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It has widely been described as a cult. The group became the centre of controversy when its compound in Olinda, Victoria, was raided by police on 14 August 1987 amid allegations of child abuse. All children were removed from the premises, and were discovered to have been adopted through illegal means.
Jun 14, 2019 · Australian cult leader Anne Hamilton-Byrne has died in Melbourne at the age of 98. Her cult, The Family, was accused of imprisoning and brainwashing children in the 1970s and 80s....
May 25, 2023 · The Disney+ (Hulu in the US) series ‘The Clearing’ is set in rural Victoria and tells the story of a dangerous cult named the Kindred. The narrative is split into two timelines. In the past, the members of the Kindred kidnap a young girl named Sara and try to indoctrinate her in their beliefs.
May 23, 2023 · In Hulu’s “The Clearing,” young girls are kidnapped, forced to have the same haircuts, and tortured—and it’s all based on an actual cult that operated for decades in Australia.
Nov 29, 2023 · According to The Guardian, the cult at the centre of The Clearing, ‘The Kindred’ is based on the real-life cult ‘The Family’, which operated throughout regional Victoria from the 1960s to the 1990s. Much like the female cult leader Adrienne in the show, ‘The Family’ was led by Anne Hamilton Byrne.
May 25, 2023 · However, the series is based on JP Pomare’s 2019 novel ‘In the Clearing,’ which is inspired by the real-life cult, the Family, a doomsday cult that adhered to a philosophy perhaps best described as a hodgepodge of Christianity, Hinduism, and other Eastern and Western religions.
May 25, 2023 · Meanwhile, Amy (Julia Savage) is a young girl who lives in a cult-like community called the Kindred. When a young girl named Sara is kidnapped and brought there, it forces Amy to reflect on the life she has led until this point and the lies she has been told.
May 25, 2023 · The first Australian series to launch on streamer Disney+. Otto, 55, as Adrienne Beaufort, the glamorous leader of the cult The Kindred, heads a cast of top local talent, including Claudia Karvan, 51, Kate Mulvany, 46, Teresa Palmer, 37, Guy Pearce, 55, and teen newcomer Julia Savage, 16.
May 17, 2023 · Based on J.P. Pomare's bestselling novel In the Clearing, Hulu's new eight-part psychological thriller tosses you into the nightmarish underbelly of a mysterious cult residing in Australia.
May 24, 2023 · The streaming platform's first original scripted Aussie drama tells a nightmarish tale fictionalised from reality with a top-notch local cast. They're called The Kindred, not The Family. Adrienne Beaufort is their leader, not Anne Hamilton-Byrne. But there's no mistaking the inspiration for JP Pomare's book In the Clearing and its new eight ...
