August 25th, 1977

The Getting of Wisdom

Drama
5.5

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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Australian Film Commission

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Cast

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Susannah Fowle

Laura Tweedle Rambotham

Acting

Hilary Ryan

Evelyn

Acting

Terence Donovan

Tom McNamara

Terence Donovan
Acting

Patricia Kennedy

Miss Chapman

Acting

Sheila Helpmann

Mrs. Gurley

Acting

Candy Raymond

Miss Zielinski

Candy Raymond
Acting

Barry Humphries

Rev. Strachey

Barry Humphries
Acting

John Waters

Rev. Shepherd

John Waters
Acting

Kerry Armstrong

Kate

Kerry Armstrong
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Sigrid Thornton

Maria

Sigrid Thornton

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