Ask A Librarian: Picnic at Hanging Rock

There are many tales of children lost in the bush. In this week's episode, join librarians Leanne Easey and Jodi Kok in an exploration of the inspiration for one of the most famous Australian stories - Joan Lindsay's classic mystery, Picnic at Hanging Rock. Blog link: blogs.slv.vic....
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[@ivanhriljac2581]

The novel is fictitious. Nothing happened at Hanging Rock.

[@vinnicjus]

This rock is a transcendental portal to the other world....

[@georgeedward1226]

Or to another time as time seems to be a common theme in the story.

[@imaniquetzales8952]

@@georgeedward1226 right so these girls could have ended up at another time in life wearing dated clothing and language and had to explain who they were to other’s.

[@brieziethirteen13]

@@imaniquetzales8952 What does the a stand for in your name?

[@lenafranklin7262]

Totally RIGHT 🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿🌼🌼🌼🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@Murgatroydian]

Or another way to perceive time and space.

[@railwaystationmaster]

A truly wonderful sumarisation of a haunting story that to this day is full of mystery and intrigue, I think the false ending actually removes more than just 8 minutes from the movie so being able to see it included does provide a large dollop of supernatural intensity to the plot that reveals a potential understanding of what may have happened , so at the risk of sounding too much like a tipsy Clive James I will conclude my brief thoughts .

[@marktiller1383]

It's just a story, but from personal experience the Australian bush is an extremely easy place to get lost in.

[@xr6lad]

As is any forest or bush in a large country.

[@MyriamRichardsdotter]

I love the theme of otherworldliness in nature. We had a place called Hawk Mountain where I grew up as a kid (in the US) that had a lot of supernatural things happen. My dad was on a genealogical hunt one weekend, and on a whim he decided to climb the mountain (it's not a mountain that requires climbing equipment, anyone in decent health can make it to the top). When he reached the top, he noticed a small church and graveyard in the valley that he hadn't realized was there. As a backstory, he had been looking for his ancestral grandfather's grave for years. He visited the church after getting off the mountain-- and as it turns out, THAT graveyard had the 1700s tombstone he was looking for!

[@lenafranklin7262]

You speak lovingly 💓💖🌿🌼

[@jerichothirteen1134]

It does matter.

[@LoganKM76]

I read Picnic At Hanging Rock just last week. It's an entirely entrancing story.

[@annchovey2089]

Did the movie follow the book?

[@vigilante0511]

@@annchovey2089 for the most part yes, some scenes in the movie don’t happen in the book and a couple scenes from the book aren’t included in the film but overall it follows pretty similarly

[@michelledegouveia3626]

I saw the movie years ago and was so fascinated that, now and then, I still think of it. Finding this video was a real treat. Very interesting. By the way, I love your voice.

[@brieziethirteen13]

I really liked this. Thank you. I attended Clyde.

[@debrawebster1356]

Been there had really bad vibes didnt hang around for long

[@mikaelakindblom4368]

Beautiful! Thank you.

[@guidadiehl9176]

Very well-made presentation.

[@swagmanexplores7472]

When I first saw the film I fell head over heels in love with ‘Miranda’ still feel that way about the character and the beautiful actor Louise Anne Lambert who portrayed her so hauntingly...

[@lucylovic]

No. It has no basis in reality.

[@ponyboymb]

Great video, thanks for sharing ✌🏼

[@PassionJo777]

Forever a mystery....

[@AT-st5dr]

This sounds like Anne Lambert narrating. I bet it is.

[@debrawebster1356]

Alien abuction

[@eternaldoorman5228]

Thanks for taking the time to make this. It's a very interesting piece and sheds some light on the background of the book. I have been wondering for some years now where the English name _Hanging Rock_ came from. It sounds to me like it could have been from the colonial era and that perhaps there had at one time been a gallows there.

[@RtB68]

Quartette of schoolgirls? It was a trio and their uptight mathematics teacher wasn’t it???

[@jerichothirteen1134]

Four girls went for a walk, one (Edith) came back but the teacher was also gone from the picnic ground when all the others woke up. Irma was found by Albert a week later at the top of the rock. Clear as mud.

[@denisefreitas6727]

Great video!

[@glengrieve544]

Great content and beautifully presented thank you for you're time and effort you put into making this video ❤

[@alonzocalvillo6702]

Well is it a true story? I always thought it was something like those Missiing 411 cases.

[@beldengi]

Please fix the subtitles. It is Joan Lindsay, not John LIndsay.

[@-TheJewel-]

When I went to hanging Rock back in the 60's you can feel the energy .❤

[@SaintMartins]

I think it was a "suicide pack". 1. Kids who are sent off to boarding schools far from their parents & siblings often get depressed & feel abandoned & not wanted. 2. Not living in the comfort of their own home & having to live with strangers & strict school employees can be psychological torcher. 3. Reaching puberty & being in an all girls school not interacting with boys can have an affect social skills. In the film the girls knew/planned their fate & allowed that 4th girl to tag along to witness. Remember what the girl was talking about before they disappeared. "doomed to die of course....the boys stood on the burning deck.." Then the girls walked up the rock & stood on top then jumped off.

[@snowyskylar8821]

Torture

[@gregfox336]

Talking in the third person?

[@DavidCampbell-w4u]

I am haouted by the story

[@ericgrabowski3896]

Just read this. Thanks!

[@bananalegend]

love this video