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FROM the VAULT – Bollon Between 1900 and 1965
The Bollon Police Station received its first bicycle for town patrols in 1901. In 1903 Inspector Breene reported that the two cells connected to the barracks were too confined during the summer months,...
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FROM the VAULT – Boulia Police Station
Boulia was gazetted in 1879 when a reserve for the purposes of a township was set aside in the vicinity of the Boulia Waterhole, by the Burke River. The first record of a police presence in Boulia is...
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FROM the VAULT – 50 Years in Boulia, 1935 to 1985
In 1935 approval was given to Reverend Lanham of the Federal Methodist Inland Mission to demolish and remove the dilapidated police hut located on Herbert Street, Boulia. This was completed several...
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SUNDAY LECTURE SERIES: Crime and Corruption Commission
Crime and Corruption Commission 25 February 2018 11:00am – 12:30pm Police Headquarters 200 Roma Street Brisbane QLD 4000 Entry is FREE The Crime and Corruption Commission is a statutory body set up...
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125 years of photography within the QPS: Evolution of photography
During its first century as a designated unit within the Queensland Police Service, the photographic section had to constantly adapt to the ever changing technologies that were shaping the art of...
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FROM the VAULT – In The Line of Duty, in 1978
In 1978, an anonymous contributor to the Queensland Police Department’s monthly journal, titled ‘Vedette’, and whom had a very wry sense of humour, sent the following observations on police vehicles...
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SUNDAY LECTURE SERIES: Bring In The Dogs
BRING IN THE DOGS Sunday, 25 March 2018 | 11:00am to 12:30pm Police Headquarters, 200 Roma Street, Brisbane QLD 4000 FREE ENTRY Did you know a dog’s natural hunting instinct can be modified by...
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FROM the VAULT – Character, Hardship and Resilience
The unique hardship and character of policing in North Queensland in the 19th and early 20th century is demonstrated by the career and resilience of Native Mounted Police (NMP) officer James Whiteford....
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FROM the VAULT – Queensland Police-Citizens Youth Welfare Association Part 1
On 9 October 1947 a group of interested citizens gathered at the Office of the Premier, the Honourable Edward Hanlon, MLA, at his invitation, for the purpose of discussing the formation of a Youth...
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FROM the VAULT – QPCYWA Part 2
The Brisbane centre of the Police-Citizens Youth Welfare Association, situated at Lang Park, was officially opened by the Honourable the Premier, Mr Edward Hanlon, MLA, on 11 February 1950. The...
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FROM the VAULT – ANZAC Day and the Queensland Policemen of 1918
As ANZAC Day approaches, on Wednesday 25 April, we remember all officers killed during the First World War. Of the 30 officers on leave of absence from the Queensland Police Service and engaged in...
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SUNDAY LECTURE SERIES: The Evolution of Police Technology
THE EVOLUTION OF POLICE TECHNOLOGY Sunday, 29 April 2018 | 11:00am to 12:30pm Police Headquarters, 200 Roma Street, Brisbane QLD 4000 FREE ENTRY As part of the Australian Heritage Festival our next...
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FROM the VAULT – QPCYWA Part 3
In 1960 the Association continued to render valuable assistance to the youth of the community with much success, even though there was a decline in the numbers enrolling, due to the influence of...
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FROM the VAULT – QPCYWA Part 4
The Sandgate and Gladstone clubs were established in 1977 and 1978 respectively, then Beenleigh and Innisfail in 1979. The Association also entered the new field of vacation and after school care. In...
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FROM the VAULT – Help to ID police officers in this photograph.
The Queensland Police Museum has a catalogued collection of photographs, currently in excess of 4100. We gratefully receive donations of photographs and objects, relevant to the history of police in...
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FROM the VAULT – B.C. O’Sullivan: A distinctive face and a solid policing career
A tall police officer always in Plain Clothes with a distinctive face kept popping up amongst our image collection. It took a couple of years before we discovered who he was and could put a name to the...
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SUNDAY LECTURE SERIES (A True Crime): The Killer Next Door
THE KILLER NEXT DOOR Sunday, 27 May 2018 | 11:00am to 12:30pm Police HQ, 200 Roma Street, Brisbane QLD 4000 FREE ENTRY *Warning* – attendees are advised that some of the content contains obscene...
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FROM the VAULT – An Education Program
The Queensland Police Museum provides an Education Program aimed at upper primary, middle and senior school students and general interest groups, from the ages of ten years upwards. The program has...
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FROM the VAULT: Policing With An Edge…
…Adventures and Hardships of a Convict Copper Constables have trudged and patrolled across this land long before it was called Queensland as part of the Moreton Bay penal settlement. A significant...
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Police make further appeal in Britton cold case murder, Airlie Beach
Homicide detectives investigating the murder of Dorothy Britton at Airlie Beach in 1996 have received new information about the case since their appeal in May. The body of the 48-year-old woman was...
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