# Pa — My Brilliant Career character guide

> Pa in My Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Pa

**First appearance:** 0005-ii-an-introduction-to-possum-gully

## Who they are

Sybylla's father, also called Dick Melvyn.

## Relationships

### [Mr. Beecham](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_brilliant_career_se/characters/mr_beecham)

_social_

A neighborly or community acquaintance, with Mr. Beecham and Pa sharing local social ties.

### [Mr. Beecham](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_brilliant_career_se/characters/mr_beecham)

_social_

A neighborly or community acquaintance, with Mr. Beecham and Pa sharing local social ties.

## In the story

### [III: A Lifeless Life](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_brilliant_career_se/chapters/iii-a-lifeless-life)

Dismisses mother's concerns about the public school and insists the children attend.

### [Disjointed Sketches and Grumbles](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_brilliant_career_se/chapters/v-disjointed-sketches-and-grumbles)

Sybylla's father, who works with the family and neighbors to lift cows during the drought.

### [A Drought Idyll](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_brilliant_career_se/chapters/a-drought-idyll)

Father who organizes the cow-lifting; speaks of the drought and hopes for rain.

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