Sunday Lecture Series:
Queensland Police and the Great War
Sunday, 25 April 2021
11:00am to 12:30pm
Police HQ, 200 Roma Street,
Brisbane QLD 4000
FREE ENTRY
This event will also be livestreamed
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Queensland Police and the Great War is an award-winning historical project by a policing historian Dr Anastasia Dukova, which connects personal, police and war service stories and histories of the Queensland Police who left active police duty to volunteer in the Australian Imperial Force.
In conjunction with the Queensland Police Museum, Dr Dukova’s research uncovered 199 Queensland policemen who volunteered in the AIF, 30 of them did not come home. Today, for the most part, the personal and professional biographies of these men remain lost to public knowledge.
Coming in 2022
Despite abundance of scholarly research on the First World War, the military campaigns, political and labour unrest, national division, along with the institutional histories there is a glaring absence of scholarship that focuses on the policemen within WWI. Who were these men that embodied one of the country’s key institutions in the time of international conflict? What was their experience of the home and battle fronts?
Queensland Police in the Great War offers new and detailed knowledge of Queensland wartime policemen, their personal, war and service histories; and connects their domestic and overseas policing experiences, as many of these men had previously served in police forces of Britain and Ireland.
This presentation consolidates a wide range of historical content on policing Queensland during and around the time of the Great War. In doing so, it will enhance our understanding of the personal and professional circumstances of these policemen, their experience of the First World War on the battlefield and in Australia, as well as their role in the post-war society as many policemen resumed their duties upon returning home. Numerous men went on to have long careers with the police forces, in some cases their children carrying on their policing legacy.
Queensland Police and the Great War Effort is an award-winning project, funded through
Q ANZAC 100: Memories for a New Generation which brings our shared history to life and creates a renewed legacy for future generations.
The Museum opens its doors to the public on the last Sunday of each month from 10am to 3pm from February to November in addition to the standard Monday to Thursday 9am to 4pm opening hours. Monthly Sunday openings feature guest speakers from across the historical and crime-solving spectrums.
PLEASE NOTE: The Police Museum will open Sunday, 25 April from 10am to 3pm, and is located on the ground floor of Police Headquarters, 200 Roma Street, Brisbane.