Tucked away in the Queensland State Archives’ collection you can find all manner of curious and astonishing information. Take for example the rather dull sounding Series 16865 General correspondence of the Police Commissioner’s Office c.1861 – c.1987 Do not let the formal title fool you for this series is a treasure trove containing an array […]
Established on 1 January 1864, the Queensland Police Force is celebrating 150 years of service. Since the inception of Queensland and the Police Service, local trackers have been employed, initially to assist troopers and later Queensland Police officers. The hunting skills of Aboriginal trackers and their ability to find food and water were utilised by the Queensland Police […]
This blog post is part of a series of essays commissioned by Queensland State Archives and written by historian Brian Rough. It would not be unreasonable to imagine that, as Australian soldiers marched off to war, they left behind them a home front which was politically homogeneous and uniformly resolute in its support of the troops […]