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FROM the VAULT – The Dalby Well Murder
Percival Cornelius Read, aged 44, was a prominent wheat farmer sharing his time between properties in Springbrook, near Nerang and Pirrinuan, near Dalby. Read and his employee, Frederick Benn, had...
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Sunday Lecture Series – 30 October 2022
Blast from the Past 11:00-12:30 QPS Headquarters, 200 Roma Street This lecture will be Livestreamed. Bookings via Eventbrite Established in 1983, the Explosive Ordnance Response Team (EORT) provides a...
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FROM the VAULT: Policewoman Mary Patricia Ryan
The first female police officers were not appointed until 1931 and it was not until March 1965 that they were fully sworn-in and attained powers of arrest. From Sydney, NSW, Mary Patricia Ryan was the...
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FROM THE VAULT – A very, very close call
Des Rodgers recovers well in the Maryborough base hospital. He is being visited by Constable 1/c Len Bichoff (on left) and Inspector Bob Gray, OIC Maryborough District, September 1981. In September...
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Capital Punishment in Queensland Seminar
In collaboration with the Brisbane History Group Sunday 13 November 2022 12:30 – 16:30 Conference Room, Queensland Police Headquarters Bookings via Brisbane History Group Eventbrite $10 BHG Members...
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FROM THE VAULT – Police cars, how times have changed
Since 1934 when the first police cars were purchased, many different brands and types of car have been used for police work. Bean Trucks; Ford V8 touring cars; International Utilitys; Ford Custom...
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Sunday Lecture Series – 27 November
50 years of the Queensland Police Dog Squad 11:00am – 12:30pm Book via Eventbrite Police Dog Duke Did you know a dog’s natural hunting instinct can be modified by police so the dog can be used to...
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FROM THE VAULT A History of Police Uniform – Part 1: 1864 – 1905
PART 2 next week 15 November With the establishment of the Queensland Police Force in 1864, the government took steps to ensure its officers behaved and dressed in an appropriate manner. Rules for the...
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FROM THE VAULT – A History of Police Uniform – Part 2: 1906 – 1970
Follows on from FROM THE VAULT – A History of Police Uniform – Part 1: 1864 – 1905 posting of Tuesday 3rd of July Constable Richard Skinner wearing the second version of the navy uniform, 1916. Note...
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FROM the VAULT – Our First Forward Command Post
The Queensland Police mobile office was first organised as an aid in a 1974 homicide investigation in Maroochydore. In August, 1974, a small Sunshine Coast community was shaken by the tragic news of a...
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FROM THE VAULT – A difficult day at the office
Constable David Leahy, 1914 David Leahy, a Toowoomba farmer, was first sworn in as Constable number 759 on November 1, 1894 at 24 years of age. During this tenure he was stationed at Brisbane;...
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FROM THE VAULT: George Dyas, a Gallant Officer
George Christopher Dyas (1840-1881) a dyer from county Westmeath, was admitted to the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) force in 1858. His application was supplemented with a recommendation from a...
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FROM THE VAULT – A Caring Cop
Flaggy Rock Police Station located 73 kilometres south of Sarina in North Queensland was opened in May 1921 with Constable Oliver Peters in charge. The station was probably opened in response to the...
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Easter 1955 – Air Crash on Mt Superbus – Part 1
The Mission At 10.30 pm on Good Friday, 8 April 1955, a call came through to fly a critically ill baby from the RAAF Townsville Airbase to Brisbane. There was no doubt RAAF would answer the call: No...
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Easter 1955 – Air Crash on Mt Superbus – Part 2
Disaster Victim Identification THEN AND NOW Mafalda Gray – 1929 to 1955 After spending the night on the summit of Mount Superbus in the Main Range National Park new the border of New South Wales,...
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Easter 1955 – Air Crash on Mt Superbus – Part 3
What went wrong BEFORE: A highly experienced, distinguished crew who’d been without sleep for 21 hours; a poorly maintained plane; no navigation aids onboard; compass errors; maps that were useless...
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From the Vault – Plucky Courage Part 1: Henry Lockwood Smith
The series ‘Plucky Courage’ features the heroics of policeman in the early 20th century when they captured runaway horses pulling conveyances through city streets… but more importantly, it also gives...
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FROM the VAULT – Plucky Courage Part 2: Thomas Guthrie
The series ‘Plucky Courage’ features the heroics of policeman in the early 20th century when they captured runaway horses pulling conveyances through city streets… but more importantly, it also gives...
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FROM the VAULT – Plucky Courage Part 3 – John Herbert
The series ‘Plucky Courage’ features the heroics of policeman in the early 20th century when they captured runaway horses pulling conveyances through city streets… and it also gives us a snapshot into...
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FROM the VAULT: Gangland Revenge – Part 1
the case of an explosive can of shaving cream… At 2.30 am sharp on Thursday 10 April 1969, the explosives expert, and Officer in Charge of the newly formed ‘Emergency Squad’ attached to Brisbane’s...
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