On top of Hanging Rock

Picnic at Hanging Rock

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October 28th 2007
We also went to Hanging Rock. This is about 1 hour north of Melbourne. It is an amazing rock formation that you can get lost in. It is famous because in 1900 a group of school girls and their teacher mysteriously disappeared there - and were never seen again. (Also subject to a Peter Weir film 'Picnic at Hanging Rock'. We climbed on top of the mountain where the Hanging Rock f ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Victoria

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more