Michael Chamberlain

Michael Chamberlain
BornMichael Leigh Chamberlain
(1944-02-27)27 February 1944
Christchurch, New Zealand
Died9 January 2017(2017-01-09) (aged 72)
Gosford, New South Wales, Australia
OccupationPastor, teacher, writer
NationalityAustralian, New Zealand
EducationPhD University of Newcastle
BTeach Avondale College
MA Andrews University
BA Avondale College
Notable worksBeyond Azaria / Michael Chamberlain, Lowell Tarling (1999, ISBN 1-86350-277-7)
Spouse
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(m. 1968; div. 1991)​
Ingrid Bergner
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(m. 1994)​
ChildrenAidan (born 1973)
Reagan (born 1976)
Azaria (June–August 1980)
Kahlia (born 1982)
Zahra (born 1996)
Website
michaelchamberlain.com.au

Michael Leigh Chamberlain (27 February 1944 – 9 January 2017) was a New Zealand-Australian writer, teacher and pastor falsely implicated in the August 1980 death of his missing daughter Azaria, which was later demonstrated to be the result of a dingo attack while the family was camping near Uluru (then usually called Ayers Rock) in the Northern Territory, Australia. Chamberlain's then-wife Lindy was falsely convicted of the baby's murder in 1982 and he was convicted of being an accessory after the fact.[1] The findings of a 1987 royal commission ultimately exonerated the couple, but not before they were subjected to sensationalist reporting and intense public scrutiny.[2][3]

  1. ^ Linder, Douglas (2005). "The Trial of Lindy and Michael Chamberlain: A Commentary". University of Missouri - Kansas City. Archived from the original on 21 January 2011. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
  2. ^ Chamberlain, Michael (n.d.). "Biography of Michael Chamberlain". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference azaria was invoked but never defined (see the help page).