Michael Chamberlain

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. The findings of a 1987 royal commission ultimately exonerated the couple, but not before they were subjected to sensationalist reporting and intense public scrutiny.

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
(m. 1968; div. 1991)
    Ingrid Bergner
    (m. 1994)
    ChildrenAidan (born 1973)
    Reagan (born 1976)
    Azaria (June–August 1980)
    Kahlia (born 1982)
    Zahra (born 1996)
    Website
    michaelchamberlain.com.au
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