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NTRS 4214 Transcripts of interviews by private investigators and a journalist relating to dingoes

Recording Agency:Department of Law/ (from 1995) Attorney-Generals Department (584)
Date Range:c 1982 - 1984
Access:Open
Location:Darwin (NTAC)
Legacy Series Id:

Function / Content

This series consists of transcripts of twenty interviews regarding the disappearance of Azaria Chamberlain. Kevin Hitchcock (a journalist with Channel 10) conducted half of the interviews, and Don McNichol and Phil Ward (private investigators) conducted the remainder of the interviews. These transcripts were submitted to the Royal Commission into the Conviction of Lindy and Michael Chamberlain. The interviews mention dingo behaviour; the approach of dingoes to people during the period before and after Azaria Chamberlain disappeared; the following of tracks from the campsite during the search after Azaria went missing; sightings of dingoes in the vicinity of Azaria's disappearance and paw prints around the camp site and on Azaria's blanket.

Recordkeeping System

Alphanumeric with "Z" prefix

Recording Agency

PeriodTitleAgency Id
1982 - 1984Department of Law/ (from 1995) Attorney-Generals Department584

Agency Responsible

PeriodTitleAgency Id
1982 - 1986Department of Law/ (from 1995) Attorney-Generals Department584
1986 - 1987Royal Commission of Inquiry into Chamberlain Convictions1303
1987 - 2001Department of Law/ (from 1995) Attorney-Generals Department584
2001 - 2012Department of Justice578

Related Series

Transfer DateSeriesSeries Id
1982 - 1984Submission bindersNTRS 4184
1982 - 1984Submission walletsNTRS 4191

Consignments

Consignment IdNumber of UnitsContents Date RangePublic AccessDescription
P000111982 - 1984OpenD3: Date printed