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Up to that stage, they'd been getting
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The Witch of Kings Cross

Up to that stage,they'd been getting some quite wonderful publicity

Up to that stage,
they'd been getting some quite wonderful publicity

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Up to that stage, they'd been getting
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some quite wonderful publicity.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:23:25
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?
She'd told the newspapers that she did some of the paintings - The Witch of Kings Cross 00:06
She'd told the newspapers that she did some of the pain...
So what you have in 1949 in Melbourne - The Witch of Kings Cross 00:05
So what you have in 1949 in Melbourne
Woman producing obscene art, woman upsetting people. - The Witch of Kings Cross 00:04
Woman producing obscene art, woman upsetting people.
She won her case but she didn't have much money - The Witch of Kings Cross 00:05
She won her case but she didn't have much money
They got back eventually, - The Witch of Kings Cross 00:05
They got back eventually,
"Here I am with a thousand pounds - The Witch of Kings Cross 00:09
"Here I am with a thousand pounds
It was filled with coffee shops that had different themes. - The Witch of Kings Cross 00:06
It was filled with coffee shops that had different themes.
Poets doing poetry and it would always be against society. - The Witch of Kings Cross 00:07
Poets doing poetry and it would always be against society.
And it had a history, Dobell and Drysdale, - The Witch of Kings Cross 00:07
And it had a history, Dobell and Drysdale,
Artists, dancers, homosexuals, - The Witch of Kings Cross 00:08
Artists, dancers, homosexuals,
Where jazz was happening, - The Witch of Kings Cross 00:06
Where jazz was happening,
The cafes were open all night, - The Witch of Kings Cross 00:09
The cafes were open all night,
And that was the intellectual environment that she craved. - The Witch of Kings Cross 00:06
And that was the intellectual environment that she craved.
The night is a world of possibilities, - The Witch of Kings Cross 00:06
The night is a world of possibilities,
And if you think of how harsh the Australian sunlight is, - The Witch of Kings Cross 00:07
And if you think of how harsh the Australian sunlight is,
The darkness of night is actually a time - The Witch of Kings Cross 00:07
The darkness of night is actually a time
On misty nights.... in Woolloomooloo, - The Witch of Kings Cross 00:09
On misty nights.... in Woolloomooloo,
"Lights black majesty, midnight sun, - The Witch of Kings Cross 00:09
"Lights black majesty, midnight sun,
Soul of magic and master of death, - The Witch of Kings Cross 00:08
Soul of magic and master of death,
Take me dark shining one, - The Witch of Kings Cross 00:05
Take me dark shining one,