MS 9514
Papers of Margaret Neale
Scope and content note
Papers
1982-95 (bulk 1985-90)
70 cm (5 boxes)
Available for reference
Margaret Neale donated the collection to the National Library in
February 1996.
The papers include press clippings, articles, reports, submissions,
issues of magazines, pamphlets, photocopied documents, issues of Azaria
newsletter and other material issued by the Chamberlain Innocence
Committee, copies of letters by supporters (including R.A. Swift), audio
cassettes, video cassettes, T-shirt and other items
Biographical Note
Margaret Neale formerly Armstrong, was an active supporter of Lindy
and Michael Chamberlain.
Series Description
Box 1
Chamberlain Innocence Committee. Articles relating to dingo attacks
near Uluru, mistaken identification of blood in the Chamberlain's car and
copies of the Azaria newsletter and supplements.
Clippings and pamphlets relating to the Chamberlain case and the Free
Lindy Chamberlain campaign.
Letters from R. A. Swift to Justice Morling, 24 and 28 November 1986;
Lionel Bowen, 6 January 1987; Betty Hocking (National Freedom Council), 12
December 1989; Michael and Lindy Chamberlain, 18 December 1989; Nick Griener,
26 October 1990; and Phil Ward, 24 April and 3 June 1991 concerning dingo
attacks.
Speeches by Bob Collins, Minister in Northern Territory Government, 21
November 1985. Articles on Lindy Chamberlain's release, 10 February 1986.
Spiral bound copy of Glenn Rosendahl's The dark side of the
law, c1984.
Cuttings from 1982-96 concerning the release of Through my
eyes by Lindy Chamberlain, the Chamberlains' divorce and remarriages, the
filming of A cry in the dark and Meryl Streep's award at the Cannes
Film Festival for Best Actress in A cry in the dark.
Box 2
Clippings, 1982-90, concerning the Chamberlain trial, David Brett's
death, the Free Lindy campaign, Lindy Chamberlain's release, the quashing of
the Chamberlain's convictions, her interviews with 60 Minutes and
Australian Women's Weekly, the Morling Inquiry, the filming of A
cry in the dark, the Chamberlain's compensation claim and Joy Kuhl's blood
tests. Also includes letters to the editor expressing public views, positive
and negative, of the Chamberlains' guilt.
Box 3
The Chamberlain Royal Commission. A summary of the report with comment
by George W. Rollo, 1987
Transcripts of proceedings of Lindy and Michael Chamberlain's
application for special leave to appeal against a conviction of murder and a
conviction for being an accessory after the fact of murder, 28-30 November 1983
and 1-2 December 1983.
Commission of Inquiry (Chamberlain's Convictions) Bill 1986 and the
President of the Dingo Foundation's speech on dingos.
Transcripts of proceedings at the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for
applications for special leave to appeal granted, appeals dismissed, 22
February 1984. Convictions quashed, verdict and judgement of acquittal entered,
29 February 1988 and 14-15 February 1988.
Transcript of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Chamberlain
Convictions, 15-16 October 1986.
Box 4
T-shirt 'I believe the eyewitnesses'
Videos concerning the Chamberlains, the Azaria case and dingos,
1983-1993 (mostly 1988-89).
Cassettes
The law and you (1), 3 Oct. 1984
The law and you (2), 3 Oct. 1984
Azaria rally (1), 6 Mar. 1984
Azaria rally (2), 6 Mar. 1984
Trial witnesses speak out, c1984
Azaria
Box 5
Medical journal of Australia,vols 141 (1984) and 147 (1987),
photocopy from Gradwohl's legal medicine, article from Medical
journal of Australia; SIGNS, August 1988; photocopy from The
order of wolves and article 'New killer roaming the streets' and the
Sydney Morning Herald magazine Good weekend, 3 October
1987.
Copies of letters. Correspondents include Brennan, Blair and
Tipple (law firm used by the Chamberlains), 27 October 1987; Esmond Stockton, 1
November 1988; Ann Campbell, 24 January and 19 November 1985 and Nonie Hodgson,
6 June 1984. Also an open letter from Michael and Lindy Chamberlain, 15
July 1986.
Forensic report compiled by Professor Barry Boettcher, 13 March
1984.
Booklets including The Azaria evidence: fact or fiction,
1984, Chamberlain facts and fallacies n.d., The Azaria mystery, a
reason to kill n.d. by George Rollo and The Chamberlain case
(the dingo and the Indian wolf) 1987.
Submission to the Government from Brennan, Blair and Tipple, seeking
judicial inquiry into the convictions of the Chamberlains, n.d.
‘Commentary on the Martin report’ prepared by Andrew
Charles Scott, January 1986. 'Lindy' an opera in three acts by Moya
Henderson, October 1994.
'Forensic science-the new trial by ordeal?' by Stuart Tipple,
n.d.
'Azaria: the religion factor' by Dr. Norman H. Young, n.d.
Copies of correspondence concerning Julie Fry's evidence in the
Chamberlain case. Transcripts of addresses by John Winneke counsel for
the Chamberlains and Ian Barker, Crown Counsel, March 1987.
February 2001