The Mystique of Hanging Rock

The article can be found: here.

The main points of the article include:

1. Joan Lindsay described the general feeling of the area of Hanging Rock as 'a primitive force.'

2. The editorial team on the book determined the final chapter (18) needed to be left out.

3. The movie's budget was $440,000. It took two years to raise the money needed.

4. Many of the public determined that the book/movie were 'faction,' part fiction and part fact.

5. The great grand-daughter of a police constable in the area in 1900 said her grandmother told her the theory was that the girls fell into a crevice which then closed up. She also said police records from that event were destroyed when a certain police station burned down.

6. A search of papers from the time and area did not turn up anything about missing girls.


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