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The Getting of Wisdom
1977, Aug 25
1h 41m
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.
Directed by
Bruce Beresford
Written by
Eleanor Witcombe
John Waters
Rev. Shepherd
Kerry Armstrong
Kate
Sigrid Thornton
Maria
Barry Humphries
Rev. Strachey
Terence Donovan
Tom McNamara
Candy Raymond
Miss Zielinski
Patricia Kennedy
Miss Chapman
Hilary Ryan
Evelyn
Sheila Helpmann
Mrs. Gurley
Susannah Fowle
Laura Tweedle Rambotham
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