The Getting of Wisdom

5.5

1977

1h 41m

Drama

Based on the 1910 novel by Henry Handel Richardson, thought to be an account of her own schooldays at the Presbyterian Ladies College in Melbourne. A young girl, Laura Tweedle-Rambotham who grew up in the outback, and at around the age of 14, is sent off by her poor mother who has scrimped and saved for her to go to a prestigious women’s private college in Melbourne, the Presbyterian Ladies College.

Key Crew

Director

Bruce Beresford

Producers

Phillip Adams

Writers

Eleanor Witcombe

Cast (10)

Susannah Fowle

Laura Tweedle Rambotham

Hilary Ryan

Evelyn

Terence Donovan

Tom McNamara

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