Mal Meninga – At the age of 20, Malcolm Meninga joined the Queensland Police Force. It was 1980, and Mal was sworn into the position of Constable, 2 years after making his first grade Rugby League debut with Souths Magpies. Constable Meninga served with Brisbane City Station, Indooroopilly Police Station, the Traffic Branch and Oxley Police Academy before resigning in 1985 to pursue an impressive league career.
Mal Meninga with then Police Commissioner Terry Lewis, 1982.
Image No. PM3822 courtesy of the Queensland Police Museum.
Papal Visit – In November 1986 His Holiness Pope John Paul II visited Queensland. The QP Annual Report of 1987 explained “The visit entailed the commitment of large scale police resources to planning and supervision. Police Officers performed with efficiency and dedication to ensure effective crowd and traffic control. The visit was hailed as an outstanding operational success.”
Sergeant Beaumont meets Pope John Paul II in Brisbane, November 1986.
Image No. PM2644 courtesy of the Queensland Police Museum.
Dolly Good Show – When Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers arrived in Queensland to perform at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre in 1987, Sergeant 2/c Robert Good from the Queensland Police Department’s Public Relations Branch, was asked to assist. Sergeant Good’s role was to escort Ms Parton to and from her hotel suite to the concert every night. Good grief, what a job!
Sergeant 2/c Bob Good, on escort duty for Dolly Parton, 1987.
Image No. PM1214 courtesy of the Queensland Police Museum.
The Delinquents – Security was tight amid the filming of this Australian movie starring Kylie Minogue and Charlie Schlatter in 1989. Scene locations included Brisbane, Maryborough and Bundaberg, Queensland. The pair played characters Lola and Brownie.
Charlie Schlatter and Kylie Minogue, 1989.
Image currently uncatalogued, and courtesy of the Queensland Police Museum.
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This information has been supplied by the Queensland Police Museum from the best resources available at the time of writing. The article was compiled by Police Museum Assistant Georgia Grier. The Police Museum is open 9am to 4pm Monday to Friday and 10am to 3pm on the last Sunday of the month (Feb-Nov) and is located on the Ground Floor of Police Headquarters at 200 Roma Street, Brisbane.
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