Word: rambotham
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Laura Tweedle Rambotham (Susannah Fowle) is the new girl at the Ladies' College, where the daughters of Melbourne's elite pass their time giggling over passages from the Song of Solomon, gorging themselves on "scrummy" (scrumptious) scones and honing their Olympian disdain for anyone not of good family. The school is a microcosm of colonial society: the rich Anglified girls lording it over a poor Aussie with a quick wit. Laura doesn't fit: she is too thin and gawky, too smart and eager. In an attempt to see Laura's world through her eyes, Director...
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