
The Getting of Wisdom (1977)
Drama
The Getting of Wisdom is based on the 1910 novel by Henry Handel Richardson (born Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson). Her novel is thought to be an account of her own schooldays at the Presbyterian Ladies College in Melbourne. The film is about 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.
Director: Bruce Beresford
Writer: Eleanor Witcombe
The Cast

Susannah Fowle
Laura Tweedle Rambotham

Hilary Ryan
Evelyn

Terence Donovan
Tom McNamara

Patricia Kennedy
Miss Chapman

Sheila Helpmann
Mrs. Gurley

Candy Raymond
Miss Zielinski

Barry Humphries
Rev. Strachey

John Waters
Rev. Shepherd

Kerry Armstrong
Kate

Sigrid Thornton
Maria
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