Invisible Empire: Mysticism And Colonialism in Joan Lindsay's Picnic At Hanging Rock

Join Cian at a chilly Cabin In The Woods for a Valentine's chat about the ever-mysterious Picnic At Hanging Rock. Whether you're more familiar with the book or the film, you'll be fine in terms of spoilers here, so grab an ale (no Fosters, please) and get ready for a disappear (ahem) into:

-the tradition of 'Australian Gothic'

-Picnic as a still-relevant urban legend

-whiteness in the novel, Miranda Must Go, and the Australian 'tabula rasa'

-why we love unresolved mysteries

-a post-colonial interpretation of PAHR

-a 1900s period piece or a 1960s new age classic?

-which characters 'transcend' and why?

-the 'great Australian novel', Joan Lindsay as a mystic

-Lindsay's obsession with time, her own background with Hanging Rock

-why St Valentine's day?

-the enigmatic final chapter!

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HISTORY NOW, Northern Visions Television

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The Bunyip by Rosa Praed

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Sydney Morning Herald article about Picnic, by Janelle McCulloch

https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/the-extraordinary-story-behind-picnic-at-hanging-rock-20170328-gv7upc.html

Joan Lindsay, A Time For Everything, Latrobe Journal

http://latrobejournal.slv.vic.gov.au/latrobejournal/issue/latrobe-83/t1-g-t5.html

Joan Lindsay's Mysterious 'Picnic At Hanging Rock,' Leanne Easey, State Library Victoria

https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/our-stories/ask-a-librarian/picnic-at-hanging-rock/

Fear And Loathing In The Australian Bush, Kathleen Steele

https://www.monash.edu/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/1763896/steele.pdf

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Australian Scenery, Marcus Clarke

http://www.telelib.com/authors/C/ClarkeMarcus/prose/AustalianTales/australianscenery.html

Time Loop At Hanging Rock, The Nightshirt, Eric Wargo

http://thenightshirt.com/?p=4178