Sources and Provenance: Picnic at Hanging Rock
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Rights and privacy. The novel and the 1975 film are in copyright. The teaching pages are original. The packet does not reproduce the novel's text, film stills, screenplay, audio recordings, student work or school documents.
Source list
| Item | Status and provenance |
|---|---|
| Novel | Joan Lindsay, Picnic at Hanging Rock. First published by F. W. Cheshire, Melbourne, 1967. Reprinted by Penguin in 1970 and 1975. In copyright. Students use their own copies. |
| Film | Picnic at Hanging Rock, directed by Peter Weir, 1975. In copyright. No stills, clips or screenplay extracts are hosted. |
| Omitted final chapter | Published posthumously as The Secret of Hanging Rock in 1987. Discussed as a publishing fact, not reproduced. |
| Hanging Rock | A real geological formation in central Victoria, about 70 km north-west of Melbourne, 718 m above sea level and 105 m above the surrounding plain. The land is Country for the Dja Dja Wurrung, Woi Wurrung and Taungurung peoples. |
| Teaching pages | Original explanations, models, tables and scaffolds written for this packet. |
| Context summary | A teaching summary of commonly taught historical and literary contexts. Dates and titles are included to orient reading, not to substitute for a scholarly history. |
| Images | None. The packet uses type, tables and CSS only. |
| Audio and video | None. No recordings, clips or film stills are hosted. |
Copyright and quotation
Picnic at Hanging Rock was published in 1967 and remains in copyright in Australia and elsewhere. The packet therefore does not reproduce the novel's text. Students may use short quotations from their own copies for analysis, but the packet does not supply passages or page numbers that would vary by edition.
The 1975 film is also in copyright. Do not reproduce stills, clips or substantial screenplay extracts. If you teach the film, use a licensed copy and follow your school's copyright guidance.
What is not published
- No novel text, long quotations or chapter extracts.
- No film stills, clips, screenplay or audio recordings.
- No student work, names, results or school data.
- No assessment instrument, confidential class brief, scores, bands or test papers.
- No private library index, manifest or source folder.
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Last reviewed: October 2026. If a source or link changes, update this page rather than leaving a stale claim.