Sandy McVea

Sandy McVea was an Aboriginal Australian boxer and actor.

Sandy McVea
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Real nameSandy McPherson
NationalityAustralian
Died(1923-02-04)February 4, 1923
Broken Hill, New South Wales

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". The Referee (1571). Sydney. 7 February 1917. p. 8. Retrieved 30 August 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. "BIG FILMS IN REVIEW". The 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". The Referee (1876). Sydney. 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. 6 February 1923. p. 2. Retrieved 30 August 2016 – via National Library of Australia.


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