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Hanging Rock, Victoria
Rock formation in Victoria, Australia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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 |
Geography | |
Victoria, Australia | |
Parent range | Macedon |
Geology | |
Age of rock | 6.25 million years |
Mountain type | Mamelon |
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.