Born: Established: 20 Sep 1923 Yorketown, Southern Yorke Peninsula, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, ; Died: Ceased: Nov 2018 Sydney, New South Wales,
Text | Unit Name | Institution | Year |
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form
y
The Getting Of Wisdom
Eleanor Witcombe
,
( dir. Bruce Beresford
)
Australia
:
Southern Cross Films
,
1978
Z1446682
1978
single work
film/TV
(taught in 2 units)
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. |
Australian Screen | Griffith University | 2010 (Semester 2) |
form
y
The Getting Of Wisdom
Eleanor Witcombe
,
( dir. Bruce Beresford
)
Australia
:
Southern Cross Films
,
1978
Z1446682
1978
single work
film/TV
(taught in 2 units)
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. |
Australian Screen | Griffith University | 2012 (Semester 2) |
Text | Unit Name | Institution | Year |
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form
y
My Brilliant Career
Eleanor Witcombe
,
( dir. Gillian Armstrong
)
Adelaide
:
Margaret Fink Productions
,
1979
Z817179
1979
single work
film/TV
(taught in 7 units)
Based on the book by Miles Franklin, this feature film tells the story of an Australian country girl who, at the end of the nineteenth century, wants to make her own way in the outside world. Rejecting an offer of marriage from a wealthy suitor (who is also her childhood friend), she instead finds herself obligated to work off her father's debt to a neighbouring family, for whom she works as governess and housekeeper. Returning home, she again rejects her suitor's proposal, this time in favour of writing a novel based on her experiences. |
Literature and Film | Charles Sturt University | 2010 (Semester 1) |
form
y
My Brilliant Career
Eleanor Witcombe
,
( dir. Gillian Armstrong
)
Adelaide
:
Margaret Fink Productions
,
1979
Z817179
1979
single work
film/TV
(taught in 7 units)
Based on the book by Miles Franklin, this feature film tells the story of an Australian country girl who, at the end of the nineteenth century, wants to make her own way in the outside world. Rejecting an offer of marriage from a wealthy suitor (who is also her childhood friend), she instead finds herself obligated to work off her father's debt to a neighbouring family, for whom she works as governess and housekeeper. Returning home, she again rejects her suitor's proposal, this time in favour of writing a novel based on her experiences. |
Literature and Film | Charles Sturt University | 2011 (Semester 1) |
form
y
My Brilliant Career
Eleanor Witcombe
,
( dir. Gillian Armstrong
)
Adelaide
:
Margaret Fink Productions
,
1979
Z817179
1979
single work
film/TV
(taught in 7 units)
Based on the book by Miles Franklin, this feature film tells the story of an Australian country girl who, at the end of the nineteenth century, wants to make her own way in the outside world. Rejecting an offer of marriage from a wealthy suitor (who is also her childhood friend), she instead finds herself obligated to work off her father's debt to a neighbouring family, for whom she works as governess and housekeeper. Returning home, she again rejects her suitor's proposal, this time in favour of writing a novel based on her experiences. |
Literature and Film | Charles Sturt University | 2012 (Semester 1) |
form
y
My Brilliant Career
Eleanor Witcombe
,
( dir. Gillian Armstrong
)
Adelaide
:
Margaret Fink Productions
,
1979
Z817179
1979
single work
film/TV
(taught in 7 units)
Based on the book by Miles Franklin, this feature film tells the story of an Australian country girl who, at the end of the nineteenth century, wants to make her own way in the outside world. Rejecting an offer of marriage from a wealthy suitor (who is also her childhood friend), she instead finds herself obligated to work off her father's debt to a neighbouring family, for whom she works as governess and housekeeper. Returning home, she again rejects her suitor's proposal, this time in favour of writing a novel based on her experiences. |
Australian Literature and Film | King's College London | 2009 (Semester 1) |
form
y
My Brilliant Career
Eleanor Witcombe
,
( dir. Gillian Armstrong
)
Adelaide
:
Margaret Fink Productions
,
1979
Z817179
1979
single work
film/TV
(taught in 7 units)
Based on the book by Miles Franklin, this feature film tells the story of an Australian country girl who, at the end of the nineteenth century, wants to make her own way in the outside world. Rejecting an offer of marriage from a wealthy suitor (who is also her childhood friend), she instead finds herself obligated to work off her father's debt to a neighbouring family, for whom she works as governess and housekeeper. Returning home, she again rejects her suitor's proposal, this time in favour of writing a novel based on her experiences. |
Australian Literature and Film | King's College London | 2011 (Semester 1) |
form
y
My Brilliant Career
Eleanor Witcombe
,
( dir. Gillian Armstrong
)
Adelaide
:
Margaret Fink Productions
,
1979
Z817179
1979
single work
film/TV
(taught in 7 units)
Based on the book by Miles Franklin, this feature film tells the story of an Australian country girl who, at the end of the nineteenth century, wants to make her own way in the outside world. Rejecting an offer of marriage from a wealthy suitor (who is also her childhood friend), she instead finds herself obligated to work off her father's debt to a neighbouring family, for whom she works as governess and housekeeper. Returning home, she again rejects her suitor's proposal, this time in favour of writing a novel based on her experiences. |
Australian Women's Fiction | La Trobe University | 2011 (Semester 1) |
form
y
My Brilliant Career
Eleanor Witcombe
,
( dir. Gillian Armstrong
)
Adelaide
:
Margaret Fink Productions
,
1979
Z817179
1979
single work
film/TV
(taught in 7 units)
Based on the book by Miles Franklin, this feature film tells the story of an Australian country girl who, at the end of the nineteenth century, wants to make her own way in the outside world. Rejecting an offer of marriage from a wealthy suitor (who is also her childhood friend), she instead finds herself obligated to work off her father's debt to a neighbouring family, for whom she works as governess and housekeeper. Returning home, she again rejects her suitor's proposal, this time in favour of writing a novel based on her experiences. |
Australian Women's Fiction | La Trobe University | 2012 (Semester 1) |