| Hanging Rock (Ngannelong) | |
|---|---|
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 718 m (2,356 ft)[1]AHD |
| Prominence | 105 metres (344 ft) above plain[1] |
| Coordinates | 37°19′49″S 144°35′42″E / 37.330222°S 144.595083°E |
| Geography | |
  Hanging Rock (Ngannelong) Victoria, Australia | |
| Parent range | Macedon |
| Geology | |
| Rock age | 6.25 million years |
| Mountain type | Mamelon |
Hanging Rock[2] (also known as Dryden's Mount[3] or Dryden's Rock,[4] and to some Aboriginal Australians as Ngannelong[5]) is a distinctive geological formation in central Victoria, Australia. A former volcano, it lies 718 m above sea level (105 m above plain level) on the plain between the two small townships of Newham and Hesket, approximately 70 km north-west of Melbourne and a few kilometres north of Mount Macedon.
In the middle of the 19th century, the original occupants of the place—tribes of the Dja Dja Wurrung, Woi Wurrung and Taungurung—were forced from it.[6] They had been its occupants for thousands of years[7] and, colonisation notwithstanding, continue to maintain cultural and spiritual connections to it.[5]
In the late 20th century, the area became widely known as the setting of Joan Lindsay's novel Picnic at Hanging Rock.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
mrtwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "THE HANGING ROCK, NEAR WOODEND". Australasian Sketcher with Pen and Pencil. Vol. IV, no. 51. Victoria, Australia. 17 February 1877. p. 182. Retrieved 30 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria Vols. 11–12. The Society, 1898, p. 93. "The object of the present paper is to briefly record the occurrence of trachyte at Macedon, Mount Diogenes (the Camel's Hump), Dryden's Mount (the Hanging Rock) and Brock's Monument, and to make a few observations concerning the trachyte of the Coleraine district."
- ^ Stephanie Skidmore & Ian D. Clark (2014) "Hanging Rock Recreation Reserve", In: An Historical Geography of Tourism in Victoria, Australia: Case Studies, Ian D. Clarke ed., De Gruyter Open Ltd: Warsaw/Berlin, pp. 111-134.
- ^ a b "Jason Tamiru / The Yung Balug perspective of Hanging Rock · Malthouse Theatre". malthousetheatre.com.au. Archived from the original on 22 February 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ^ "What Really Happened at Hanging Rock". Vice. 3 February 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ^ "Hanging Rock History". Hanging Rock - A History. Retrieved 21 February 2018.