<P> At Appleyard College , an upper - class women 's private boarding school , a picnic is being planned for the students under the supervision of Mrs. Appleyard , the school 's headmistress . The picnic entails a day trip to Hanging Rock in the Mount Macedon area , Victoria , on St. Valentine 's Day in 1900 . One of the students , Sara , who is in trouble with Mrs. Appleyard , is not allowed to go . Sara 's close friend Miranda goes without her . When they arrive , the students lounge about and eat a lunch . Afterward , Miranda goes to climb the monolith with classmates Edith , Irma , and Marion . The girls ' mathematics teacher , Greta McCraw , follows behind them . As they ascend the rock , in a dreamlike episode , Miranda , Marion , and Irma vanish into the rock while Edith watches ; she returns to the picnic in hysterics , disoriented and with no memory of what occurred . Miss McCraw is also nowhere to be accounted for . The school scours the rock in search of the girls and their teacher , but they are not found . </P>
<P> At Appleyard College , an upper - class women 's private boarding school , a picnic is being planned for the students under the supervision of Mrs. Appleyard , the school 's headmistress . The picnic entails a day trip to Hanging Rock in the Mount Macedon area , Victoria , on St. Valentine 's Day in 1900 . One of the students , Sara , who is in trouble with Mrs. Appleyard , is not allowed to go . Sara 's close friend Miranda goes without her . When they arrive , the students lounge about and eat a lunch . Afterward , Miranda goes to climb the monolith with classmates Edith , Irma , and Marion . The girls ' mathematics teacher , Greta McCraw , follows behind them . As they ascend the rock , in a dreamlike episode , Miranda , Marion , and Irma vanish into the rock while Edith watches ; she returns to the picnic in hysterics , disoriented and with no memory of what occurred . Miss McCraw is also nowhere to be accounted for . The school scours the rock in search of the girls and their teacher , but they are not found . </P>
where is the hanging rock in picnic at hanging rock
where is the hanging rock in picnic at hanging rock
Mount Macedon area , Victoria
Mount Macedon area , Victoria