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In the early 1900s, the spirited and talented Laura Tweedle Ramsbotham arrives at an exclusive Melbourne ladies' college, only to be greeted with jeers and treated as a country bumpkin. Although she is defiant towards her peers, the pressure almost defeats her. She soon learns, however, to be as ruthless as the other girls. Caught out after inventing an illicit liaison with the handsome new minister, she becomes a pariah until she is taken under the wing of an older girl, the elegant and kindly Evelyn Suitor. Laura subsequently falls in love with Evelyn, causing the latter to leave the school in order to escape Laura's attentions. Laura eventually completes her schooling, winning a two-year music scholarship to study piano.
Source: Australian Screen.
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The trailer for this film is available to view via YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF-ULAYY7bo (Sighted: 10/8/2012)
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Great Aussie Female Movie Characters
2019
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— Appears in: FilmInk , 8 March 2019; -
From The Getting of Wisdom to Heartbreak High : Australian School Stories on Screen
2019
single work
— Appears in: The Conversation , 29 January 2019;Going to school is one of the few life experiences almost everyone shares. From the time children began to be educated in small groups in Britain, there were school stories in popular culture, beginning with what many consider the first novel for children, Sarah Fielding’s The Governess; or, The Little Female Academy (1749). (Introduction)
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'I Will Survive!' : Australia's 10 Best LGBT Films
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 7 April 2016;
— Review of The Getting Of Wisdom 1978 single work film/TV ; The Sum of Us 1994 single work film/TV ; 52 Tuesdays 2014 single work film/TV ; The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert 1994 single work film/TV ; Head On 1998 single work film/TV ; Love and Other Catastrophes 1996 single work film/TV ; Remembering the Man 2015 single work film/TV ; The Suicide Theory 2014 single work film/TV -
(Sweet) Sixteen Great Australian Teen Films
Erin Free
(editor),
2016
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— Appears in: FilmInk , 20 May 2016; -
Behaving Badly : The Coming-of-Age of a National Cinema
2013
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— Appears in: Telling Stories : Australian Life and Literature 1935–2012 2013; (p. 350-356)
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'I Will Survive!' : Australia's 10 Best LGBT Films
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 7 April 2016;
— Review of The Getting Of Wisdom 1978 single work film/TV ; The Sum of Us 1994 single work film/TV ; 52 Tuesdays 2014 single work film/TV ; The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert 1994 single work film/TV ; Head On 1998 single work film/TV ; Love and Other Catastrophes 1996 single work film/TV ; Remembering the Man 2015 single work film/TV ; The Suicide Theory 2014 single work film/TV -
Cinematographer in the Frame for Highest Honour
2011
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 23 November 2011; (p. 11) -
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Words and Images : Australian Novels into Films
Richmond
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Heinemann
,
1983
Z286903
1983
single work
criticism
Words and Images is the first Australian book to examine the relationship between literature and film. Taking nine films that had been released in the ten years previous to its publication, Brian McFarlane looks at some of the issues involved in transposing a narrative from one medium to another.
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Behaving Badly : The Coming-of-Age of a National Cinema
2013
single work
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— Appears in: Telling Stories : Australian Life and Literature 1935–2012 2013; (p. 350-356) -
Behaving Badly : The Coming-of-Age of a National Cinema
2013
single work
column
— Appears in: Telling Stories : Australian Life and Literature 1935–2012 2013; (p. 350-356) -
The Getting of Wisdom
2012
single work
essay
— Appears in: World Film Locations : Melbourne 2012; (p. 41-42)
Awards
- 1978 winner Australian Film Institute Awards — Best Screenplay Adapted from Another Source
- Urban,
- 1880s
- Melbourne, Victoria,
- Bush,