Sunday Lecture – Photography to Detect Bloodstains in Crime Scenes
Infrared photography is a method of optical enhancement that can be used for forensic purposes. It enables a person to see by means of an image, what they would not be able to see with the naked eye....
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FROM THE VAULT – Policing Foreign Shores: Cyprus 1964
The first contingent of Australian Police arrive at the Nicosia Airport, Cyprus, to take up duties on the island as part of a United Nations Police Peacekeeping Force, 1964. Five Queensland Police...
View ArticleSpeed tolerance levels and vehicle speedometer accuracy – some general...
- Manufacturers place a plate on a vehicle to indicate that it complies with Australian requirements for vehicle safety, standards, Australian Design Rules, etc, and as such the requirements for...
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FROM THE VAULT – Queensland Police Brass Band 1895 – 1905
Image No. PM0147 courtesy of the Queensland Police Museum The fore runner to our beloved Queensland Police Pipes and Drums, is the original Queensland Police Brass Band which was in existence between...
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FROM THE VAULT – “I shot her alright”: The murder of Catherine Smith, 1907
The Tego Springs Store and home of Herbert and Catherine Smith. Catherine Smith was the wife of Herbert Smith, a hawker residing at Tego Springs, near Cunnamulla. The Smiths has been on friendly terms...
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The Police Museum introduces QR (Quick Response) codes
This week The Police Museum introduced QR (Quick Response) codes to display cases on the museum floor. QR codes are a type of barcode that when scanned by smart mobile phones, will link to a website,...
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Policewoman Muriel Bath recalls an undercover grog raid
Muriel Bath Policewoman Muriel Bath was appointed on 3 February 1947, she was 38 years old. She had a short but eventful career in the service and was based primarily in Brisbane before she resigned 18...
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FROM THE VAULT – Help at Hand… Cyclone Tracy – The Queensland Police Contingent
Anti-Looting Duty: On Saturday 28 December 1974, Constable 1/c Bob Latter, along with three NT Detectives, went to Millner St in Darwin. There they found 3 cars packed with goods looted from destroyed...
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He served with honour – Senior Sergeant Perry Irwin
Commissioner Ian Stewart today attended the unveiling of a memorial bench and plaque to commemorate the 10th year anniversary of the death of Senior Sergeant Perry Irwin. In 2003 Senior Sergeant Perry...
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Cecil Smith recalls the fingerprinting process in the 1930s
Cecil Smith Cecil Smith was appointed to the Queensland Police on 30 October 1936, he was 21 years old. He spent most of his career in the Fingerprint Bureau, receiving a Favourable Record for the...
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FROM THE VAULT – Quick Thinking Police Rescue
Sergeant 2/c Alexander Cochrane (left) and Constable 1/c James Boyle in the act of rescuing a man attempting to jump off the Victoria Bridge on February 8, 1958. Photograph taken by Ray Saunders a...
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Cecil Austen recalls the beginnings of the dog squad
Cecil ‘Cec’ Austen was appointed to the Queensland Police on 15 October 1956, he was 22 years old. He has worked in many regional areas such as Townsville, Hughenden, Nambour, Blackall, Jericho,...
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FROM VAULT – Police Duty Deserving of Mention…
At approximately 9.10pm on August 10, 1954, information was received at the Townsville Police Station regarding a suspected prowler on the premises of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co....
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William Powell recalls the 1946 Merinda floods
Merinda flood article, Rockhampton Morning Bulletin, 3 March, 1946, page 1. William Powell was appointed as Constable on 23 April 1935, he was 25 years old. He was stationed in many regional areas for...
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FROM THE VAULT – Single officer stations
Constable George Chatfield heads up a peace procession in Kalbar to celebrate the end of First World War, 1918. Kalbar Police Station, previously known as Engelsburg was opened April 25, 1899. The town...
View ArticlePolicewoman Muriel Bath recalls the plight of one young pregnant woman
Muriel Bath was appointed as a policewoman on 3 February 1947, she was 38 years old. She had a short but eventful career and was based primarily in Brisbane before she resigned 18 months later when she...
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FROM THE VAULT – Driver Training
A police driver in training at the Caboolture Raceway, 1979.Image courtesy of the Queensland Police Museum In 1971, due to the number of accidents involving police vehicles, a Driver Training Wing...
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100th Anniversary of the last Queensland hanging in Boggo Road Gaol
On Wednesday 11th June 1913, The Brisbane Courier printed this notice titled “THE SAMFORD TRAGEDY – Proceedings in the Police Court”. It commenced “A young man named Ernest Austin (alias Ernest...
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FROM the VAULT – Beached WW2 Sea-Mine, 1968/1969
A distraught swimmer is removed from Surfers Paradise beach where the sea-mine washed ashore. Newspaper photographers are already there capturing the scene, 1968-1969.Image No. PM0412 courtesy of the...
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FROM the VAULT – A History of Police Motorcycles
In February 1925 Police Commissioner William Ryan purchased the first police motorcycles – three Harley Davidson motorcycles with attached sidecars. By late 1925 police motorcycles were being used to...
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