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Issue Details: First known date: 1987... 1987 The Secret of Hanging Rock : Joan Lindsay's Final Chapter
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The final chapter of Picnic at Hanging Rock was removed at the request of the first publishers of the book. The missing chapter reveals what actually happened to the schoolgirls who vanished from the Rock after a St Valentine's Day picnic in 1900.

Notes

  • The Never-Before-Published Final Chapter of Picnic at Hanging Rock (appears on cover).
  • Published posthumously.
  • Contents indexed selectively.

Contents

* Contents derived from the North Ryde, Ryde - Gladesville - Hunters Hill area, Northwest Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson , 1987 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Invisible Foundation Stone, John Taylor , single work essay (p. [7]-18)
Chapter Eighteen, Joan Lindsay , extract novel historical fiction mystery (p. [21]-33)
A Commentary on Chapter Eighteen, Yvonne Rousseau , single work criticism (p. [35]-54)
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Exile Bay, Drummoyne - Concord area, Sydney Inner West, Sydney, New South Wales,: ETT Imprint , 2021 .
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      Extent: 39p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published May 2021.
      ISBN: 9781922473516
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Related Works

y separately published work icon Picnic at Hanging Rock Joan Lindsay , Melbourne : Cheshire , 1967 Z305085 1967 single work novel historical fiction mystery (taught in 2 units)

'It was a cloudless summer day in the year 1900. Everyone at Appleyard College for Young Ladies agreed it was just right for a picnic at Hanging Rock. After lunch, a group of three girls climbed into the blaze of the afternoon sun, pressing on through the scrub into the shadows of the secluded volcanic outcropping. Farther, higher, until at last they disappeared. They never returned. ...'

Source: Publisher's blurb (Penguin Random House, 2014).
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Works about this Work

The Enigmas of Story Ffion Murphy , 2001 single work criticism
— Appears in: Story / Telling 2001; (p. 1-22)
Picnicking with E. M. Forster, Joan Lindsay et.al. Donald Barrett , 1987 single work criticism
— Appears in: LiNQ , vol. 15 no. 1 1987; (p. 79-86)
The Secret's No Picnic 1987 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 21 February 1987; (p. 44)
— Review of The Secret of Hanging Rock : Joan Lindsay's Final Chapter Joan Lindsay , John Taylor , Yvonne Rousseau , 1987 selected work extract criticism essay
Some Mysteries are Best Left as Such John Baxter , 1987 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 14-15 March 1987; (p. 17)
— Review of The Secret of Hanging Rock : Joan Lindsay's Final Chapter Joan Lindsay , John Taylor , Yvonne Rousseau , 1987 selected work extract criticism essay
Hanging Rocks, Holes in space...And 'Bruised, Heart-Shaped Leaves' Ken Gelder , 1987 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 89 1987; (p. 28-30)
— Review of The Secret of Hanging Rock : Joan Lindsay's Final Chapter Joan Lindsay , John Taylor , Yvonne Rousseau , 1987 selected work extract criticism essay
Hanging Rocks, Holes in space...And 'Bruised, Heart-Shaped Leaves' Ken Gelder , 1987 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 89 1987; (p. 28-30)
— Review of The Secret of Hanging Rock : Joan Lindsay's Final Chapter Joan Lindsay , John Taylor , Yvonne Rousseau , 1987 selected work extract criticism essay
Some Mysteries are Best Left as Such John Baxter , 1987 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 14-15 March 1987; (p. 17)
— Review of The Secret of Hanging Rock : Joan Lindsay's Final Chapter Joan Lindsay , John Taylor , Yvonne Rousseau , 1987 selected work extract criticism essay
The Secret's No Picnic 1987 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 21 February 1987; (p. 44)
— Review of The Secret of Hanging Rock : Joan Lindsay's Final Chapter Joan Lindsay , John Taylor , Yvonne Rousseau , 1987 selected work extract criticism essay
Picnicking with E. M. Forster, Joan Lindsay et.al. Donald Barrett , 1987 single work criticism
— Appears in: LiNQ , vol. 15 no. 1 1987; (p. 79-86)
The Enigmas of Story Ffion Murphy , 2001 single work criticism
— Appears in: Story / Telling 2001; (p. 1-22)
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Last amended 19 Aug 2021 11:52:00
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  • Hanging Rock, Nundle - Nowendoc area, New England, New South Wales,
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