And she was convicted and was in jail when she was exonerated, or as the Australian system calls it, 'released from prison on remission'.

"In 1992, the Australian government paid Chamberlain $1.3 million in compensation."

She lost her husband and access to her two children when she was in jail, and was vilified by the press and most of the public.

There were mocking t-shirts available which read:

"A Dingo ate me baby."

Add the fact that she was a Seventh Day Adventist and how this added to the bias against her.