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A Dingo Has Got My Baby

  • Azaria Chamberlain was born

    Azaria Chamberlain was born
  • Azaria was taken from her tent at Ayers Rock

    Azaria was apparently taken from her tent by a dingo. She was 9 weeks and 4 days old.
  • Azaria's jumpsuit and singlet are found

    The bloody jumpsuit and singlet of Azaria is found near a boulder at the base of Uluru by a tourist.
  • Chamberlain car is searched

  • The Chamberlain's home is searched

    Northern Territory police search the home of the Chamberlains in Cooranbong, New South Wales.
  • The jury finds Lindy guilty of murder and Michael guitly of being an accessory after the fact

    The jury finds Lindy guilty of murder and Michael guitly of being an accessory after the fact
    The Chamberlain case goes to the jury. The jury finds Lindy guilty of murder and Michael guilty of being an accessory after the fact. Lindy is sentenced to life at hard labor, while Michael's sentence is deferred.
  • A matinee jacket is discovered at Uluru

    A matinee jacket matching the description of the jacket Azaria wore on the day of her disappearance in discovered at Uluru
  • Chamberlains aloud to return to court

    A new act of Parliament is forced through to allow the Chamberlain's to return to court to clear their convictions.
  • Chamberlains totally innocent

    The Supreme Court of Darwin quashes all convictions and declares the Chamberlain's totally innocent. The court also adopts Morling's view that Azaria was taken by a dingo if they had been asked.
  • Chamberlains want divorce

    Lindy tells Michael she wants a divorce.
  • Divorce is final.

    The Chamberlain's divorce becomes final. Kahlia chooses to live with Michael and visit Lindy, Reagan stays with Lindy and visits Michael. Aidan divides his time between the two homes.
  • Chamberlains given compinsation.

    Compensation paid to the Chamberlains by the Northern Territory government.
  • Azaria's case finally closed

    Northern Territory Coroner Elizabeth Morris told a packed courtroom on this day that a dingo was to blame for the death of nine-week-old Azaria Chamberlain, who disappeared at an Uluru campsite in 1980.