Somerton Man Theory

The Somerton Man Exposition
The Somerton Man is one of the most intriguing characters in Australia’s history. A body, slumped against a wall on a quiet beach in South Australia, 1948, has been the cause for one of the most confounding cases that the Australian people have ever had to deal with. To this day the case remains unsolved, and although many scholars have tried to crack the case, none have succeeded in doing so. The intrigue that surrounds the character is great, and due to this many ideas about who this man was have emerged since the discovery of the body. Although there are an exceeding number of theories in regards to the man’s origins, there are three main theories which seem most plausible. The first idea suggests the fact that …show more content…
In the post war period of 1946 to 1952 over 180,000 displaced persons came to Australia to live under the Post-war migration program. Of these 180,000 over 50,000 were from the Soviet Bloc. The first years as a refugee were very lonely because these individuals had no connections in Australia. This could explain why no-one could identify the man, for if he was a new refugee then it is possible that he would not be well known within the community. However, I believe that the Somerton man was not a refugee. This is because if he was a legal refugee, applying for a permit and then being admitted into Australia, then he would have a record within the government for migration, which almost certainly was checked. It is very unlikely that he was an illegal refugee because that would mean he would be coming from the north, and his body would have washed up on a beach well before it arrived at the bottom of Australia. Furthermore, the cause of death, although stated as unknown, is likely to have been poisoned, or at the very least not natural. The motives for anyone to kill an unknown refugee are not clear, and we can assume therefore that the man was not a refugee. Although the theory does have standing, I believe that the Somerton man was not a …show more content…
There have been many theories and much conjecture surrounding the case since its very discovery, and this has only grown. There have been three main theories which have emerged over the time surrounding who the man was, and these suggest that he was either a soldier, a refugee or a spy. Although by far the most fanciful of the theories, the idea that the Somerton man could have been a spy holds the most grounding, and it is my personal opinion that the man was of this occupation. However, the truth of the matter is that at present we cannot be sure who or what the man was, for there is not enough evidence for us to be truly certain. In the meantime, we must allow our imaginations to run wild and develop ever more theories, for there is always the possibility that someone will stumble upon the true origins of the Somerton

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