Michael Chamberlain

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Dr Michael Chamberlain (born 1944) is an Australian teacher and former pastor, best known due to the disappearance of his daughter Azaria whilst on holidays near Uluru (previously named Ayers Rock).

He was born in Christchurch, New Zealand to Ivan and Greta Chamberlain. His parents were very religious - his father a Methodist, his mother a Baptist. His mother, Greta became a Seventh-day Adventist. Michael converted at age 21, later entering the ministry.

In 1969 he married Lindy Murchison. They had four children - Aidan (born October 2, 1973), Reagan (born April 16, 1976), Azaria (born June 11, 1980), and Kahlia (born November 17, 1982).

Their third child, Azaria, disappeared while on a camping holiday on August 17, 1980 at Uluru. The parents claimed that a dingo had taken Azaria. Lindy was convicted of her murder and given a life sentence; Michael was convicted of being an accessory after the fact, and was given an eighteen-month suspended sentence. Lindy was released from jail in 1986, after new evidence came to light that she did not in fact commit the murder. The Chamberlains were officially exonerated in 1988.

Michael and Lindy divorced in 1991, and both have since remarried. Chamberlain is currently married to Ingrid Bergner, whom he married in 1994 and they have a daughter named Zahra (b. June, 1996) In recent years, Michael has written a book on Cooranbong.

In 2003 he ran unsuccessfully as a Liberal Party candidate for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, the lower house of the NSW Parliament. He now teaches English and History at Gosford High School on the Central Coast, NSW.

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Michael Chamberlain no longer works at gosford high (since term 2, 2008)

Michael Chamberlain no longer works at gosford high (since term 2, 2008)