Death of Azaria Chamberlain
Azaria Chamberlain and her mother, Lindy
Date | 17 August 1980 (aged 2 months 6 days)
Location | Uluru (Ayers Rock), Northern Territory, Australia
Cause | Declared legally dead on 12 June 2012 (32 years later) "...the result of being attacked and taken by a dingo".[1][2]
Inquiries | Royal Commission of inquiry into Chamberlain convictions (1986–1987)
Inquest | 1. "..the likely cause was a dingo attack.." (1980–81);[3] 2. Committed Lindy Chamberlain for trial (1981–82);[4] 3. Open finding (1995);[5] 4. "...a dingo was responsible..." (2012)[1][2]
Coroner | 1. Denis Barritt; 2. Gerard Galvin; 3. John Lowndes; 4. Elizabeth Morris
Suspects | A dingo; Lindy and Michael Chamberlain
Accused | Lindy and Michael Chamberlain
Charges | Lindy: murder; Michael: accessory after the fact
Convictions | Lindy: originally life imprisonment, quashed on appeal; Michael: originally 18-month suspended sentence, quashed on appeal