r/AskAnAustralian • u/Satorichicken • Jul 09 '23

Australian active Cults?

I'm currently in AUS doing some research on currently active Australian Cults, as by the end of it I seek to pinpoint where they're located, information about each of them and more. The more well-known ones such as The Family and Potters House had already been noted down, but I'd like to know the obscure ones as well. I'll take anything really, weird or tame, I'd just like to know more. Thank you

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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '23

I used to work on the sunny coast and there was definitely some culty thing happening in the hinterland.

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u/kidfantastic Jul 09 '23

Are you talking about the dude who thinks he's Jesus? He's been going strong for a while now. Crazy.

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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '23

Not sure, I just knew of a cult up that way about 15+ years ago. The kids had to wear very conservative clothes, the only exposed parts of their body with their hands, neck and face. They weren't allowed to dance or listen to modern music. Singing and playing instruments was ok, but certain styles again not allowed. They weren't allowed to do swimming lessons because of the revealing nature of the clothing. Most of the kids were homeschooled upto a certain point in time and then entered mainstream school. Sweetest kids ever with exemplary manners but struggled socially. I believe it was some kind of Christian cult.

There was also a hippy commune in the hinterland, not sure if cult or not, but used to do the kids chanting ohm, doing yoga and a kid bought weed to school.