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The emergence of the motor vehicle in Darwin went almost without comment until 1925 when the local press reported the emergence of a new...
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pixeltoprint
Sep 3, 20211 min read
Holden
Holden was founded in 1856 as a saddlery maker and entered automotive manufacture in 1908. Today GM Holden has an engine plant at...
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pixeltoprint
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Pride Caravelle
During Cyclone Tracy the 21 ft Pride Caravelle Police Launch was destroyed. Primo Bonato recounts how it was found around a week later...
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pixeltoprint
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PV Emma Lambrick
The Emma Lambrick was a 9.98m twin hull powercat. Engines - twin Volvo Penta TAMD KAD42 Duoprop motors. Draught of 0.45mFuel 700l Max...
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pixeltoprint
Sep 3, 20212 min read
Salloo
The Salloo was built in the mid 1970's* for the Queensland as a Fisheries Patrol Vessel to USL codes by Randall. It was cruiser of GRP...
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pixeltoprint
Sep 3, 20212 min read
Vessels - Alphabetical list of Water Police vessels
Arnhem - NTES harbour vessel - 6.5m, commissioned 17/5/2005 and based in Darwin. Badged over to police in 2012. Aspley - 7.4m Ocean...
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pixeltoprint
Sep 3, 20211 min read
Honda Police Motorcycle Donated to the Museum
A 1967 Honda 350 was donated to the Museum in 2011 - Read about it here. Brenton Hollitt had purchased the motorcycle at a caravan park...
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pixeltoprint
Sep 3, 20211 min read
Horses - the spurs are rusty
Exert from "The Spurs are Rusty" - By Corin Lynch - Full Poem One night he'd been telling me stories of drover's, When he said "Come 'ere...
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pixeltoprint
Sep 3, 20212 min read
Camels - Australian Geographic
Australian Geographic ran a story on NT Police Camel Patrols on June 15, 2010. The short text is set out below - visit their website for...
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pixeltoprint
Sep 3, 20213 min read
Camels - Finke Police Camel Patrol 1953
Camels were used by the NT Police until 1953. The last camel patrol was carried out was to the west of Finke in May 1953. In that year...
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pixeltoprint
Sep 3, 20213 min read
Camels - 1953 Camel Patrol
Written by Tony Kelly Constable Millgate had been sent from Alice Springs with Les Penhall of Native Affairs to the scene of the murder...
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pixeltoprint
Sep 3, 20214 min read
Vic Halls Revolver
NOTES ON A TERRITORY POLICEMAN’S REVOLVER. While working as a ringer, or stockman, in the Northern Territory during the 1950s, I found...
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pixeltoprint
Sep 3, 20214 min read
Top End in the 1950s
By John Corcoran About 1953 while in Adelaide on my way to work as a ringer (or stockman) on Willeroo Station, near Katherine, in the...
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pixeltoprint
Sep 3, 20211 min read
Glock
TheGlock Semi Automatic Pistolwas introduced into active service in 1994 replacing the Smith & Wesson revolver. For the first time...
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pixeltoprint
Sep 3, 202114 min read
A Close Call
Mounted Constable Jack Mahony’s Colt Revolver BY STEVE PLAYFORD spl85704@bigpond.net.au - published here with his permission. Mounted...
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pixeltoprint
Sep 3, 20212 min read
VID and VJY - in the Sea and in the Bush*
After the Titanic tragedy the SOLAS Convention required certain ships to keep a permanent radio watch. In Australia the Coast Radio...
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