The Getting of Wisdom (1980)

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 TweedleRambotham 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 womens private college in Melbourne the Presbyterian Ladies College