When the First World War broke out, Australian men from all backgrounds and professions were called to serve their country.  Members of the Victorian Police force were some of the first to answer the call with twenty men joining the first convoy of soldiers who left Australian shores in October 1914. Over the course of four long years, one hundred and thirty-eight Victorian Police enlisted from stations across the state. Of these, twenty-seven lost their lives. Whilst the fate of each man was different, a deep commitment to protecting and serving the public was common to all. Victoria Police service: Joined 10/04/1911; Discharged 3/09/1914 WW1 service: Enlisted: 5 September 1914; Highest rank: Captain; Regiment: 4th Australian Light Horse Regiment; Fate: Returned to Australia 15th January 1919.Official documentworld war 1, 1914-1918; victoria police; trewin, charles lester gordon 5640

This Australian yesteryear postcard was published by Cobb & Co in circa 1990. It is a sepia toned artwork of the Ann Jones Inn in Glenrowan which was taken prior to 1880. The building at rear in this photograph was the private residence of Ann Jones, a migrant from Tipperary, Ireland. Two years after building her private residence, in 1878/1879, Ann Jones added the Inn to the front of the building which is depicted in the postcard. In 1880 the Inn was burned to the ground during the Kelly Gang siege. After the siege, Ann Jones and her children continued to live on the same location in a makeshift hut. This hut was later replaced with a dwelling using compensation money provided to Ann from the government for the loss of her property and goods; however, she was denied a new trading licence which did not enable her to re-establish her previously successful business. The reverse of this postcard provides a snippet of information into the Glenrowan siege, for which this site is most well-known. It outlines the role and demise of the members of the Kelly Gang but what it does not include is how Ann Jones, owner of the Inn depicted on the postcard, was impacted. Ann’s son of 13 years, Johnny was killed during the siege, and a bullet grazed the forehead of her daughter, Jane Jones. Jane would die two years after this event from tuberculosis, but it was believed by Ann that the cause was grief for the death of her brother and distress at having witnessed the siege. Ann was provided with 100 pounds in compensation money for the loss of her children. Her husband, Owen Jones passed away late 1880 and in 1891 Ann Jones remarried. She died at the age of 80 in 1910. The “last stand” of the Kelly Gang at this location is estimated by Dr Stuart Dawson of Monash University to have taken less than 10 minutes in duration. During and following this time, the life of Ann Jones was turned upside down and everything she had worked for in the preceding years was now in ruins. This postcard has the capacity to reveal information about the popularity of the Kelly story in Australia. It was created in approximately the 1990s which perhaps reveals a resurgence in interest into the Kelly Gang and Australian history when card was made. This image, and others depicting the Ann Jone’s Inn, have the ability to shed light on the Kelly story and the events of the Glenrowan Siege. Additionally, they can reveal information into the life of a female business owner during the 1870-1880 period. Archaeological research has been conducted at this site by LaTrobe University and a study of these images alongside the analysis of the material culture found at this location can help to build more comprehensive understanding into life in Australia during this period and Ann Jones herself.Sepia rectangular postcard printed on cardObverse: [Illegible] Reverse: G4/ 3276/ Australian / Yesteryear / cards/ correspondence / address / Published by Cobb & Co (03) 5766 2409 / The Glenrowan Inn owned by Ann Jones. / It was this Inn in which the Kelly Gang imprisoned / 62 people, while waiting for the special train / carrying the police to arrive from Benalla. On 28th / June 1880, following a seige which lasted over 12 / hours, Ned Kelly was captured. Joe Byrne was shot, / and the Inn was set on fire in an attempt to flush out / the two remaining outlaws, Dan Kelly and Steve / Hart. However, some time prior, the two boys, it / was believed, had committed suicide, as a result, / their bodies were incinerated beyond recognition. / A sepia tone facsimile of / an early Australian photograph. /kelly album, postcard, glenrowan inn, kelly siege, australia yesteryear card, cobb & co publisher, ned kelly capture, jones ann, dan kelly, joe byrne, steve hart, fire, train, police, benalla, 28 june 1880

