Heath Ledger was partly filmed in Kings Cross. Clare Werbeloff, became known as the Kings Cross Bogan following her eyewitness account of a shooting outside a Kings Cross nightclub, which turned out to be a hoax. Her politically incorrect report to a television news cameraman spread online via YouTube and made her an internet celebrity. Afterwards she starred in a lingerie photo shoot for Ralph magazine and in several Australian television shows. She also starred in a photo shoot in a 2011 Spanish FHM magazine. The novel The Golden Day by Ursula Dubosarsky is set in a fictitious girls' school in Kings Cross and involves the disappearance of one of the teachers while on a school excursion in 1967. The novel Down in the City (1957) by Elizabeth Harrower is mostly set in Kings Cross. Justine Ettler's The River Ophelia, a controversial 1995 novel, is believed to be set in King's Cross though the location is never revealed in the book. Australian crime drama series Underbelly: The Golden Mile was set in Kings Cross. It was a dramatic representation of Kings Cross organised crime in the 1980s and 1990s. The Australian television series Love Child was set in Kings Cross. It is a fictional drama series based on the lives of teenagers going through underage pregnancy during the 1960s. The Australian television series Les Norton was set in Kings Cross, as the lead character is a bouncer in a Kings Cross illegal gambling casino in 1985. Population As of 2019, it is estimated 4,948 people live within the locality’s area. In 2018, the local area (including Potts Point and Woolloomooloo) was recognized as the second most densely populated in Australia. See also Uniting Medically Supervised Injecting Centre (a state government-supported facility in Kings Cross, New South Wales) References External links SYDNEY.com - Kings Cross [CC-By-SA] Kings Cross Market Kings Cross Arts & Cultural Festival Kings Cross Community Centre Sydney localities Red-light districts in Australia Gay villages in Australia Entertainment districts in Australia LGBT culture in Sydney Restaurant districts and streets in Australia