Contents

Contents

PART I THE INCIDENT

1 The devil dingo

2 The ‘outback’ pastor

3 Kurrpanngu strikes

4 In the wilderness

5 Marks of passage

6 ‘A dingo took my baby’

PART II JUDGEMENT BY RUMOUR

8 The seeds of suspicion

9 The first inquest

10 Operation Ochre

11 The second inquest

PART III THE TRIAL

12 The defenders gather

14 Battle is joined

15 An avalanche of opinion

17 It’s only words

PART IV THE AFTERMATH

18 Another child is born

19 The appeal to the Federal Court

20 The appeal to the High Court

21 Serving time

PART V THE COMMISSION OF INQUIRY

23 ‘The fight has only just begun’

24 The inquiry opens

25 It’s in the blood

26 Where and how

27 The dingo experts

28 Ripping yarns

29 Were the Chamberlains believable?

30 The arguments

PART VI BREAKTHROUGH

31 The Morling Report

32 And so it went on

Appendix Key participants