The Police Museum’s image collection includes many interesting police related images. Today we show you five of the Curator’s favourites, in chronological order.
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A SCRUFFY BUNCH
Queensland Police Officers, c1864
Image No. PM1946 Courtesy of the Queensland Police Museum
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WATER RATS
Brisbane Water Police, c1875
Seated: Henry Roughsedge, Henry Ross, George Burge
Standing: Henry Bycroft, Ambrose Taylor, James Wassell, Mathew Henning Anderson & William Henry Wardle
Image No. PM0001 Courtesy of the Queensland Police Museum
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ONE IN, ALL IN
A police officer, his wife and child, with the station tracker, standing outside a typical country police station, c1910
Image No. PM0618 Courtesy of the Queensland Police Museum
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SPOT THE POLICE OFFICERS
Brisbane Victory in the Pacific Day (VP) celebrations, August 15, 1945
Image No. PM2137 Courtesy of the Queensland Police Museum
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SHOW OFF
Constable 1/c Bill English demonstrates the new reflector gauntlets which were used for directing traffic at night, 1958.
Image No. PM1072 Courtesy of the Queensland Police Museum
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These images are from the collection of the Queensland Police Museum. The Police Museum is open 9am to 4pm Monday to Thursday 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. Contact: E: museum@police.qld.gov.au
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