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FROM the VAULT – Constable Maureen Chantler at New Scotland Yard, 1979
In March 1979, Police Constable Maureen Maud Chantler (later Aspinall), registered number PW128, was subpoenaed to attend the Crown Court in Winchester, England, to give evidence in The Queen v...
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FROM the VAULT – Illicit Distillation and Sly Grog Patrol
Police in Queensland have been tasked with enforcing liquor licensing and trading laws since before its centralisation in 1864. In the previous year, the Publicans Act reduced the licensing of public...
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FROM the VAULT – The Archaeology of the Queensland Native Mounted Police
The Queensland Native Mounted Police operated for over 50 years, from 1849 until 1904. It was organised along paramilitary lines, consisting of detachments of Aboriginal troopers led by white officers....
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SUNDAY LECTURE SERIES: Archaeology of the Native Mounted Police
Warning: Images of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, now deceased, are located within this article and will be displayed during the presentation. Sunday, 27 September 2020 11:00am to...
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FROM the VAULT – Queensland Police World War One Volunteers, New Names...
Between 1914 and 1918, nearly 200 Queensland policemen volunteered to fight in the First World War, or nearly 20 per cent of the total contingent between 1914 and 1916, the year with the highest...
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FROM the VAULT – The Unsolved Case of Caecilia Bleck
In 1883, Commissioner of Police Seymour highlighted in his annual report to the parliament an increase of crime during the preceding 12 months, under ‘nearly every heading’. This increase [was],...
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Sunday Lectures Series – Queen’s Commendation for Brave Conduct
**Note the change of topic for this month’s Sunday lecture** Sunday Lecture Series: Queen’s Commendation for Brave Conduct Sunday, 25 October 2020 11:00am to 12:30pm Police HQ, 200 Roma Street,...
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FROM the VAULT – Rosalie Police Station
In 1886, the Rosalie Police Station was established in a converted dwelling on the corner of Fernberg Road and Boys Road. It is first listed in Queensland Police Gazette on 1 January 1887. The land on...
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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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FROM the VAULT – Gold and Greed Part 1: the murder of Constables Power and...
Between 1861 and 1867 there were a number of gold discoveries at Clermont; Cloncurry; Cape River; Nanango, Gympie and Kilkivan. Gold was discovered in Central Queensland near Peak(e) Downs in 1861,...
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FROM the VAULT – Gold and Greed Part 2: the murder of Constables Power and...
TIMELINE OF EVENTS Thursday 17 October – Griffin arrives in Rockhampton from Clermont 6 Chinese gold diggers entrust him with £252 worth of money and gold, for safe keeping. Griffin subsequently...
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FROM the VAULT – Gold and Greed Part 3: the murder of Constables Power and...
AFTER THE MURDERS Wednesday 6 November Griffin and Bedford start for Rockhampton with Griffin keeping Bedford in front of him all the way. About 20 miles into the journey, Griffin rides off the track...
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FROM the VAULT – Gold and Greed FINALE: the murder of Constables Power and...
AFTER THE TRIAL and EXECUTION June 2 – Location of the Stolen Money The money was subsequently located after a search of the area surrounding Mrs Otley’s but it was damaged and rendered useless by...
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Sunday Lecture Series – 29 November – Treasures from the Collection
Please note the topic change, this was beyond our control. If you booked for the Forensic Imaging lecture please book again for this one as that event had to be deleted and the new one reinstated at...
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FROM THE VAULT – Jumping the Rattler
These two plain clothed police officers from the Brisbane CIB (PC Constable Francis Voigt on the left) are disguised as “hobos” so they could ‘jump the rattler’ to detect breaches of the railway laws,...
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FROM the VAULT: 19th century police officer service histories now online
Group photograph of recruits in Petrie Terrace Police Depot, Brisbane, March 1899. (PM2366) Since July 1997 the Police Museum has been maintaining and adding to a database of Queensland police...
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FROM THE VAULT – Parramatta Park Riot, Cairns 1932
On 17 June 1932 the Cairns City Council asked unemployed vagrants living in Parramatta Park, to leave the grounds for the duration of the Cairns show. They refused to go and by July the towns people...
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FROM the VAULT – The Cork Cattle Stealing Case 1905
Patrick and Ernest Hewitt, William Lilley, Walter Farrell and Charles Williams appeared in the Winton Court on December 30, 1905 charged with stealing 128 head of calves the property, of the Darling...
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FROM the VAULT – Sensational Developments in 1908
An early morning cup of tea turned into a man hunt at Carpentaria Downs Station in September 1908. The station manager, his horseman, and a man-servant were all considered suspects when governess...
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FROM the VAULT – 2020 Christmas Closure
The Queensland Police Museum will close on Tuesday 22nd December 2020 to reopen on Monday 4 January 2021. A sentiment that still rings true. Queensland Police 1982 Christmas float – “We wish you an...
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