Lindy Chamberlain
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Lindy Chamberlain is an Australian woman whose conviction and later exoneration over the disappearance of her baby Azaria at Uluru became one of the country’s most infamous legal controversies.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lindy Chamberlain canonical | 4 |
| Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12768041 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lindy Chamberlain Context triple: [A Cry in the Dark, mainSubject, Lindy Chamberlain]
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A.
Laura Mae Bullivant
Laura Mae Bullivant was the wife of American character actor Dwight Frye, known for his roles in classic horror films such as Dracula and Frankenstein.
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B.
Cass Sheppard
Cass Sheppard is a character in the science fiction horror film "Annihilation," serving as one of the members of the all-female expedition into the mysterious environmental anomaly known as "the Shimmer."
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C.
Jodi Matterson
Jodi Matterson is an Australian film and television producer known for her work on acclaimed genre-bending projects and character-driven stories.
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D.
Margaret Doherty
Margaret Doherty is best known as the mother of Kieran Doherty, a prominent Irish republican hunger striker and politician.
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E.
Lygia Clark
Lygia Clark was a pioneering Brazilian artist known for her influential role in Neo-Concrete art and her participatory, sensory-based works that blurred the boundaries between art and viewer.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lindy Chamberlain Target entity description: Lindy Chamberlain is an Australian woman whose conviction and later exoneration over the disappearance of her baby Azaria at Uluru became one of the country’s most infamous legal controversies.
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A.
Laura Mae Bullivant
Laura Mae Bullivant was the wife of American character actor Dwight Frye, known for his roles in classic horror films such as Dracula and Frankenstein.
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B.
Cass Sheppard
Cass Sheppard is a character in the science fiction horror film "Annihilation," serving as one of the members of the all-female expedition into the mysterious environmental anomaly known as "the Shimmer."
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C.
Jodi Matterson
Jodi Matterson is an Australian film and television producer known for her work on acclaimed genre-bending projects and character-driven stories.
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D.
Margaret Doherty
Margaret Doherty is best known as the mother of Kieran Doherty, a prominent Irish republican hunger striker and politician.
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E.
Lygia Clark
Lygia Clark was a pioneering Brazilian artist known for her influential role in Neo-Concrete art and her participatory, sensory-based works that blurred the boundaries between art and viewer.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Australian woman
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Uluru ⓘ |
| child |
Aidan Chamberlain
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Azaria Chamberlain ⓘ Kahlia Chamberlain ⓘ Reagan Chamberlain ⓘ |
| convictionDate | 1982-10-29 ⓘ |
| convictionJurisdiction |
Northern Territory, Australia
ⓘ
linked to:
Northern Territory
|
| countryOfCitizenship | Australia ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1948-03-04 ⓘ |
| eventInvolved | 1980 disappearance of Azaria Chamberlain at Uluru ⓘ |
| exonerationDate | 1987-06-02 ⓘ |
| fullName | Alice Lynne Chamberlain ⓘ |
| givenName |
Alice
ⓘ
Lynne ⓘ |
| influenced |
public debate on miscarriages of justice in Australia
ⓘ
reforms in forensic evidence procedures in Australia ⓘ |
| laterName |
Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton
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linked to:
Lindy Chamberlain
|
| legalOutcome |
conviction quashed
ⓘ
pardon granted ⓘ |
| maintained | claim that a dingo took her baby ⓘ |
| nickname | Lindy ⓘ |
| notableFor | Azaria Chamberlain disappearance case ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 4 ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
ⓘ
seamstress ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | New Zealand ⓘ |
| placeOfImprisonment |
Darwin Correctional Centre
ⓘ
linked to:
Berrimah Prison
|
| portrayedBy | Meryl Streep ⓘ |
| received | financial compensation from Australian governments ⓘ |
| religion |
Seventh-day Adventist
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linked to:
Seventh-day Adventist Church
|
| sentence | life imprisonment with hard labour ⓘ |
| spokeAbout |
flaws in forensic evidence
ⓘ
media bias ⓘ wrongful conviction ⓘ |
| spouse |
Michael Chamberlain
ⓘ
Rick Creighton ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
film "Evil Angels" (also known as "A Cry in the Dark")
ⓘ
media controversy in Australia ⓘ television miniseries "Through My Eyes" ⓘ |
| topicOf | numerous books on Australian legal history ⓘ |
| wasAccusedOf | murder of Azaria Chamberlain ⓘ |
| wasConvictedOf | murder of Azaria Chamberlain ⓘ |
| wasExoneratedBy | Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Chamberlain Convictions ⓘ |
| wrote | autobiographical works about the case ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Lindy Chamberlain Description of subject: Lindy Chamberlain is an Australian woman whose conviction and later exoneration over the disappearance of her baby Azaria at Uluru became one of the country’s most infamous legal controversies.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
the Azaria Chamberlain disappearance
subject linked to:
the Azaria Chamberlain disappearance
linked to: Lindy Chamberlain
linked to: Lindy Chamberlain
linked to: Lindy Chamberlain