Five film adaptations of classic novels from Australia's finest authors is one unprecedented collection! With names like Morris West, Henry Handel Richardson and Coleen McCulloch (The Thorn Birds), these are classic novels transformed into classic cinema by some of Australia's greatest filmmakers including Peter Weir and Bruce Berseford.Synopsis - Picnic at Hanging Rock (Collector's Edition) (1975) St. Valentine's Day, 1900. On a beautiful summer's day a party of Australian schoolgirls from an exclusive finishing school giddily prepare for an excursion to Hanging Rock, a magnificent natural monument drenched in a mysterious atmosphere. Among the white-gloved pupils of Appleyard College are senior boarders Miranda, Marion, Irma and Edith. The girls gain permission to explore the upper slopes of the rock. Edith takes a nap and wakes to discover that the other three girls have removed their shoes and stockings and have resumed their trek as if in a dream, disappearing into a passageway in the rock itself. Mathematics mistress Miss McCraw goes to investigate, but neither she nor the three other girls are ever seen again. They have vanished without a trace. Based on the classic novel by Joan Lindsay, "Picnic at Hanging Rock" is both sublimely spooky and majestically beautiful. Boasting visually hypnotic photography by Oscar winner Russell Boyd, a haunting score by Bruce Smeaton and the timeless ethereal beauty of Anne Louise Lambert as Miranda, "Picnic at Hanging Rock" helped revive the Australian film industry and established Director Peter Weir as a major International talent.Synopsis - Getting Of Wisdom, The (1978) Told with a delicate blend of satire and nostalgia, this awardwinning coming-of-age tale introduces one of Australian literature's most beloved characters to the screen, Laura Tweedle Rambothan (Susannah Fowle). Chronicling her stormy passage through the sedate halls of an expensive Melbourne finishing school, The Getting of Wisdom delivers a rich and