<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> External links </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Showcase - Picnic at Hanging Rock </Td> </Tr> <P> Picnic at Hanging Rock is an Australian mystery romantic drama television series that premiered on Foxtel's Showcase on 6 May 2018 . The series was adapted from Joan Lindsay's 1967 novel of the same name about a group of schoolgirls who, while on an outing to Hanging Rock, mysteriously disappear . </P> <P> Hester Appleyard purchases an isolated mansion out in the Australian bush to transform into a school for young ladies, and six years later, Appleyard College is a success . On Valentine's Day, 1900, when students and staff go for a picnic to Hanging Rock, three of the school's star students and their governess mysteriously vanish . Their disappearance leaves a devastating impact on the students and staff of Appleyard College, their enigmatic and formidable headmistress and the township at large . Theories abound, secrets are exposed and hysteria sets in, until eventually, the lives of our characters unravel . </P>

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