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50 YEARS ON AUSTRALIA’S WORST FAMILY MASSACRE

The slaughter at Hope Forest in South Australia in 1971 earned the dubious title as the worst family mass murder in modern Australia.

On September 6, which was Father’s Day, Clifford Bartholomew carried out a rampage across the family farm. Ten members of the family were murdered, including eight children.

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the horrific murders. But re-examination of the case reveals two twists, which resulted in a new

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