Two police officers standing in front of a Ford Falcon Q car, registration number JYE-369. The man on the left is wearing jodphurs, riding boots, coat and hat. The man on the right is wearing boots. leggings, overcoat and hat. The car is parked on a sealed road with a large tree and parkland in the background. Circa 1967police vehicles; motor transport branch; motor transport section; wireless patrol; ford falcon q car; camera car

Close-up photograph of 4.3 litre 6 cylinder Alvis Wireless Patrol car registration number 174-614 at Russell Street garage with significant damage to the front right hand wheel arch, circa 1937. Over the windscreen is the illuminated "Police" sign and on the roof are metals tubes containing the wireless aerials.police vehicles; transport; motor police branch; alvis car; wireless patrol; russell street

First Ringwood Spring Fair (did they ever hold another?) at various locations. In Notlen St the band included Gendarme the famous Victoria Police horse, and the Cobb and Co coach. The balance of the Spring Pair photos were taken in the park/ gardens opposite the old Ringwood Market site. 1971. (Pam Payne)

First Ringwood Spring Fair (did they ever hold another?) at various locations. In Notlen St the band included Gendarme the famous Victoria Police horse, and the Cobb and Co coach. The balance of the Spring Pair photos were taken in the park/ gardens opposite the old Ringwood Market site. 1971. (Pam Payne)

First Ringwood Spring Fair (did they ever hold another?) at various locations. In Notlen St the band included Gendarme the famous Victoria Police horse, and the Cobb and Co coach. The balance of the Spring Pair photos were taken in the park/ gardens opposite the old Ringwood Market site. 1971. (Pam Payne)

First Ringwood Spring Fair (did they ever hold another?) at various locations. In Notlen St the band included Gendarme the famous Victoria Police horse, and the Cobb and Co coach. The balance of the Spring Pair photos were taken in the park/ gardens opposite the old Ringwood Market site. 1971. (Pam Payne)

First Ringwood Spring Fair (did they ever hold another?) at various locations. In Notlen St the band included Gendarme the famous Victoria Police horse, and the Cobb and Co coach. The balance of the Spring Pair photos were taken in the park/ gardens opposite the old Ringwood Market site. 1971. (Pam Payne)

Two (2) pink cards, Bendigo Tramways passes dated September 14 1917, issued to Military Police for free travel on Bendigo Trams. No.9 issued in the name of Pete.Sinclair and signed by the 'Resident Engineer', No.12 does not have bearer name, but, is signed by the 'Resident Engineer'. A Photocopy of the No. 9 card is also enclosed.person, individual, basil miller

Colour photo: Police Station, Bull Street, Bendigo. 2 storey brown brick, large glass windows. Triangle shaped garden bed in foreground. Flag pole alongside. On rear of photo: 'Aulsebrook & Martin Pty Ltd., Photographers, 6 Ruth St., Golden Square 3555 Phone 054 437565bendigo, buildings, police station

Colour photo: Police Station, Bull Street, Bendigo. 2 storey brown brick, large glass windows. Triangle shaped garden bed in foreground. Flag pole alongside. On rear of photo: 'Aulsebrook & Martin Pty Ltd., Photographers, 6 Ruth St., Golden Square 3555 Phone 054 437565bendigo, buildings, police station bull street

