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FROM the VAULT: Deadly Gas Leak on George Street 1970
Ruined George Street shopfronts. On Friday July 11, 1970, staff at the Criterion Hotel on George Street detected the odour of gas in the hotel’s basement. The gas company sent an inspector who soon...
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FROM the VAULT: Courageous cop overpowers offender Part 1
Eungella Races, 14 August 1947. (Police Museum image) From 1896 through to the early 1960s, Queensland police wore ‘khaki,’ then for a few more years they wore the ‘drab olive’ coloured uniform,...
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FROM the VAULT: Courageous cop overpowers offender Part 2
Sergeants Course No 21 – 20.09.1971 – 08.10.1971 at Chelmer Police College. Standing 2nd Row, far right – Sergeant Edward John Aspinall. (PM2496) On New Year’s Eve 1968, a heavily sedated 27-year-old...
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FROM the VAULT: Mounted Police Escort of 1920 Part 1
Queensland Police Museum displays Image ca1920 (PM2491) When you visit Queensland Police Museum at Police Headquarters, Brisbane, take the time to peruse the extraordinary eight-metre-long photograph...
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FROM the VAULT: Mounted Police Escort of 1920 Part 2
Crowds at Brisbane Exhibition. ca1930. (Photo courtesy JOL Image 121272) Then the constable called, ‘Go Don! Constable Jack Hurley stood duty ringside at the Brisbane Royal National Show’s main arena...
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Sunday Lecture Series – 24 September
The Queensland Mounted Police Unit Lecture by Senior Sergeant Paul Mason (OIC QMPU) Book via Eventbrite Lecture will be recorded. Will try for live recording via Livestream or the recording may appear...
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FROM the VAULT: Boom! Part 1
Ammonium Nitrate – Created for good, but deadly when detonated In the early 20th century, scientists were concerned about population forecasts for the coming millennia and the impending problem of...
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FROM the VAULT: Boom! Part 2
Ammonium Nitrate – 78 minutes to detonation It was a clear night on Friday, 5 September 2014. On the Mitchell Highway, locally known as the ‘Matilda Way’ in Outback Queensland, 15 minutes south of...
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Sunday Lecture Series: 29 October
Music to Our Ears: The QP Juvenile Pipes & Drums Band 11am to 12.30pm Queensland Police Headquarters Book a ticket via Eventbrite The fore runner to our beloved Queensland Police Pipes and Drums,...
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FROM the VAULT: Seven Sisters in the Sky
The Seven Sisters in the Sky painting donated by retired Inspector Brendan Keleher in 2020. The painting is hanging in the exhibition space for everyone’s enjoyment. This painting was given to retired...
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Sunday Lecture Series: 26 November
QPM 130th – Treasures from the Museum Collection 10:30 – 12:30 10:30-11:00 Morning Tea (tea, coffee, birthday cake. Gluten and diary free options available). Bring you own keep cup and save the...
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Happy 130th birthday to the Queensland Police Museum
The Queensland Police Museum (QPM) today commemorated 130 years of preserving law enforcement history, educating, and honouring the dedication of those across the state who serve the community. The...
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THEN AND NOW – Police Wireless Transmission Station 1941 – 1951
On May 30, 1935 Police Commissioner C.J. Carroll, directed that an application to the Deputy Director of Posts and Telegraphs for utilisation of the services of an experimental wireless station...
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FROM THE VAULT – Smart Horses, Clever Trainer
Constable Robinson shares the see-saw with his horse ‘Trixie’. John James Robinson, a horse breaker by trade, was sworn in as a Constable on 5 July 1906. He was obviously a talented trainer who...
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FROM THE VAULT – First Fingerprint Success, 1906
James (Henry) Craig, alias Robert Colquhoun, was the first criminal to be identified by his fingerprints in Queensland. He and George E. Mahony, were no strangers to the insides of jails in the...
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FROM THE VAULT – A day at the Coen Races, 1928
Howard Green was sworn in as a Constable 2959 in September 1927. He was 23 years old when transferred to his second posting to Coen in 1928 and spent a year there before moving on to Cairns. His Coen...
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FROM THE VAULT – No Person Shall be Appointed Constable Unless…
Police parade “Under Arms” at Petrie Terrace Police Depot, Brisbane, 1867 A Police Act established the Queensland Police Force in 1863, or 160 years ago, and took effect on January 1, 1864. It...
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FROM the VAULT – A land of drought and flooding rains…
Fortitude Valley is inundated along with most of the inner city in February 1893 during the disastrous Brisbane and Ipswich floods. Floods are not new to Queensland. We can look back to the 1840s to...
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FROM the VAULT – Doomed Patrol to Doongmabulla 1913
Part 1 – A Scotsman’s journey begins This two-part blog honours the life of Constable William Murray who perished in the Outback, on or about 20 November 1913. We will explore the chain of events that...
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Sunday Lecture Series – 25 June REMINDER
The Coolangatta Hotel Fire 1 January 1975 Seminar by retired police officers Ian Rogers QGM and David Lacon QGM 11:00 – 12.30 Tickets via Eventbrite or email museum@police.qld.gov.au On 31 December...
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