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'On Valentine’s Day 1900, three schoolgirls and a teacher disappear while on a school outing at Hanging Rock in Victoria.
'What became of the missing girls and their teacher?
'Joan Lindsay’s Picnic at Hanging Rock detailed the tragedy, and the author left strict instructions for the final chapter not to be printed until her death.
'Many Australians remember the 1967 book and 1975 film; many high school students studied it as part of their school curriculum. But was the story real? And did the secret chapter released after Joan Lindsay's death cast a new light on the fate of the missing ladies?' (Publication abstract)
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Editor's note : A 50th anniversary study of Lady Joan Lindsay's iconic Australian novel. Featuring interviews with: Philip Adams (close friend of Lady Lindsay), Sandra Forbes (original editor) and Anne-Louise Lambert ('Miranda')'
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No Picnic
2017
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— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 6 May 2017; (p. 18) Joan Lindsay’s 1967 novel Picnic at Hanging Rock has gripped the Australian public’s imagination for five decades. We can’t seem to let this novel go: its spooky, dramatic and sometimes sensational tale of the disappearance of three young women and a teacher after a school picnic in the bush is going to be retold, again, in a television series from Foxtel later this year.' (Introduction)
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No Picnic
2017
single work
essay
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 6 May 2017; (p. 18) Joan Lindsay’s 1967 novel Picnic at Hanging Rock has gripped the Australian public’s imagination for five decades. We can’t seem to let this novel go: its spooky, dramatic and sometimes sensational tale of the disappearance of three young women and a teacher after a school picnic in the bush is going to be retold, again, in a television series from Foxtel later this year.' (Introduction)
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