Author: Cliff Green (austral. Fernsehschriftsteller.)
Publisher:
ISBN: OCLC:731526715
Category: Picnic at Hanging Rock (Motion picture)
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In 1900, a class of young women from an exclusive private school go on an excursion to the isolated Hanging Rock, deep in the Australian bush. the excursion ends in tragedy when four girls and a teacher mysteriously vanish after climbing ...
Author: Joan Lindsay
Publisher: Penguin Books
ISBN: 0734311257
Category: Boarding schools
Page: 188
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In 1900, a class of young women from an exclusive private school go on an excursion to the isolated Hanging Rock, deep in the Australian bush. The excursion ends in tragedy when four girls and a teacher mysteriously vanish after climbing the rock. Only one girl returns, with no memory of what has become of the others . . . Co-founded by Jane and Glenn McGrath, the McGrath Foundation raises money to place McGrath Breast Care Nurses in communities right across Australia and to increase breast awareness in young women. The McGrath Foundation believes 150 of these specially trained nurses are needed to ensure that every family experiencing breast cancer has access to a breast care nurse, no matter where they live or their financial situation. McGrath Breast Care Nurses offer a unique service to families who can self-refer to this free support. Penguin is proud to donate $1 from the original sale of each Pink Popular Penguin to help the McGrath Foundation realise their goal. To find out how you can make a difference visit www.mcgrathfoundation.com.au'Don't worry about us, Mam'selle dear,' smiled Miranda.
Author: Joan Lindsay
Publisher: Penguin Group Australia
ISBN: 9781742535852
Category: Juvenile Fiction
Page: 204
View: 189
'Don't worry about us, Mam'selle dear,' smiled Miranda. 'We shall only be gone a very little while.' Every so often, there comes a story so brilliant and lively and moving that it cannot be left in the past. Rediscover the magic of our country's most memorable children's books in the Penguin Australia Children's Classics series of stories too precious to leave behind.These contrasting time aspects and the mystery connected with them shall be analysed in the following. In both spheres the time factor plays an important role. This is shown by several unmistakable indicators.
Author: Kerstin Jütting
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
ISBN: 9783638469838
Category: Foreign Language Study
Page: 12
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Essay from the year 1998 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 2+ (B), University of Potsdam (Anglistik/Amerikanistik), course: Contemporary Australian Film, 0 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Peter Weir, a famous Australian director, made film hits like Greencard and Dead Poet Society. His film Picnic at Hanging Rock (1976) was his first big success, as well in Australia as in Europe. The story is based on a novel written in 1967 by Joan Lindsay, and it is not certain whether part of it is taken from a true incident or whether it is pure fiction. Picnic at Hanging Rock is a mystery film that does not give an answer to the mysteries it tells. Maybe because there are none, just like the college’s gardener says ‘’Some questions have answeres, some don’t.’’ Time plays an important part in the film. On the one hand there are several indicators of time that put emphasis on the importance of time. On the other hand time seems to be put out of order, there appear to be situations which happen timeless. These contrasting time aspects and the mystery connected with them shall be analysed in the following. In both spheres the time factor plays an important role. This is shown by several unmistakable indicators." It was a cloudless summer day in the year 1900. Everyone at Appleyard College for Young Ladies agreed it was just right for a picnic at Hanging Rock.
Author: Joan Lindsay
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
ISBN: 9780143126782
Category: Fiction
Page: 196
View: 394
" It was a cloudless summer day in the year 1900. Everyone at Appleyard College for Young Ladies agreed it was just right for a picnic at Hanging Rock. After lunch, a group of three girls climbed into the blaze of the afternoon sun, pressing on through the scrub into the shadows of the secluded volcanic outcropping. Farther, higher, until at last they disappeared. They never returned. Haunting, mysterious, and subtly erotic, Picnic at Hanging Rock inspired the iconic 1975 film of the same name by PeterWeir. A beguiling masterpiece of Australian literature, it stands with Shirley Jackson's We Have Always Lived in the Castle and Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca as a masterpiece of otherworldly intrigue"--A gripping new stage adaptation of the classic Australian novel, published alongside its UK premiere at the Royal Lyceum Theatre.
Author: Joan Lindsay
Publisher: Nick Hern Books
ISBN: 1848426216
Category:
Page: 80
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A gripping new stage adaptation of the classic Australian novel, published alongside its UK premiere at the Royal Lyceum Theatre.The final chapter of the novel was removed at the request of her publishers, creating a mystery to which thousands have begged to know the solution.
