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  2. History of the Queensland Police - Wikipedia

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    The Queensland Police Department was given control of the Firearms Act and creates the Firearms Section under Clerk Thomas Baty, to undertake the major task of licensing firearms. [1] Commissioner Carroll gains approval for an experimental wireless station with the call sign 'VKR'. Three patrol cars were equipped with the new one-way, wireless ...

  3. Queensland Police Service - Wikipedia

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    Roma Street Police Station, 1883. The Queensland Police underwent a major reform in 1864 and the newly re-organised force commenced operations with approximately 143 employees under the command the first Commissioner of Police, David Thompson Seymour. The service had four divisions: Metropolitan Police, Rural Police, Water Police, and Native Police

  4. Ravenswood Court House and Police Station - Wikipedia

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    Ravenswood Court House and Police Station is a heritage-listed former courthouse (now museum) and police station at Raven Street, Ravenswood, Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia. They were designed by the Queensland Department of Public Works and were built in 1882 by A Donald (court house) and FA Sparre (police station). They are ...

  5. Petrie Terrace Police Depot - Wikipedia

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    In the immediate post-war years, Queensland Police acquired wireless equipment from the Civil Defence Organisation, which was installed in a number of suburban police stations to receive broadcasts from station VKR. Improvements to the two-way transmission system in 1946–47 increased the coverage to a 60-mile (97 km) radius of Police Wireless ...

  6. Fortitude Valley Police Station - Wikipedia

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    Fortitude Valley Police Station is a heritage-listed police station at 119 Brookes Street, Fortitude Valley, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Raymond Clare Nowland and built from 1935 to 1936.

  7. Mackay Court House and Police Station - Wikipedia

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    The site has been associated with the police and judiciary in Mackay since the 1860s. Although buildings were erected and removed during the 19th and 20th centuries as the site developed, the major buildings remain and include the police station, built as a court house in 1886, the current court house, built in 1938, and two brick police residences from 1936 to 1937.

  8. Queensland Police Museum - Wikipedia

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    Queensland Police Museum collects and exhibits items related to the Queensland Police Service and the history of policing in Queensland, Australia. It was originally established in 1893 as a collection of items for study by police for technical purposes.

  9. Mount Morgan Court House and Police Station - Wikipedia

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    Mount Morgan Court House and Police Station is a heritage-listed courthouse and police station at 28 Hall Street, Mount Morgan, Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Queensland Department of Public Works and built from 1898 to 1900 by John Macfarlane and Co. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October ...