The Getting of Wisdom (1977)
08/25/1977 (AU) • 1h 41m
Overview
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.
Top Billed Cast
Laura Tweedle Rambotham
Evelyn
Tom McNamara
Miss Chapman
Mrs. Gurley
Miss Zielinski
Rev. Strachey
Rev. Shepherd
Kate
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