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The Family

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2016-07-301h 38m

Documentary

Inside one of Australia's most notorious cults

Anne Hamilton-Byrne was beautiful, charismatic and delusional. She was also incredibly dangerous. Convinced she was the reincarnation of Jesus Christ, Hamilton-Byrne headed an apocalyptic sect called The Family, which was prominent in Melbourne from the 1960s through to the 1990s. With her husband Bill, she acquired numerous children – some through adoption scams, some born to cult members – and raised them as her own. Isolated from the outside world, the children were dressed in matching outfits, had identical dyed blonde hair, and were allegedly beaten, starved and injected with LSD. Taught that Hamilton-Byrne was both their mother and the messiah, the children were eventually rescued during a police raid in 1987, but their trauma had only just begun.

Directors
Rosie Jones
Writters
Rosie Jones
Editors
Rosie Jones, Jane Usher

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  1. Jordan Fraser-Trumble

    Jordan Fraser-Trumble

    Detective Lex De Man (young)

  2. Anne Hamilton-Byrne

    Anne Hamilton-Byrne

    Herself (archive footage)

  3. Bill Hamilton-Byrne

    Bill Hamilton-Byrne

    Himself (archive footage)

  4. Lex De Man

    Lex De Man

    Himself (interview)

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Original Language
English
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Keywords
australiachild abuseinvestigationmanipulationlsdreligious cultstolen childdrugsantiniketan park association