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The Getting of Wisdom

5.4 average rating
★★★★★
5.4
English / 101 MIN. / 1977

The Genres

The Synopsis

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.

The Cast

Susannah FowleHilary RyanTerence DonovanPatricia KennedySheila HelpmannCandy RaymondBarry HumphriesJohn WatersKerry ArmstrongSigrid Thornton

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