July 2016 marks ten years since the Queensland Police Museum first held a Sunday Lecture. Old electronic folders highlight some of the topics; they commenced with our Curator Lisa Jones, speaking about the historic Ocean Island Murders. Many grizzly titles have ensued including ‘Forensic identification of fatal crocodile attack victims’, ‘The Gatton Murders’, ‘The Kilcoy Massacre’, and ‘The unsolved murder of Betty Shanks’.
Television cameraman Carl Wiely (right) as he attempted to film another arrest by Queensland Police in Alice Street, Brisbane during the Spring-bok demonstration, 1971. Courier Mail image 21 July 1971.
Image No. PM1342e courtesy of the Courier Mail.
Retired Queensland Police Inspector Barry Krosch, formally of the Special Branch, together with a cohort of special guests provided secrets and scones with tea and coffee for this riveting presentation in November 2013.
Other interesting topics have been presented by Scientific Section and Special Branch, Fingerprints and Forensic Mechanics, the Dive Unit and popular guests the Dog Squad; a favourite time and again, particularly with puppies in tow. In 2015 we took a field trip to the Mounted Police Unit in a purpose built facility at Moggill. The tour was by invitation only for those on our E-Alert list and it proved to be a successful event, even when storms threatened. Later that day heavy sleet managed to bucket down on Brisbane and surrounds, but the horses were safely stabled by then, and our many weary visitors had gone, well fed and well informed.
Brisbane C.I.B. members Detective Sergeant D. R. Brown, Detective Senior Constable G. A. Phillips, Detective Sergeant B. J. Murphy, and Acting Inspector W. Osborn working on the Marilyn Wallman murder, 1972.
Image PM1931a donated courtesy of the Courier Mail.
Sergeant Jeremy Keith of the State Intelligence Behavioural Specialist Unit presented our February 2016 lecture titled ‘Criminal Behaviour Profiling’.
Now called the Sunday Lecture Series, we advertise through this Blog site, Twitter @QPSMuseum, and Facebook at Queensland Police Service. Lectures commence at 11:00am on the last Sunday of each month from February to November. They generally run for 1.5 hours and are held in the large ground level conference room of Police Headquarters, 200 Roma Street, Brisbane. Entry is free, as is attendance at the Police Museum which is also open on the last Sunday of each month (February to November), from 9:00am until 3:00pm. Please find upcoming lectures for 2016 tabled below. We hope to see you at our #SundayLectureSeries soon.
| July 31 | The Evolution of Police Equipment |
| August 28 | To be advised |
| September 25 | Join our E-Alert list for your chance to attend |
| October 30 | The Archaeology of the Queensland Native (Mounted) Police |
| November 27 | Coorparoo Junction Murders |
Dog Squad member Frank Lanaro and his police dog Ben, 1993.
Image No. PM1799 courtesy of the Queensland Police Museum.
This image entitled “Companions” was taken by Senior Constable Adrian Freeman for the Police Photographics Award in 1993. The image won a Certificate of Merit. We used it for Dog Squad presentation of September 2013, the title being ‘The Long Paw of the Law’.
This information has been supplied by the Queensland Police Museum from the best resources available at the time of writing. 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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