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This text is from "A Force Apart?" by Dr Bill Wilson Railways had a small impact upon policing. During the building of the Darwin to Pine...
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Sep 6, 20215 min read
Relationships with Aboriginal Women
The following paragraphs taken from "A Force Apart?" detail relationships between Aboriginal Women and NT Police members in a historical...
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pixeltoprint
Sep 6, 20211 min read
Jackie Gordon
(from "A Force Apart?") A more recent example of the life of a police wife was that of Mrs Jackie Gordon, whose husband, John Gordon, was...
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pixeltoprint
Sep 6, 20211 min read
Vicki Darken
(from "A Force Apart?") There are no extant records of the loneliness the early police wives felt, but life had hardly changed by 1945...
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pixeltoprint
Sep 6, 20211 min read
Anna Mary Dow
(from "A Force Apart?") In the Territory, not only senior officers’ wives raised money for charity. Anna Mary Dow, who was born in 1869...
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pixeltoprint
Sep 6, 20212 min read
Charlotte Georgina Foelsche
(from "A Force Apart?") Charlotte Georgina Foelsche, who preceded Anna Waters to the Northern Territory, apparently led a quieter life,...
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pixeltoprint
Sep 6, 20212 min read
Anna Maria Woide Waters
(from "A Force Apart?") The senior officers’ wives became part of Darwin society and involved themselves in the various fund raising...
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pixeltoprint
Sep 6, 20211 min read
DEANS, Joan Mary OAM
Joan Deans was the wife of bush policeman Frank Deans. Joan joined the Commonwealth Medical Service and was posted to Alice Springs...
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pixeltoprint
Sep 6, 20211 min read
Police Aide Course 1-1983
Aboriginal Police Aide Course 1/1983 was conducted at Batchelor.
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pixeltoprint
Sep 5, 20212 min read
Territory a dead end for Trackers
By Chips MacKinolty Sydney Morning Herald, 07/01/1992 News and Features, Page 5 DARWIN: Mr Bob Markham, an Aboriginal police tracker at...
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pixeltoprint
Sep 5, 20213 min read
Police Trackers – In Film
The Documentary Last Trackers of the Outback (Trailer) was produced in 2007. It details Tracker Teddy Egan Jangala tracking down another...
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pixeltoprint
Sep 5, 202112 min read
Police Trackers - an article extract
The following material is from the draft manuscript written and supplied by NT Police Superintendent Tony Fuller A Narrative of...
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pixeltoprint
Sep 5, 20216 min read
Native Police – an article extract
The following material is from the draft manuscript written and supplied by NT Police Superintendent Tony Fuller A Narrative of...
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pixeltoprint
Sep 5, 20213 min read
Objectives of the Police Aide
The following document was taken from Police file 87/273 and gives the duties expected of a Police Aide Surveillance and surveillance...
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pixeltoprint
Sep 5, 202113 min read
ATSI service in the NT Police Force 1870-2009
The following material is from the draft manuscript written and supplied by NT Police Superintendent Tony Fuller A Narrative of...
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pixeltoprint
Sep 5, 20214 min read
Aboriginal Police Aides – a manuscript extract
The following material is from the draft manuscript written and supplied by NT Police Superintendent Tony Fuller A Narrative of...
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pixeltoprint
Sep 5, 20212 min read
SA Police Tattoo
Warning: May contain images and names of Aboriginal people who have died. In 1986 South Australia hosted an International Police Tattoo...
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pixeltoprint
Sep 5, 20217 min read
Recruit Training
From "A Force Apart?" - it compares early training in the NT with other places. Training was important because not only were police...
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