horses and carriages. McCarten was among 600 South Australians employed for the series in the state.
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Interest after the release
Following the global release of the six-episode drama, interest in the estate increased. Yallum Park website traffic data shown to ABC indicate that in the eight days after the series premiered, the reisitor tours every month
At the same time, Diane Williams, the owner of a flower and gift shop in Penola, doubts that the series will have a lasting tourism effect on the town. She noted that the plot does not unfold directly in Penola, so potential tourists need to be additionally informed about the filming location.
Andy and Annie Clifford attended a screening of the first two episodes in Adelaide. Andy Clifford described seeing Yallum Park on the big screen as extremely impressive and expressed optimism about the series’ impact on awareness of the estate and the region.
