From The Getting of Wisdom to Heartbreak High: Australian school stories on screen
- Written by Michelle Smith, Senior Lecturer in Literary Studies, Monash University
Bruce Beresford's 1977 film The Getting of Wisdom.IMDB
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;...
Read more: From The Getting of Wisdom to Heartbreak High: Australian school stories on screen