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FROM the VAULT – The Dalby Well Murder
Percival Cornelius Read, aged 44, was a prominent wheat farmer sharing his time between properties in Springbrook, near Nerang and Pirrinuan, near Dalby. Read and his employee, Frederick Benn, had...
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FROM the VAULT – Female Bobbies, 85 Years
POLICEWOMEN! By the uninitiated and unthinking the name is uttered to the accompaniment of a snort of derision. The policewomen of Queensland, and there are but two, are ladies of culture,...
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FROM the VAULT – CoP Frederic Charles Urquhart
Frederic Charles Urquhart (1858-1921), a Midshipman, Line Repairer, Police Commissioner and Administrator, was born on 27th October, 1858 at St. Leonard’s-on-Sea, Sussex, England, son of Frederic Day...
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FROM the VAULT – 1/c Inspector Doug Winning
Imagine a time in Queensland when there were no traffic lights and the speed limit for motorcycles was four miles per hour. Retired First Class Inspector Doug Winning reflected on such a time during...
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QPM SUNDAY LECTURE: Fighting Crime With Empathy
Fighting Crime With Empathy 24 April 2016 11am – 12.30pm Police Headquarters 200 Roma Street Brisbane QLD 4000 After a career in tactical units and high-volume arrest-oriented policing roles, Corey...
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FROM the VAULT: Policewoman Mary Patricia Ryan
The first female police officers were not appointed until 1931 and it was not until March 1965 that they were fully sworn-in and attained powers of arrest. From Sydney, NSW, Mary Patricia Ryan was the...
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FROM the VAULT – The Mackay Sisters Murder (Part 1)
The sisters, Susan Deborah (5) and Judith Elizabeth (7), went missing from a bus stop on their way to school just after 8 o’clock in the morning of 26 August, 1970. A local taxi driver, Ron Brooker,...
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FROM the VAULT – The Mackay Sisters Murder: Review Investigation (Part 2)
1970 Judith Elizabeth and Susan Deborah Mackay disappeared from a Ross River bus stop on their way to school on 26 August 1970. Mrs Thwaite was an attendant at an AYR Service Station in 1970, she...
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FROM the VAULT – CoP Patrick Short
Patrick Short was the first native born Queenslander to reach the rank of Commissioner. Born at Ipswich, in the Colony of New South Wales before separation, Patrick joined the Queensland Police Force...
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QPM SUNDAY LECTURE: Leading Through a Firestorm
TWICE SHOT – Leading Through a Firestorm Senior Sergeant Daryl Elliott Green 29 May 2016 11.00am – 13.00pm Police Headquarters 200 Roma Street Brisbane QLD 4000 On 1 May 2000, Constable Daryl...
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FROM the VAULT – Think before you throw out Queensland’s history
An increasing amount of original archival or historical police records are being stored in hostile storage environments at police stations or being handed over to local interest groups without...
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FROM the VAULT – CoP William Harold Ryan
A blog about Commissioner William Harold Ryan would be interesting; one of his earliest announcements in the top job promised to seek various pay increases for all Queensland Police. Later, as a means...
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QPM SUNDAY LECTURE: What happens when you ring 000 and ask for the police?
What happens when you ring 000 and ask for the police? 26 June 2016 11am – 12:30pm Police Headquarters 200 Roma Street Brisbane QLD 4000 FREE ENTRY The Brisbane Police Communications Centre (BPCC)...
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FROM the VAULT – Policing Colonial Brisbane
In 1863, a separate Queensland Police Act was promulgated which took effect on 1 January 1864, marking the beginning of an independent history for the Queensland Police Force. On 31 December 1864, 21...
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FROM the VAULT – CoP Cecil James Carroll
In 1949 the productive reign of Cecil James Carroll, Commissioner of Police, came to an end with an early retirement due to health reasons. On 6th July Chief Inspector, John Smith, distributed this...
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FROM the VAULT – A Decade of Sunday Lectures
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...
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FROM the VAULT – Queensland Police Pistol Club
The Queensland Police Pistol Club Inc. (QPPC) was originally established in 1963 as the Pistol Activities Section of the Queensland Police Rifle Club, by a group of officers seeking to improve their...
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QPM SUNDAY LECTURE: Equipment of today, reflections of the past.
Equipment of today’s operational officer. Reflections over the past two decades. 31 July 2016 11am – 12:30pm Police Headquarters 200 Roma Street Brisbane QLD 4000 FREE ENTRY This Sunday Lecture will...
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FROM the VAULT – CoP John Smith
From the Office of the Commissioner, Brisbane, and dated 13th August 1949 by an unknown hand a short biography was written about the service of John Smith, Registered Number 1353, originally from the...
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FROM the VAULT – A/Sergeant Brooks and his chooks
Charles Henry Brooks was born on the 16 August 1855 in Elmbridge, England. Initially he was employed by the Midlands Railways Company, and later joined the Derbyshire and London Police having served...
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