Was the story of "picnic at hanging rock" based on true events?

Question

Or is it just a great story fornits time?

Answer 1

Picnic at Hanging Rock is the title of a 1967 novel by Australian author Joan Lindsay, and the 1975 film adaptation directed by Peter Weir.

Both the novel and the film imply that they are based on a true story; the film and book even begins and ends the story with a pseudo-historical prologue and epilogue. However, while Hanging Rock is a real geological feature near Mt Macedon, just outside Melbourne, the story is entirely fictional. Many readers and viewers assume that the story is true, and Lindsay did little to dispel that myth, in many interviews either refusing to confirm it was entirely fiction, or hinting that parts of the book were fictitious, and others were not.

Answer 2

The love story in the film is fictional. Of course, the sinking was a real event. The diamond, the "Heart of the Ocean," was based on the Hope Diamond, which never actaully sailed on the Titanic.

Answer 3

Yes it is a 'true' story - based on the accounts of the witnesses of the time.
It's also a great film, just because Peter Weir is a brilliant director and he gets the atmosphere right.
The last surviving member of the party died a few years ago, and to the end she insisted she did not know what happened to the girls.

Answer 4

I'm an Aussie and I can tell you for sure that it's based on a true story.. Never been solved , so it must be still open..

Answer 5

Yes it was based on fact.

Answer 6

It's based on truth, but may have been elaborated.

Answer 7

what was the story about??

Answer 8

It was true