Spencer & Gillen

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Mounted Constable, Chance, Harry

Mounted Constable Harry Chance joined the South Australian police force on the 1st March 1884 and worked in the Northern Territory from April 1880 until 1898. Chance transferred from Alice Springs to Moonta when the Gillen family relocated there in 1898. In 1901 he worked on the Spencer and Gillen Expedition as a driver, cook and handyman. NOTE: For details of Harry Chance's service record with the SA police force, refer to the S.A. Police Historical Society, Thebarton Barracks, S.A.

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Spencer’s 1901 Diary, March 19th - June 30th, 1901

Central Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory

Places Oodnadatta; Macumba Waterhole; Wire Creek; Swallow Creek

Language Group Arrernte

Institution Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Camp Jottings Volume Two

Places Barrow Creek; Tennant Creek; Aneara

Totems Water, quatcha, kwaty, kwatye

Language Group Kaytetye

Institution State Library of South Australia

Photograph 3 of 8

"Camp scene. C.A."

Places Stevenson Creek

Institution Museum Victoria

Chance and wagon leaving Oodnadatta, Central Australia, March 1901.

Places Oodnadatta

Institution Museum Victoria

"Camp. Wire Creek."

Places Wire Creek

Institution Museum Victoria

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Name

Mounted Constable Harry Chance

Gender

Male

Date of Birth

24th January 1856

Birthplace

Macclesfield

Alternate Names

Mounted Constable; M.C.