Guide to the Papers of Margaret Ann Neale

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MS 9514

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Collection Summary

Creator
Margaret Ann Neale
Title
Papers of Margaret Ann Neale
Date Range
1982-1995
Collection Number
MS 9514
Extent
0.75 metres (5 ms boxes + 17 sound/av carriers)
Language of Materials
English
Repository
Special Collections (Manuscripts)

Introduction

Scope and Contents

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

Conditions Governing Access

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn543502).

Conditions Governing Use

Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.

Preferred Citation

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Margaret Ann Neale, National Library of Australia, MS 9514, [box number and series and/or file number]'.

Provenance

Margaret Neale donated the collection to the National Library in February 1996.

Biographical Note

Margaret Neale formerly Armstrong, was an active supporter of Lindy and Michael Chamberlain.

Item Descriptions

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 (File) - Box 1

Clippings and pamphlets relating to the Chamberlain case and the Free Lindy Chamberlain campaign (File) - Box 1

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 (File) - Box 1

Speeches by Bob Collins, Minister in Northern Territory Government, 21 November 1985. Articles on Lindy Chamberlain's release, 10 February 1986 (File) - Box 1

Spiral bound copy of Glenn Rosendahl's The dark side of the law, c1984 (File) - Box 1

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 (File) - Box 1

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 (File) - Box 2

The Chamberlain Royal Commission. A summary of the report with comment by George W. Rollo, 1987 (File) - Box 3

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 (File) - Box 3

Commission of Inquiry (Chamberlain's Convictions) Bill 1986 and the President of the Dingo Foundation's speech on dingos (File) - Box 3

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 (File) - Box 3

Transcript of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Chamberlain Convictions, 15-16 October 1986 (File) - Box 3

T-shirt 'I believe the eyewitnesses' (File) - Box 4

Videos concerning the Chamberlains, the Azaria case and dingos, 1983-1993 (mostly 1988-89) (File)

Azaria Lindy, 26 January 1993 (Item NLA.MS-VID000055) - Shelf-Tall OH1-18-001

1 item, National NV-E120, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc.

Denis Barritt (Spare) (Chamberlain) (Item NLA.MS-VID000056) - Shelf-Tall OH1-18-001

1 item, SHARP E-30, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc.

Lindy (Item NLA.MS-VID000057) - Shelf-Tall OH1-18-001

1 item, SHARP E-30, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc.

Azaria Lindy (Item NLA.MS-VID000058) - Shelf-Tall OH1-18-001

1 item, National NV-E120, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc.

Chamberlain Party Laura Bud News, 17 February 1989 (Item NLA.MS-VID000059) - Shelf-Tall OH1-18-001

1 item, Sony DX, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc.

Spare Dingos, 13 September 1988 (Item NLA.MS-VID000060) - Shelf-Tall OH1-18-001

1 item, Audiosonic E-180, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc.

Azaria Ray Martin (Item NLA.MS-VID000061) - Shelf-Tall OH1-18-001

1 item, TDK Super Avilyn E-120, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc.

Cassettes (File)

'Trial Witnesses Speak Out' (Chamberlain Case), 1984 (Item NLA.MS-SAV003978) - Cassette-Box 205

1 item, Commercial cassette tape, Compact cassette tape

Azaria Rally Newcastle City Hall 6/03/1984 7.30pm. Tape 1 of 2, 6/03/1984 (Item NLA.MS-SAV003979) - Cassette-Box 205

1 item, No brand, Compact cassette tape

Azaria Rally Newcastle City Hall 3/10/1984 7.30pm. Tape 1 of 2, 3/10/1984 (Item NLA.MS-SAV003980) - Cassette-Box 205

1 item, No brand, Compact cassette tape

Azaria Rally Newcastle City Hall 6/03/1984 7.30pm. Tape 2 of 2, 6/03/1984 (Item NLA.MS-SAV003986) - Cassette-Box 211

1 item, No brand, Compact cassette tape

Azaria Rally Newcastle City Hall 3/10/1984 7.30pm. Tape 1 of 2, 3/10/1984 (Item NLA.MS-SAV003987) - Cassette-Box 211

1 item, No brand, Compact cassette tape

Duplicate of NLA.MS-SAV003980

Azaria Rally Newcastle City Hall 3/10/1984 7.30pm. Tape 2 of 2, 3/10/1984 (Item NLA.MS-SAV003988) - Cassette-Box 211

1 item, No brand, Compact cassette tape

Azaria Rally Newcastle City Hall 3/10/1984 7.30pm. Tape 2 of 2, 3/10/1984 (Item NLA.MS-SAV003989) - Cassette-Box 211

1 item, No brand, Compact cassette tape

Duplicate of NLA.MS-SAV003987

Side A: Lindy Ray MRTIN Show 29/08/1986. Side B: Lindy and M Brown; Lindy 15/09/1988 2UE; Channel 9, NT and Dr Allen, 1986, 1988 (Item NLA.MS-SAV003990) - Cassette-Box 211

1 item, TDK D90, Compact cassette tape

Azaria (Item NLA.MS-SAV003991) - Cassette-Box 211

1 item, GTape 60, Compact cassette tape

Tape 1 (Item NLA.MS-SAV003992) - Cassette-Box 211

1 item, GTape 90, Compact cassette tape

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 (File) - Box 5

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 (File) - Box 5

Forensic report compiled by Professor Barry Boettcher, 13 March 1984 (File) - Box 5

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 (File) - Box 5

Submission to the Government from Brennan, Blair and Tipple, seeking judicial inquiry into the convictions of the Chamberlains, n.d (File) - Box 5

'Commentary on the Martin report' prepared by Andrew Charles Scott, January 1986. 'Lindy' an opera in three acts by Moya Henderson, October 1994 (File) - Box 5

'Forensic science-the new trial by ordeal?' by Stuart Tipple, n.d (File) - Box 5

'Azaria: the religion factor' by Dr. Norman H. Young, n.d (File) - Box 5

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 (File) - Box 5


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