sentences:  Born in Ashfield, New South Wales, to Maria Louisa Miles (née Binnington), and the third of five surviving children, she grew up in the Sydney suburb of St Ives.Her father, William John Miles, was a wealthy public accountant and hotheaded businessman who had a tempestuous relationship with his daughter.She studied at Abbotsleigh School and enrolled in an arts course, but opted out, citing a lack of Australian subject matter.