# The Advertiser (Adelaide) 1949: Police Test Book For Somerton Body Clue

> The Advertiser (Adelaide), 1949. 3 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Primary report of the book.

Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CVC1QY66476/police-test-book-for-somerton-body-clue  
Publisher: Mysteries Department  
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[Sources](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources)[Somerton Man (Tamam Shud)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man)The Advertiser (Adelaide) 1949

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# Police Test Book For Somerton Body Clue

The Advertiser (Adelaide), 1949. _The Advertiser, 26 July 1949, p. 3_.

Reports the copy of the Rubaiyat handed to police and the microscopic match of the torn page.

**Somerton Man (Tamam Shud)** ArticleChecked against the original0

## What it's used for here

Primary report of the book.

## Cited by on this site 3 records

[The Rubaiyat (Whitcombe and Tombs, 1941) with the pencilled code and telephone number](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man/artifacts/ART0CVC2AFY695G/the-rubaiyat-whitcombe-and-tombs-1941-with-the-pencilled)

ART

[The Rubaiyat with the code and Jessica Thomson's number is handed to police](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man/events/EVT0CVC1Y9A6T1N/the-rubaiyat-with-the-code-and-jessica-thomsons-number-is)

EVT

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

The mystery article

MYS

## Cite it

```
The Advertiser (Adelaide) (1949). Police Test Book For Somerton Body Clue. The Advertiser, 26 July 1949, p. 3. https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36677872
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[Read it free at nla.gov.au](https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36677872)

Key

**SRC** 0CVC1QY66476

Kind

Journal article

Rights

public-domain

Kept

28 Oct 2026

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Against the published article

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