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Sunday Lecture Series – Sunday 25 August – Police Prosecutions
In August 1972, the Queensland Police Force formed a Corps of permanent Police Prosecutors. This came about because of the need to improve the conviction rate in the Magistrate’s Court. On 15 April...
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FROM the VAULT – Police Tug-O-War Teams
Queensland Police had always had a good reputation for sporting prowess, as a natural consequence of remaining fit while carrying out operational duties. Tug of war was a popular choice of sport for...
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FROM THE VAULT: Queensland Police Brass Band 1895 – 1905
The fore runner to our beloved Queensland Police Pipes and Drums, is the original Queensland Police Brass Band which was in existence between 1895 and 1905. This 20 piece band included one drummer and...
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10 Reasons to Visit Your Local Museum
VKR Brisbane police radio workshop test equipment, c1944.Image No. PM3523 courtesy of the Queensland Police Museum. History class. It was hard work. All those dates, places, names to remember....
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FROM the VAULT – Operation Birdman
Since 1978, the Queensland Police Service Wildlife Response Unit (WRU) has successfully apprehended and prosecuted offenders and broken up illegal poaching rings. Individual operations required...
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SUNDAY LECTURE SERIES: State Search and Rescue with Senior Sergeant Jim...
State Search and Rescue with Senior Sergeant Jim Whitehead Sunday, 29 September 2019 | 11:00am to 12:30pm Police HQ, 200 Roma Street, Brisbane QLD 4000 FREE ENTRY State Search and Rescue...
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FROM the VAULT – Fauna Protection Squad
Today, the variety of extraneous police duties carried out by the officers, for the most part is limited to civic commissions and enquiries with the exception given to specialist squads. In the 1970s,...
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FROM the VAULT – Wildlife Response Unit: The Later Years
The QPS Wildlife Response Unit, formerly known as the Fauna Protection Squad, was established on 17 April, 1978. In its two and a half decades existence, a significant number of offenders were...
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FROM the VAULT – Inspector John Donnelly
On this day, October 15th 1923, Inspector John Donnelly resigned after 23 years as a policeman in Queensland. Sworn is as a Constable on 14 November 1900, Donnelly commenced duties at the Roma Street...
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SUNDAY LECTURE SERIES: 1864, the worst year in Brisbane’s history.
Sunday, 27 October 2019 11:00am to 12:30pm Police HQ, 200 Roma Street, Brisbane QLD 4000 FREE ENTRY Year of Disaster by Oxley author, Duncan Richardson, tells the story of 1864, the worst year in...
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FROM the VAULT –“GIANTS” Of The Police
We came across this article published in Brisbane’s premier broadsheet newspaper on 30 March 1936 and it’s so politically incorrect we had to share; imagine having your dimensions broadcast for a city...
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FROM the VAULT – Sergeant Takes Calculated Risk For Colonial Inquest
The 20th anniversary of a Townsville Bulletin article this week brought back mystery and tragedy. It was earlier that year, in January 1999, when 20-year-old Maria Soper intended to drive between the...
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FROM the VAULT – What’s Your Favourite Item?
Followers, we need you! The Queensland Police Museum will be featured in the 2020 queue of podcasts delivered by Brisbane’s Living Heritage Network for its members, of which we are one. My favourite...
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No Sunday Lecture Scheduled. Museum OPEN!
The Queensland Police Museum is OPEN this Sunday. There will be NO Sunday Lecture. It’s our regular Sunday opening on November 24th, however there will be no Sunday Lecture. We trust you’ve enjoyed...
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FROM the VAULT – Queensland Police Cricket Club
Perusal of early newspapers, dating back to the 1870’s indicate that a Police Cricket Club existed at Brisbane City Police. The players travelled far and wide to participate in organised cricket...
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FROM the VAULT – Living Cricket, Policing Cricket
Senior Sergeant Thomas Warwick was a 30-year career police officer and enthusiastic cricket spectator, then umpire, when an opportunity presented to join the Woolloongabba Police Station in the summer...
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FROM the VAULT – The Luck of the Irish
Kissing the Blarney Stone, 1897 Michael O’Sullivan was born at Grenagh, County Cork, not far from Blarney Castle. He left Ireland for Australia in the early 1880s, in an attempt to stay out of trouble...
View ArticleChristmas Holiday Closure – Reopening January 6th 2020
The Queensland Police Museum will close on Friday 20th December 2019 and reopen on Monday 6th January 2020. Staff wish all visitors a happy and safe Christmas and New Year. We look forward to...
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Merry Christmas from Police Media
Police Media would like to wish everyone a very merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year. With more than 75,000 calls and 69,000 emails to our media unit, it has been another busy year across...
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FROM the VAULT – Rewan: A Stud Farm for Breeding Police Horses
At the turn of the 20th century the Queensland Police obtained its horses by purchase. In 1904 after Police Commissioner Parry-Okeden urged that the Police Department should breed its own horses, a...
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