Sydney Morning Herald

The article can be found here.

The main points of the article are as follows:

1. Guido, a ranger-guide at the rock, often has received pieces of the rock that were taken by visitors. All the pieces have come with notes about the people having 'weird or unfortunate events' since they got the piece.

2. The story could be based on events from Lindsay's own life.

3. The actual history of the rock in relation to the aboriginal tribes living in the area is 'obscure' since the rock area was on the edge of several tribe's areas.

4. European squatters started setting the area in the 19th century.

5. The aborigines in the area, many of whom had died of smallpox and syphilis, were rounded up in 1863 and moved elsewhere just as happened to the native Americans.

6. The place has around 90,000 visitors a year.

7. There is 'no trace of police or newspaper reports of schools disappearing in the area in 1900 or at any other time.

8. The rock is formed of lava.

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