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Although we can’t say for sure whether or not the novel is based on a true story, there are a few hints. ‘Hanging Rock’ is, of course, a real place, as is the surrounding towns mentioned in the book. The times are wrong, however. St Valentine’s Day in 1900 fell on a Wednesday, not a Saturday as described in the book. The drama centres around the mysterious disappearance of a quartet of schoolgirls, who vanish at the Rock after a picnic on Valentine’s Day 1900. Lindsay lends credence to the tale by concluding her work with an ‘extract from a Melbourne newspaper, dated February 14th, 1913’ [2], which explores the mystery in detail. Picnic at Hanging Rock is a 1967 historical fiction novel by Australian author Joan Lindsay. [1] Set in Victoria, Australia in 1900, it is about a group of female boarding school students who vanish at Hanging Rock while on a Valentine's Day picnic, and the effects the disappearances have on the school and local community. The short answer is probably not, because the timelines don’t even match. The tale takes place on Valentine’s Day in 1900 which is said to fall on a Saturday, except it was really on a Wednesday. Easter Sunday was also on April 15th that year, and not March 29th as mentioned in the writing. Joan Lindsay’s 1967 best-selling novel Picnic At Hanging Rock told the haunting story of the mysterious disappearance of three schoolgirls and their teacher on a Valentine’s Day picnic at Secrets of Hanging Rock: Eerie location of haunting tale about schoolgirls who vanished on St Valentines Day 1900. ON Valentine’s Day in 1900, a group of schoolgirls vanished at one of Australia What Happened at Hanging Rock? At the centre of this mystery is the disappearance of three schoolgirls and a teacher during a school picnic. In the year 1900, students and faculty from the nearby Appleyard College were having a picnic during a day-trip to Hanging Rock. Most people are familiar with the Peter Weir movie, but what some people don’t know is that Picnic at Hanging Rock was a book first. Penned by then-71-year-old Joan Lindsay, the narrative wove together mystery and history for a truly enchanting tale. The story begins on Valentine’s Day in 1900. Though the story may indeed be a product of Lindsay’s imagination, it remains a vibrant part of Australia’s cultural history – so this Valentine’s Day, why not find yourself a copy, rent Weir’s film, and be drawn into the mystery from the very first line: “Everyone agreed that the day was just right for the picnic to Hanging Rock Hanging Rock is best known from Joan Lindsay’s narrative, Picnic at Hanging Rock (1967), about the mysterious disappearance of a group of local schoolgirls during an excursion to the Rock on February 14, Valentines Day 1900. And like any decent Australian mystery, the bodies were never found! The author was born in Melbourne, Australia, in 1896. The novel was her first, written in four weeks when she was 70, and it became a sensation. It’s set on Valentine’s Day, Lindsay’s wedding anniversary, which was, she said, “the only date I have ever remembered except 1066 and Waterloo.” PICNIC at Hanging Rock is a classic mystery which was first a novel written in 1967 and then became a popular film in 1975. The story involves the mysterious disappearance of some Australian school On St Valentine’s Day, the pupils have a picnic at nearby Hanging Rock. the story is entirely true,” had been deleted before the novel’s publication. The Life Of Joan Lindsay And The The Murders at Hanging Rock. On Saturday 14th February 1900, St. Valentine’s Day, a party of schoolgirls from Appleyard College in the State of Victoria headed out for a picnic on Hanging Rock. Three of the girls, along with a teacher, never made it back. Joan Lindsay, author of Picnic At Hanging Rock, said the story came to her in a series of dreams. The author eventually wrote the book over a four-week period, claiming the story had come to her Valentine’s Day, 1900. A party of female students from a private women’s college in Woodend, north of Melbourne, disappear on an excursion to Hanging Rock The plot involves the disappearance of several schoolgirls and their teacher during a picnic at Hanging Rock, Victoria on Valentine's Day in 1900, and the subsequent effect on the local community. Picnic at Hanging Rock was a commercial and critical success, and helped draw international attention to the then-emerging Australian New Wave of It’s Valentine’s Day, the perfect day for a picnic. Blissful relaxation, hearty meals, unhurried conversations, and a siesta in the lap of nature. The scorching sun induces a lethargic state. With permission from their supervisors, four of the dozen or so girls wander off to explore Hanging Rock – a million-year-old volcanic rock formation. But they do read all about how three schoolgirls from Appleyard College and their governess vanished from the summit of the rock on Valentine’s Day in 1900. Hanging Rock, it seems, is haunted by St Valentine’s Day 1900 sees three students and one teacher from the prestigious all-girls’ Appleyard College vanish on an excursion to Hanging Rock, a geological formation not far from Melbourne.
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