Bogle-Chandler case: Encyclopedia II - Bogle-Chandler case - Background to the case

Bogle-Chandler case - Background to the case

Dr Gilbert Bogle was a physicist who worked at the CSIRO. Married with several children, he was considered to be a brilliant scientist and had been a Rhodes Scholar. He was also involved in relationships with people other than his wife, having as many as five affairs at any one time.

Mrs Chandler was also married, to Mr Geoffrey Chandler who also worked at the CSIRO. She was a mother and a housewife and witnesses later suggested that she may have been slightly bored with her life.

Dr Bogle, the Chandlers and several others attended a barbeque in the Sydney suburb of Murraybank, just prior to Christmas 1962. Mrs Chandler was quite taken with Dr Bogle and later mentioned this to her husband. Mr Chandler later explained that he and his wife had "an understanding", and so he told her: "If you want to take Gib as a lover, if it would make you happy, you do it."

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