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Mounted Constable Waterhouse and Detective Nation [PRG 280/1/28/221] • Photograph

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Summary

Mounted Constable Ted Waterhouse and Detective Wylie Nation, members of the South Australian Police force who investigated the murder of pastoralist George Snell of Yankaninna. A researcher has provided the following information: Mounted Constable Edward George Waterhouse (1859-1947) was the son of Frederick George Waterhouse and his wife Fanny Sheppard (nee Abbott). At the time of Snell's death he was known as 'Ned'. The story of the murder is told in 'Cloud Over The Gammon Range' by Alan Bailey (1986). Wylie Nelson was born in 1877 and died in 1937.

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Physical description

1 photograph : black and white ; 11 x 6.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

1918

Collection

Part of Searcy Collection

Subject

Nation, Wylie
Waterhouse, Ted, 1859-1947
Men -- South Australia

Catalogue record

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General notes

Image has some spotting.

This photograph is published in The Observer newspaper, 5 October 1918, page 26.

Digitisation information

Date

15/02/2002

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

1,909 x 3,294 pixels (6.3 MP)

Size

6.29 MB

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