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FROM the VAULT – Reflections of a Forensic Scientist
Neil Douglas Raward wrote of his career as a Police Forensic Scientist in a short story released in November 2010. Application to join the Queensland Police Force as a cadet was made in 1959, and the...
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QPM SUNDAY LECTURE: Send in the Dogs
SEND IN THE DOGS By Acting Senior Sergeant Sean Baxendell 28 August 2016 11:00am – 12:30pm Police Headquarters 200 Roma Street Brisbane QLD 4000 FREE ENTRY Did you know a dog’s natural hunting...
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FROM the VAULT – CoP Patrick Glynn
Commissioner Patrick Glynn salutes assembled officers at a medal ceremony held at Petrie Barracks, 1956.Image No. PM2328h courtesy of the Queensland Police Museum. In 1951 Queensland Cabinet approved...
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FROM the VAULT – William E.D.M. Armit, the Qld Native Police Officer (Part 1)
Sub-Inspector Armit.Source: John Oxley Collection, SLQ Guillaume Edington Armit, later William Edington de Marguerittes (de Margrat) Armit, was born in Liege, Kingdom of Belgium on 10 May 1848, to John...
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FROM the VAULT – William E.D.M. Armit, the Naturalist and Explorer (Part 2)
WEDM Armit. Source: State Library of NSW In 1883, Captain Armit, FLS (Fellow of the Linnaean Society), a special correspondent of The Argus and The Australian, led an expedition to New Guiney, his...
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FROM the VAULT – Eulo Police Cells
Eulo Police Station Quarters and Lock-Up, c1883. Police documents record the first Police Officer stationed at Eulo in 1876 as Constable Thomas Pettitt. No records could be found of a station building...
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FROM the VAULT – National Police Remembrance Day 2016
This Thursday marks a nationwide day of remembrance for police officers killed in the line of duty. The uniquely dangerous work of police will be acknowledged, and since 1861 141 Queensland police...
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FROM the VAULT – CoP Thomas William Harold
Well respected Commissioner Thomas William Harold commenced his police service as a Probationary in the Queensland Police Form on 1st May 1924, and was sworn in as a Constable on 16th June 1924. His...
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FROM the VAULT – The Murder of Gwendolene Thorpe
It has been 60 years since the vicious murder of 25 year old Gwendolene Dorothy Thorpe. The initial report from the Central Communications Room, Crime Investigation Branch, Brisbane read; ‘a woman had...
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QPM SUNDAY LECTURE: Archaeology of the Native Mounted Police
Archaeology of the Queensland Native Mounted Police 1864 – 1900 by Professor Bryce Barker Boralga NMP camp, August 2016. Pictured is Les Harrigan, Heather Burke and Ryan Taddeucci. 30 October 2016...
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FROM the VAULT – Fine Cotton
Police patrol horse race meets to oversee the safety of patrons and ensure laws are being upheld, but one fine August day in 1984 laws were about to be broken at Queensland’s Eagle Farm Racecourse. In...
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FROM the VAULT – CoP Francis Erich Bischof
On December 14, 1925, after Constable Francis Erich Bischof completed formal police training, he was sworn into the Queensland Police Force. In 1933 with General Duty service history at police...
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FROM the VAULT – Palm Island’s Barki Sailor
Like any idyllic tropical setting, Bwgcolman, also known as Great Palm Island is occasionally battered by severe storms, and on May 13, 1939, gale force winds hammered the island group and caused big...
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QPM SUNDAY LECTURE: The Ether Man
Police scour Brisbane for clues of Ether Man 27 November 2016 11:00am – 12:30pm Police Headquarters 200 Roma Street Brisbane QLD 4000 FREE ENTRY The signature of a predator, the dedication of...
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FROM the VAULT: Bennett & Bee Part 1 – the sting of licensing laws
In 1863 the Publicans Act was introduced which reduced the licensing of public houses to publicans and packet licenses. Publicans’ Act of 1863: … Section 8 enacts that no Spirituous or fermented...
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FROM the VAULT: Bennett & Bee Part 2 – broad shoulders and beer bottles
Last week left the story hanging, with Constables Bennett and Bee finally enjoying a long awaited win against Mr T.J. O’Shea on 19 July 1905 acting for James A. Hourston, licensee of the Oriental...
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FROM the VAULT – Tram Car Turmoil
In a case of clowning around, two stubbornly innocent Brisbane City Council Tramway Department employees were suspended from duty. Tramcar Motorman William E.P. Stevenson, and the tram Conductress...
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FROM the VAULT – Christmas in the Service
The Queensland Police Museum will be closed for Christmas and the New Year, between Monday 26th December and Monday 2nd January. Policing will continue of course, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and in...
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Road safety report: Festive Break – Day 8
Police are urging Queenslanders to drink responsibly and ring in 2017 on a safe note as the Christmas Road Safety Campaign continues. On day eight of Festive Break, officers conducted over 6700 RBTs...
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Road safety report: Festive Break – Day 8
Police are urging Queenslanders to drink responsibly and ring in 2017 on a safe note as the Christmas Road Safety Campaign continues. On day eight of Festive Break, officers conducted over 6700 RBTs...
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