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Azaria
''The dingo's got my baby!"
This was the cry that shocked a nation and started one of the most bizarre and macabre cases in Australian legal history.
Baby Azaria Chamberlain was barely nine weeks old when she vanished from her parents' tent at Ayers Rock in Central Australia on 17 August 1980.
Had she been taken by a dingo, as Michael and Lindy Chamberlain claimed? Or were darker forces at work? Had Azaria died at the hands of a person or persons unknown? Two inquests and a lengthy murder trial examined all the facts and called many expert witnesses.
In this book, investigative journalist Richard Shears has researched and presented the whole incredible story. Here, in gripping detail, is the full account of a two-year agony which has been followed with horrified fascination by the whole world.
This was the cry that shocked a nation and started one of the most bizarre and macabre cases in Australian legal history.
Baby Azaria Chamberlain was barely nine weeks old when she vanished from her parents' tent at Ayers Rock in Central Australia on 17 August 1980.
Had she been taken by a dingo, as Michael and Lindy Chamberlain claimed? Or were darker forces at work? Had Azaria died at the hands of a person or persons unknown? Two inquests and a lengthy murder trial examined all the facts and called many expert witnesses.
In this book, investigative journalist Richard Shears has researched and presented the whole incredible story. Here, in gripping detail, is the full account of a two-year agony which has been followed with horrified fascination by the whole world.
235 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1982
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Richard Shears
28 books4 followersRichard Shears is an Australian journalist who has covered stories all over the world. His published books encompass fiction, true crime and general nonfiction.
He is the Australian and South East Asian correspondent for the London' respected 'Daily Mail' newspaper.
NB: The exact date of birth is not known so 1 January has been used to complete the entry above.
He is the Australian and South East Asian correspondent for the London' respected 'Daily Mail' newspaper.
NB: The exact date of birth is not known so 1 January has been used to complete the entry above.
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November 25, 2016
This story was ingrained and cemented into my childhood. All Australian's grew up knowing about the baby that disappeared in the outback at one of the most iconic and sacred places in Australia Ayers Rock now more commonly known as Uluru, the story was so big that the term "the dingo's got my baby" is a commonly used expression and it has become a kind of folklore story with everyone having an opinion. It's one of the most talked about true crime mysteries in Australia's history. So your either on the side of the Chamberlains and believe their baby was taken by a dingo or your part of the other side who believe the family was directly involved with her disappearance resulting in her murder. This book gives the argument for both exploring both sides of the argument with equal measure. The story follows the day of the disappearance all the way until the trial where the Chamberlains are found "guilty" this covers the most basic and technical parts of the story so this will satisfy most readers who are curious to know the ins and outs of this famous case, some parts were slightly tedious and repetitive but it's necessary to the outcome and in helping you make up your own mind. Personally I'm not any more sure of the culpability of the Chamberlains but I do like having all the facts presented in a non biased fashion as I was too young to remember specifics of this 36 year old case that has baffled a nation and still has a nation divided to this day.
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