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The main points of How White Australia and Picnic at Hanging Rock have tarnished the legacy of a sacred Aboriginal site.

The Picnic at Hanging Rock story and its aftermath have obscured the cultural history of the place.

People don't realize how important the rock was to the aboriginal people (none of whom apparently tried to climb it since something was considered off, maybe evil, in that place.)

The rock is a stand-in for white, virginal women.

The area has become a mecca for tourists and various structures have been built to accommodate them.

Sara was infatuated by Miranda. (She kind of worshiped Miranda. There was no sexual things going on between them. Exactly how Sara died depends on who writes the article, some saying she committed suicide because Miranda had disappeared and Sara was about to be kicked out of the school and put back in the orphanage or, the second possibility, Mrs. Appleyard killed her, possibly accidentally.)

The story was not based on some ancient evil but on a story in a school magazine.

Various people tried to prove the story was true but never found any evidence to back up their belief.

Wier's view is obsessed with repression and regression.

The girls flit around homoerotically.

He emphasized lust, picturing the rock in a phallic way.

He painted aboriginal culture as something 'lesser.'

There was one aboriginal actor in the movie but he wasn't given a speaking part.