Picnic at Hanging Rock. Poster of the 2018 TV series and cover of the 1967 book
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Picnic at Hanging Rock
Joan Lindsay, 1967
TV series vs book
Amanda Brotchie, 2018

Hester Appleyard purchases an isolated mansion out in the Australian bush to transform into a school for young ladies – a few months later, Appleyard College is a success. On Valentine’s Day, 1900, when students and staff go for a picnic to Hanging Rock, three of the school’s star students and their governess mysteriously vanish.