Sandy McVea

Sandy McVea
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Real name Sandy McPherson
Nationality Australian
Died February 4, 1923(1923-02-04)
Broken Hill, New South Wales

Sandy McVea was an Aboriginal Australian boxer and actor.

He was associated with the boxer Snowy Baker.[1]

McVea featured in the 1918 silent film The Enemy Within playing an Aboriginal detective.[2]

He died of tuberculosis in the Broken Hill Hospital in February 1923.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ "KAY AND STONE FIGHT HARD". Referee (1571). New South Wales, Australia. 7 February 1917. p. 8. Retrieved 30 August 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ "BIG FILMS IN REVIEW". Sunday Times (1677). New South Wales, Australia. 10 March 1918. p. 23. Retrieved 30 August 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ "THE NEW ZEALAND CHAMPIONS". Referee (1876). New South Wales, Australia. 21 February 1923. p. 10. Retrieved 30 August 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ "SANDY McVEA DEAD.". Tweed Daily. X, (32). New South Wales, Australia. 6 February 1923. p. 2. Retrieved 30 August 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
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