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FROM THE VAULT – The story of one unlucky Susan McGowan
Looking east to Brisbane City from the Windmill Observatory, c1880 The case of Susan McGowan was extraordinary – even for Brisbane of the late 1800s with its prolific and unremitting petty crime. As...
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Last Sunday of the Month – April 28 – Free Entry Snippets… from a Baby Boomers Diary Speaker: Dr James Lergessner, Author & Historian April 28 - 11:00 to 12.30 Between 1946 and 1964, practically...
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FROM THE VAULT – Foot, Hoof and Wheel
Bicycles were first introduced to the Queensland Police in 1896. In this 1896 studio shot, Constable Patrick Duffy sits astride his police bicycle. Before motorcars or the motorcycles were in general...
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FROM THE VAULT – Roughing it
The isolated Yo Yo Creek Native Police barracks, in far north Queensland, sat on a high bank above the creek (middle right of the image), c1864. This is one of the earliest images in the Police Museum...
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Can you identify this vehicle?
The photograph shows Constable 1/c Leslie Atherton seated in his police ute in Roma in September 1944. We are trying to identify the vehicle so we can accurately describe it in our image database....
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From the Vault – Rewan: A Stud Farm for Breeding Police Horses
The Stallion “Libertine” was sent by rail from the Woodford Stud to Rewan as one of the initial breeding stock, 1910. At the turn of the 20th century the Queensland Police obtained its horses by...
View ArticleMay Sunday Lecture – Resilience: A Personal Story
Police Museum Sunday Lecture May 26 9.30am – 12.30am (includes break) QPS Headquarters, 200 Roma Street In the early hours of 1 May 2000 then-Sergeant Christopher Mulhall and then-Constables Daryl...
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FROM THE VAULT: A life like road safety idea
Plywood cut-out motorcycle police officer used as part of a joint road safety campaign by the Gold Coast Bulletin and the Gold Coast Police Traffic Branch, 1983. This road safety idea came about in...
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FROM THE VAULT – The murder of Constable William Dwyer, January 26, 1883
LEST WE FORGET Constable William Dwyer, c1877 Constable William Dwyer was sworn in on December 11, 1877 and was then transferred to Taroom in central Queensland. During his time there, a notorious...
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FROM THE VAULT – Relax & Look Natural…
Bundaberg District police staff, 1908 This photograph was taken in early 1908 and shows a group of uniformed and plain clothed police staff, posing outside the front of the Bundaberg Police Station....
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FROM THE VAULT – The death of Constable James Sangster, 1893
LEST WE FORGET Constable James Sangster, c1890 James Sangster was sworn in as a Queensland Police Constable on August 8, 1890, he served in Brisbane before being transferred to Ipswich in November...
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FROM THE VAULT – Police Station Identification: a sign of the times
This cast iron Queensland Police Station Badge was use as a station identifier between 1911 and 1958. During the 19th century, police stations were not identified in any way, so if you wanted to find...
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FROM THE VAULT – Crocodile Attack, 1932
The snared crocodile, thought to be the one that took the little Betty Doherty, is trapped and taken to Halifax by motor lorry so that its stomach contents can be examined for remains of the child....
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FROM THE VAULT – Gold Escort Duty
Gold Rushes: Between 1861 and 1867 there were a number of gold discoveries at Clermont; Cloncurry; Cape River; Nanango, Gympie and Kilkivan. Later in the 19th century gold was also found at Normanton...
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Service held to rededicate the grave of the first Inspector of Detectives...
A project undertaken by a small group of volunteers will make an important contribution to the history of the Queensland Police Service and in the process will reinforce its commitment to solving and...
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FROM THE VAULT – Just part of the job…
On April 13, 1978, Senior Constable Fred Richards had finished his shift and had arrived at the Sandgate RSL to join his off duty police mates for a well earned drink. He did not get very far into the...
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FROM THE VAULT – Jumping the Rattler
These two plain clothed police officers from the Brisbane CIB (PC Constable Francis Voigt on the left) are disguised as “hobos” so they could ‘jump the rattler’ to detect breaches of the railway laws,...
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FROM THE VAULT – Crime Reporting
Since 1864, the writing and typing of official crime reports has been an essential but frustrating aspect of the job for many police officers. Report writing kept officers from hours of patrolling for...
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Sunday Lecture Series – July 28 – Photography to Detect Bloodstains in Crime...
Queensland Police Museum Sunday Lecture Series Photography to Detect Bloodstains in Crime Scenes Sergeant Melissa Bell & Senior Constable Kathryn Denny July 28 – Free Entry Ground Floor, QPS...
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FROM THE VAULT – 3…2…1 Lift Off!
Sergeant Edward Creedy on his horse outside Newmarket State School, 1930. From time to time we find images in the Queensland Police Museum collection which peak our interest. A number of such images...
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