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The Family, also known as the Santiniketan Park Association or the Great White Brotherhood, was an Australian New Age group formed in the mid-1960s under the leadership of Anne Hamilton-Byrne (born Evelyn Grace Victoria Edwards; 30 December 1921 – 13 June 2019).
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....
Jun 14, 2019 · Anne Hamilton-Byrne, who convinced people she was Jesus Christ reincarnated, led the doomsday sect with her husband Bill Hamilton-Byrne from 1963 to 1987. The cult was made famous by images of children with bleached blonde bowl cuts and matching outfits. The children were drugged with LSD and subject to beatings.
A woman whose terrify deeds have destroyed many lives. For years, Anne Hamilton-Byrne ran a bizarre cult known as The Family. But this was no ordinary family. Children stolen at birth,...
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Anne Hamilton-Byrne died on June 13, aged 98. She had suffered from dementia since the mid-2000s and lived out her final years a shadow of her former, all-powerful self. For almost 20 years, the yoga teacher-turned doomsday fanatic gathered new members of what she called The Family.
A former detective who worked on the case to bring Australia’s infamous cult leader to justice for abuse against children has revealed why she never saw jail time. Anne Hamilton-Byrne, who was ...
Aug 19, 2019 · Up to that moment in August 1987, his world had been shaped by Anne Hamilton-Byrne, a glamorous and charismatic yoga instructor who, in the late 1960s, had persuaded her followers to join a cult...
