Joan Lindsay

Birth : 1896-11-16, St Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Death : 1984-12-23

History

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Joan Lindsay,  Lady Lindsay (16 November 1896 – 23 December 1984) was an Australian author, best known for her "ambiguous and intriguing" novel Picnic at Hanging Rock. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joan Lindsay, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Movies

Picnic at Hanging Rock
Novel
In the early 1900s, Miranda attends a girls boarding school in Australia. One Valentine's Day, the school's typically strict headmistress treats the girls to a picnic field trip to an unusual but scenic volcanic formation called Hanging Rock. Despite rules against it, Miranda and several other girls venture off. It's not until the end of the day that the faculty realizes the girls and one of the teachers have disappeared mysteriously.
A Recollection... Hanging Rock 1900
Interviewee
A documentary about the disappearance of school girls on St. Valentine's Day, 1900 at Australia's Hanging Rock.
The Day of Saint Valentine
Novel
Short movie based on Picnic at Hanging Rock