# State Records of South Australia n.d.: 'But what poison?' Mystery of the Somerton Man

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# 'But what poison?' Mystery of the Somerton Man

State Records of South Australia, n.d.. _Archives SA, Stories from the archive (first posted 2015; updated 7 September 2022)_.

The archive's account of the inquest records: the 1949 inquest file (GRG1/27, 71/1949) is open, the later file restricted, police files not held; Cleland's view that death was not natural and probably suicidal poisoning.

**Somerton Man (Tamam Shud)** Web pageChecked against the original0

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Source for the records that survive and their access.

## Cited by on this site 8 records

[He took poison deliberately, probably a cardiac glycoside or a hypnotic.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man/answers/ANS0CVC23DC5VS0/he-took-poison-deliberately-probably-a-cardiac-glycoside-or)

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[The coroner's inquest file, 1949 (GRG1/27, file 71/1949)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man/artifacts/ART0CVC2D5W234E/the-coroners-inquest-file-1949-grg1-27-file-71-1949)

ART

[Coroner's inquest file 71/1949 (GRG1/27)](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0CVC29RG3TYK/coroners-inquest-file-71-1949-grg1-27)

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[Cleland concluded death was almost certainly not natural and that poison was probably taken with suicidal…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man/evidence/EVD0CVC23N61K3K/cleland-concluded-death-was-almost-certainly-not-natural-and)

Evidence

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[Coroner's inquest; adjourned without identity or cause of death](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man/events/EVT0CVC1Y1G6BGE/coroners-inquest-adjourned-without-identity-or-cause-of)

EVT

[John Burton Cleland](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man/people/FIG0CVC1WAT7R4F/john-burton-cleland)

FIG

[The Somerton Man (Tamam Shud)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man)

The mystery article

MYS

[How did he die?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man/questions/QST0CVC20QE314Y/how-did-he-die)

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## Cite it

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State Records of South Australia (n.d.). 'But what poison?' Mystery of the Somerton Man. Archives SA, Stories from the archive (first posted 2015; updated 7 September 2022). https://archives.sa.gov.au/finding-information/discover-our-collection/stories-from-the-archive/but-what-poison-mystery-of-the-somerton-man
```

[Read it free at archives.sa.gov.au](https://archives.sa.gov.au/finding-information/discover-our-collection/stories-from-the-archive/but-what-poison-mystery-of-the-somerton-man)

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