Author: Joan Lindsay
Publisher: ETT Imprint
ISBN: 9781925416558
Category: Fiction
Page: 34
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Joan Lindsay's classic novel Picnic at Hanging Rock is a subtle blend of mysterious and sinister events set in a period of Australian social life drawn with loving nostalgia. The final chapter of the novel was removed at the request of her publishers, creating a mystery to which thousands have begged to know the solution. The missing chapter reveals what did happen to the schoolgirls who vanished from the Rock after a St Valentine's Day picnic in 1900, and holds commentaries by John Taylor, Yvonne Rousseau and Mudrooroo.Joan Lindsay captured this story in her 1967 novel, "Picnic at Hanging Rock". Now, on the 50th anniversary, "No Picnic at Hanging Rock" revisits the mystery with Joan's original editor and contributors who share their theories.
Author: Helen Goltz
Publisher: Atlas Productions Pty Limited
ISBN: 0995377634
Category: Literary Collections
Page: 204
View: 413
On Valentine's Day 1900, three schoolgirls and a teacher disappear while on a school outing in Victoria. Joan Lindsay captured this story in her 1967 novel, "Picnic at Hanging Rock". Now, on the 50th anniversary, "No Picnic at Hanging Rock" revisits the mystery with Joan's original editor and contributors who share their theories.In 1900, a class of young women from an exclusive private school go on an excursion to the isolated Hanging Rock, deep in the Australian bush.
Author: Joan Lindsay
Publisher: Penguin Group Australia
ISBN: 9781760140007
Category: Fiction
Page: 192
View: 601
In 1900, a class of young women from an exclusive private school go on an excursion to the isolated Hanging Rock, deep in the Australian bush. The excursion ends in tragedy when four girls and a teacher mysteriously vanish after climbing the rock. Only one girl returns, with no memory of what has become of the others . . . Co-founded by Jane and Glenn McGrath, the McGrath Foundation raises money to place McGrath Breast Care Nurses in communities right across Australia and to increase breast awareness in young women. The McGrath Foundation believes 150 of these specially trained nurses are needed to ensure that every family experiencing breast cancer has access to a breast care nurse, no matter where they live or their financial situation. McGrath Breast Care Nurses offer a unique service to families who can self-refer to this free support. Penguin is proud to donate $1 from the original sale of each Pink Popular Penguin to help the McGrath Foundation realise their goal. To find out how you can make a difference visit www.mcgrathfoundation.com.au'After Picnic at Hanging Rock and The Last Wave, I felt uncomfortable with what
was perceived as my style—mystical ... So I consciously set out to avoid that style
and look for subjects as far away from that area.'1 Despite his best efforts he ...
Author: Richard Leonard
Publisher: Academic Monographs
ISBN: 0522859941
Category: Performing Arts
Page: 312
View: 752
'Magical', 'out of this world', 'an experience you'll never forget': Peter Weir's films have enthralled audiences around the globe. Whether in iconic Australian works such as Picnic at Hanging Rock and Gallipoli or international mainstream thrillers such as Witness, Weir has deliberately created mystical movie experiences. Modern cinema studies is used to dissecting films on the basis of gender, class or race: now, for the first time, Richard Leonard shows that a mystical gaze also exists and is exercised in the secular multiplex temples of today. The Mystical Gaze of the Cinema is a meticulous and accessible book that uses a psychoanalytic approach incorporating the insights of Jung, film theory and theology to break new ground in what continues to be a hot topic in cinema studies: the spectator/screen relationship. Leonard provides a fresh and innovative perspective on what happens when we behold a film.More than twenty-five years after its release, Picnic at Hanging Rock remains the
film with which Peter Weir's name is most closely associated and maintains its
place as one of the keystones of the Australian film revival. It can be credited with
...
Author: Jonathan Rayner
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 0826419089
Category: Social Science
Page: 287
View: 987
This fully revised and updated edition of Jonathan Rayner's acclaimed study takes an in-depth look at the career of a filmmaker who has, over the course of 30 years, put together a substantial and much-loved body of work.This is the story of how Hanging Rock survived all of these `improvements', to remain a special place for visitors, an icon of global popular culture, and a place that raises new questions about Aboriginal history.
