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The Getting of Wisdom( 1977)

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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.

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      Susannah Fowle

      Laura Tweedle Rambotham

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      Hilary Ryan

      Evelyn

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      Terence Donovan

      Tom McNamara

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      Patricia Kennedy

      Miss Chapman

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      Sheila Helpmann

      Mrs. Gurley

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      Candy Raymond

      Miss Zielinski

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      Barry Humphries

      Rev. Strachey

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      John Waters

      Rev. Shepherd

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      Kerry Armstrong

      Kate

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      Sigrid Thornton

      Maria

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    Released

    Original Language

    English

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