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The Witch of Kings Cross

Any attempt at apleasant relationship between us was doomed to fail." Her dad was a really...

Any attempt at a
pleasant relationship between us was doomed to fail." Her dad was a really senior
figure in merchant shipping

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Any attempt at a pleasant relationship
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between us was doomed to fail."
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Her dad was a really senior figure in merchant shipping.
Duration
10 seconds
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23
Timestamp in Movie
00:10:36
Uploaded
Jun 10, 2025
Genres
documentary
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Movie Summary

Artist Rosaleen Norton faced allegations of satanic rituals, obscene art and sex orgies in 1950s Sydney, but did the scandals mask her genius?
"I saw comparatively little of my father - The Witch of Kings Cross 00:06
"I saw comparatively little of my father
Incidentally, he was a cousin of Vaughan Williams, - The Witch of Kings Cross 00:08
Incidentally, he was a cousin of Vaughan Williams,
In 1924, my family settled in Australia at Lindfield, - The Witch of Kings Cross 00:16
In 1924, my family settled in Australia at Lindfield,
"As a child my chief aim - The Witch of Kings Cross 00:12
"As a child my chief aim
And she kept all sorts of - The Witch of Kings Cross 00:09
And she kept all sorts of
You can see the rebel in her, - The Witch of Kings Cross 00:09
You can see the rebel in her,
"The onset of adolescence - The Witch of Kings Cross 00:10
"The onset of adolescence
For some time, I had been constantly aware - The Witch of Kings Cross 00:07
For some time, I had been constantly aware
"If the kingdom of Pan had always been with me, - The Witch of Kings Cross 00:09
"If the kingdom of Pan had always been with me,
"Now it had begun to emerge." - The Witch of Kings Cross 00:09
"Now it had begun to emerge."
That the tedious world of childhood didn't really matter. - The Witch of Kings Cross 00:04
That the tedious world of childhood didn't really matte...
Because this held the essence of all - The Witch of Kings Cross 00:05
Because this held the essence of all
Once Rosaleen Norton had adopted this pagan outlook - The Witch of Kings Cross 00:15
Once Rosaleen Norton had adopted this pagan outlook
And as soon as she could get out, - The Witch of Kings Cross 00:08
And as soon as she could get out,
She studied at East Sydney Tech, - The Witch of Kings Cross 00:05
She studied at East Sydney Tech,
Rayner Hoff, by all accounts was, what's the term, - The Witch of Kings Cross 00:06
Rayner Hoff, by all accounts was, what's the term,
And he was an odd influence obviously over his students, - The Witch of Kings Cross 00:07
And he was an odd influence obviously over his students,
She didn't listen, - The Witch of Kings Cross 00:06
She didn't listen,
What she was interested in was interpreting the body. - The Witch of Kings Cross 00:05
What she was interested in was interpreting the body.
"Hoff allowed me to depart from routine - The Witch of Kings Cross 00:06
"Hoff allowed me to depart from routine