Image: StateLibQld 1 47804 Inspector John Murray, Native Police, ca. 1866

Description: Inspector John Murray, Native Police, ca. 1866. Caption under photograph reads: Inspector John Murray, Native Police. John Murray was Inspector of Police for Cardwell, Qld, from 1 July 1864 until 1869. He is depicted in a high fastening suit and knotted tie. He has a fob chain fastened to a suit button. Indigenous participation in policing was formalized around 1840 with the Aboriginal Police of Port Phillip District. The Northern NSW Native Police began in 1848. The Northern Force became the Queensland Native Police administered by the NSW Government until 1856 and then the Queensland Government, until their disbanding around the end of the 19th century.
Title: StateLibQld 1 47804 Inspector John Murray, Native Police, ca. 1866
Credit: Item is held by John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland
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