Author: Chris McConville
Publisher:
ISBN: 0648166600
Category:
Page: 264
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Hanging Rock Reserve is a popular recreation arena, north of Melbourne. At its heart stands the Rock itself, a massive volcanic outcrop rising above undulating forest and farmland. Hanging Rock is celebrated as the site of outdoor concerts by popular music legends such as Bruce Springsteen and Leonard Cohen. Great Australian artists and pioneer photographers came to Hanging Rock, trying to capture its enigmatic spirit. What's more, Joan Lindsay's novel, Picnic at Hanging Rock, and Peter Weir's 1975 film of the same name, have added to that aura of mystery surrounding Hanging Rock. Visitors wonder if, as in both novel and film, a group of schoolgirls really did vanish there, during a St Valentine's Day picnic in 1900.Hanging Rock though has a deeper history. Its fortress-like rock walls fascinate all who visit the recreation reserve, and are the result of rare volcanic events, some six million years ago. For thousands of years, Hanging Rock was a meeting place for Aboriginal people, a centre for barter in greenstone and the site of ceremony. It has been at the centre of disputes, between farmers using its water, and picnickers holidaying in the reserve. Hanging Rock horse races are much loved as the classic bush meeting. But horse racing, gambling and drinking within a recreation reserve have raised the ire of environmentalists and anti-gamblers. There have been many plans to `improve Hanging Rock; to turn it into a quarry, a zoo, or a theme park. But despite all the grandiose schemes, Hanging Rock still holds a special place in the Australian imagination. This is the story of how Hanging Rock survived all of these `improvements, to remain a special place for visitors, an icon of global popular culture, and a place that raises new questions about Aboriginal history.Discover what happened to Miranda and Marion, who disappeared in 1900 at Hanging Rock, Victoria. Meet Rebecca and Michael who are also drawn to the rock. Time frames collide and bring together fantasy, romance and intrigue
Author: Barbara Gurney
Publisher:
ISBN: 0987443615
Category: Fantasy fiction, Australian
Page: 288
View: 911
Discover what happened to Miranda and Marion, who disappeared in 1900 at Hanging Rock, Victoria. Meet Rebecca and Michael who are also drawn to the rock. Time frames collide and bring together fantasy, romance and intrigueThe lost child is also the subject of films that have come from books: Walkabout,
Fortress, Manganinnie, Evil Angels, Picnic at Hanging Rock. Veritable children,
lost forever, were the victims of notorious crimes and misadventures in post-war ...
Author: Peter Pierce
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521594995
Category: History
Page: 211
View: 512
This book traces the figure of the lost child in Australia's history and imagination.This is the story of one of Australia's most famous novels, and the author who kept its secrets until she died.
Author: Janelle McCulloch
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 1760405620
Category: Australian fiction
Page: 320
View: 397
In the winter of 1966, at sixty-nine years of age, Lady Joan Lindsay sat down and wrote a short novel about a group of upper-class schoolgirls from a prestigious ladies' college who disappear while on a country picnic in the summer of 1900. The result was Picnic at Hanging Rock, a literary mystery that has endured for half a century. Beyond the Rock looks at not just the myth of Picnic and how it has become part of Australia's culture, but also the story behind it. It examines Joan Lindsay's enigmatic life, much of which she kept secret from the world, including her childhood, her complex marriage to Daryl Lindsay of the famous Lindsay family of artists, their enduring love and unconventional bohemian life, and her life at Mulberry Hill, the Lindsays' own Arcadia deep in the Victorian countryside. This is the story of one of Australia's most famous novels, and the author who kept its secrets until she died.promoting a tourist attraction so the new owner leased the grounds to the owners
of the Hanging Rock Hotel. Around this time community ... Committee of
Management. In 1967 author Joan Lindsay published her novel 'Picnic at
Hanging Rock ...
Author: Ian D. Clark
Publisher: De Gruyter Open
ISBN: 9783110370119
Category: Business & Economics
Page: 210
View: 771
A Historical Geography of Tourism in Victoria, Australia – Case studies is concerned with the emergence of tourism in colonial Victoria, Australia. It explores a fundamental set of questions: how does a tourist site come in to being? How does a tourist gaze emerge in a ‘settler society’? How does an ‘era of discovery’ segue into ‘tourism’? And, how was the tourist map of Victoria created by settler colonists? Through the application of the classical models of MacCannell, Butler, and Gunn to construct the history of tourism at eight case studies, this work shows that Victoria’s tourism landscape is dynamic and constantly changing. There are many other significant natural and cultural attractions in Victoria and much more research needs to be undertaken to understand more fully the evolution of Victoria’s tourism landscape.3 What truth is there in these reviewers ' responses to Picnic at Hanging Rock ?
Little detective exertion is required to discover that the school mentioned by the '
friend in Victoria ' was not established in the Appleyard - College locality until ...
Author: Yvonne Rousseau
Publisher: Conran Octopus
ISBN: UVA:X002114782
Category:
Page: 192
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