Based on the 1910 novel by Henry Handel Richardson, thought to be an account of her own schooldays at the Presbyterian Ladies College in Melbourne. 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.
Top Cast
Susannah Fowle as Laura Tweedle Rambotham
Hilary Ryan as Evelyn
Terence Donovan as Tom McNamara
Patricia Kennedy as Miss Chapman
Sheila Helpmann as Mrs. Gurley
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