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1984. ‘The Family’: South Australia’s mysterious, murderous homosexuals.

Gay in the 80s Posted on March 18, 2013 by Colin ClewsMarch 18, 2013

South Australia is known as one of Australia’s more conservative states. From the 1960’s to the 1980’s it also acquired the reputation of being one of the most bloody, after a number of kidnappings and murders of children and young … Continue reading →

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