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== Missing ==
== Missing ==
Azaria Chamberlain was asleep in the family tent at the Ayers Rock camping ground on 17 August 1980, with her older brother Reagan, 4, when a dingo entered the tent and took Azaria.
Her parents and other brother, Aiden, 6, were around a campfire nearby, with other campers.
Her parents and other brother, Aiden, 6, were around a campfire nearby, with other campers.
Lindy Chamberlain, hearing a cry from her baby, returnd to the tent just in time to see what appeared in the dark to be a dingo leaving the tent, and, investigating, found her baby gone.
Lindy Chamberlain, hearing a cry from her baby, returned to the tent just in time to see what appeared in the dark to be a dingo leaving the tent, and, investigating, found her baby gone.
A search proved fruitless, and police became suspicious of the circumstances.
A search proved fruitless, and police became suspicious of the circumstances.
Public opinions on the case were strong, and there was a widespread rumour that the name [[Azariah|Azaria]] meant "Sacrifice in the wilderness".
The name actually means "whom Jehovah helps".
However, a [[coroner|coronial]] inquest found that a dingo had, in fact, taken Azaria, and that her body had been disposed of by a person or persons unknown.
However, a [[coroner|coronial]] inquest found that a dingo had, in fact, taken Azaria, and that her body had been disposed of by a person or persons unknown.
The coroner also pointed out that the name does not mean and has never meant "Sacrifice in the wilderness".
== Parents charged and convicted ==
== Parents charged and convicted ==
However, the [[Northern Territory]] government had the findings off the coronial inquest quashed, and a second inquest ordered.
However, the [[Northern Territory]] government had the findings of the coronial inquest quashed, and a second inquest ordered.
Whereas the first inquest had concentrated on the dingo, the second concentrated on allegations of blood in the Chamberlain car.
Whereas the first inquest had concentrated on the dingo, the second concentrated on allegations of blood in the Chamberlain car.
As a result of the second inquest, Lindy Chamberlain was charged with the murder of Azaria, and Michael Chamberlain with being an accessory after the fact.
As a result of the second inquest, Lindy Chamberlain was charged with the murder of Azaria, and Michael Chamberlain with being an accessory after the fact.
A further trial quashed all convictions against Michael and Lindy Chamberlain.
A further trial quashed all convictions against Michael and Lindy Chamberlain.
Lindy Chamberlain subsequently received AU$1.3 million compensation for wrongful imprisonment.
Lindy Chamberlain subsequently received AU$1.3 million compensation for wrongful imprisonment.
== Film ==
The case has been put to film a number of times, including the following:
* ''Who Killed Baby Azaria?'' was made for TV in 1983, when Lindy Chamberlain was still in jail, and reportedly presumes that she was guilty.
* ''Evil Angels'', known as ''A Cry in the Dark'' outside Australia, was made in 1988, directed by [[Fred Schepisi]], and starred [[Meryl Streep]] and [[Sam Neill]] as Lindy and Michael Chamberlain.
* ''Through My Eyes'' is a two-part TV mini series made in 2004.
== Sources ==
== Sources ==
* Steel, Fiona, [http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/not_guilty/chamberlain1/1.html A Cry in the Night]
* Steel, Fiona, [http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/not_guilty/chamberlain1/1.html A Cry in the Night]
* Hogg, Russell, [http://law.anu.edu.au/highcourt_project/Chamberlain%20Case%20rtf.rtf Chamberlain Case (1984)]
* Hogg, Russell, [http://law.anu.edu.au/highcourt_project/Chamberlain%20Case%20rtf.rtf Chamberlain Case (1984)]
== External links ==
* [http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0086580/ Who Killed Baby Azaria?] on the Internet Movie Database.
* [http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0094924/ Evil Angels] on the Internet Movie Database.
* [http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0409633/ Through My Eyes] on the Internet Movie Database.
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