BEN Shenton was just 18 months old when his mother gave him up to a well-spoken blonde woman who swore she’d give him the ...

What's new: Adelaide's Georgia Rose Phillips dares to fictionalise the early life of notorious cult leader Anne ...

The Bearcat is a debut novel by Georgia Rose Phillips, inspired by the characters behind the notorious Australian doomsday ...

Phillips’ debut novel fictionalises the early life of Anne Hamilton Byrne, the real-life leader of the notorious Australian ...

The Dockside Raid was comparatively small, a test of Belfast’s defences; the Easter Tuesday Raid was immense, with 200 ...

Formed in 1963 with renowned physicist Dr Raynor Johnson, along with Anne’s husband Bill Hamilton-Byrne, the doomsday sect stole children through brainwashing and adoption scams, and Anne raised ...

At one time, the property in Ferny Creek was the headquarters of notorious cult The Family, complete with a throne for its chief tormentor, kidnapper and abuser, Anne Hamilton-Byrne. The property ...

According to 1980s media reports, the hall was built by ex-cult leader Anne Hamilton-Byrne and her followers who would hold regular services there. One-time yoga teacher Hamilton-Byrne formed a ...

Review: The Bearcat – Georgia Rose Phillips (Picador) The Bearcat , the first novel by Georgia Rose Phillips and one of the Guardian's most anticipated books of the year , concerns itself with the ...

It would be unethical to sensationalise the story of the Family or excuse the actions of Anne Hamilton-Byrne by blaming her childhood trauma. Lots of families were broken during the Depression ...

The Bearcat, the first novel by Georgia Rose Phillips and one of the Guardian’s most anticipated books of the year, concerns itself with the backstory of Anne Hamilton-Byrne, the yoga teacher ...