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      Is Picnic At Hanging Rock based on a true story? | Metro News
      • Well, while the story is a work of fiction, there is some evidence to suggest that it has its roots in truth. Firstly Hanging Rock, the site of the mysterious disappearance, is indeed a real place – it’s a rock formation and former volcano in Victoria. Australia about 70km north-west of Melbourne and above 718m above sea level.
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      Is Picnic At Hanging Rock based on a true story? | Metro News

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  3. www.elle.com.au › culture › entertainmentThe True Story Behind ‘Picnic At Hanging Rock’

    May 8, 2018 · ‘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.

  4. www.vice.com › en › articleWhat Really Happened at Hanging Rock - VICE

    Feb 3, 2017 · The absence of visible Aboriginal history at Hanging Rock doesn’t mean there’s no story to tell. Rather it’s evidence of a violent and destructive wave of colonisation that passed through ...

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  6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Hanging_Rock,_VictoriaHanging Rock, Victoria - Wikipedia

    Hanging Rock is a mamelon, created 6.25 million years ago by stiff magma pouring from a vent and congealing in place. Often thought to be a volcanic plug, it is not. Two other mamelons are nearby, created in the same period: Camels Hump, to the south on Mount Macedon and, to the east, Crozier's Rocks. [citation needed] .

  7. www.news.com.au › entertainment › tvPicnic At Hanging Rock’s biggest mystery answered - news.com.au

    May 27, 2018 · Joan Lindsay’s 1967 novel Picnic At Hanging Rock is written as though it’s based on a true story. Many of the places listed — including the iconic Hanging Rock itself — are real places she ...

    • Meghan O’Keefe

  8. www.telegraph.co.uk › the-real-hanging-rockMystery and legend at the real Hanging Rock - The Telegraph

    Jul 25, 2018 · Well, far from being just the key location in Joan Lindsay's novel about the mysterious disappearance of a group of girls from an Australian boarding school, Hanging Rock is a real place....

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  9. metro.co.uk › 2018/07/11 › picnic-hanging-rock-basedIs Picnic At Hanging Rock based on a true story? | Metro News

    Jul 11, 2018 · Firstly Hanging Rock, the site of the mysterious disappearance, is indeed a real place – it’s a rock formation and former volcano in Victoria.

  10. www.thatslife.com.au › real-life › the-real-storyThe real story behind the Picnic at Hanging Rock | that's life!

    May 24, 2019 · Joan Lindsay’s acclaimed mystery novel Picnic at Hanging Rock has everything an eerie crime story begs for – intrigue, horror and disappearances. While many people believe the 1967 book is based on a true story, it is entirely fictional.