The portable lockup at Eltham is not original to the site. The date of construction is unknown, believed from the 1880s. It is a prefabricated design and each of the timber panels are individually numbered on the inside surfaces. It is amongst a large group of portable lockups, categorised as 'Portable Lock Up - Timber - Later' and also known as the "Casterton style", based on the only known plan for portable lock ups, built for the Casterton Police Station, in 1907. The later portables have been in use since the 1880s. It is not known how many lock ups of this type have been constructed in Victoria. At least 50 examples have been documented around the state. Of these, 42 are known to be extant. The original 1860s site lockup was a 2-cell bluestone construction. Some of the original bluestone remains. It was used in the 1970s as traffic island edging at the intersection of Main Road and Wattletree Road where it was painted white then later relocated back to this site in the 1980s to be used as edging for a driveway access off Main Road beside the former Police Residence where the Police Station originally stood. Evidence of some of this edging remains in place today leading to the replica Police Station. Other blocks were used to define the garden edging in the carpark at the rear of the residence.This lockup used to be located at the Police Station in Pryor Street and was then stored in Youth Road before being acquired for the Local History Centre 3 colour photographseltham, main road, police residence, local history centre, eltham district historical society, courthouse, youth road

The Eltham Court House is Eltham's oldest public building. It was classified by the National Trust in 1977. In 1857 five Eltham residents petitioned the licensing magistrates of the Heidelberg district asking for better police protection, including from itinerant gold prospectors who turned to crime when their quest was unsuccessful. In response the Eltham Courthouse was constructed in 1860. Over the years it has also been used for other activities, including for electoral polling purposes, inquests, early meetings of the Eltham Roads Board and even as an overflow classroom. This type of localised solution is characteristic of the self-reliance preserved in Eltham today. The court house is an important symbol of the spirit which makes Eltham distinctive as a community. The Eltham Courthouse is historically significant because its construction was intended to emphasise the centralised control over law and order in the Colony of Victoria in the wake of the 1852 Snodgrass committee report on the Victorian police force and the resulting Police Regulation Act (1853). The nature of the Court House planning and use of architectural devices make the building's function easily interpreted. The arrangement of rooms, with public entry and clerical rooms to the rear, and the use of raised floor levels throughout these spaces to signify relative rank is easily perceived. The distinction in entries, public, magistrate and person-in-custody, and the existing court furniture enhances appreciation of this building. The Eltham Court House is one of only two intact examples in the state of this simple design with projecting entry. The building is of architectural significance because it retains intact early features. These include use of handmade bricks, simple decoration, roof trusses, timber ceiling boards, original windows, doors and associated hardware and a collection of court furniture. Additions to the court house have been done in a manner which did not interfere with the fabric of the original building. Typical cases heard before the Court of Petty Sessions included financial debt, straying livestock, theft, assault, drunkenness, public disorder, truancy, motor vehicle offences, unregistered animals and failing to have children attend school, or be vaccinated. The courthouse operated for over 120 years before it closed in 1985. In April 2021, Nillumbik Shire Council authorised restoration of the building and furnishings. The extensive works required for the total restoration of this highly valued heritage building was undertaken by Ducon Building Solutions and other specialist contractors. Covered under Heritage Overlay, Nillumbik Planning Scheme. Victorian Heritage National Trust of Australia (Victoria) State significance Published: Nillumbik Now and Then /​ Marguerite Marshall 2008; photographs Alan King with Marguerite Marshall.; p65 A demand for better police protection resulted in the building of the Eltham Courthouse and the police residence beside it. In 1857 five Eltham residents petitioned the Heidelberg district licensing magistrates. They pointed out that Eltham had two hotels, a population of about 1000, and many strangers employed on the public roads. Yet the nearest police were at Heidelberg eight miles (12.8km) away, or at the Caledonia Diggings 21 miles (33.7km) away.1 Subsequently the courthouse and then the police residence, near the corner of Main Road and Brougham Street, were built in 1859/60. The courthouse is Eltham’s oldest public building and the National Trust classified it in 1977. It ceased operation in 1984 and has since been used by local groups. There are only six other known examples of similar small brick country courthouses in Victoria . For £536, a Mr Duncan built the courthouse – a neat, narrow, oblong building with handmade orange bricks. Its gabled roof and porch are covered with brown slate tiles and it has 12-paned windows. Inside, the roof is peaked and the courthouse is still ventilated by oblong slits near the ceiling. Most of the fine carved timber and upholstered furniture is original. The original prisoners’ door, now permanently closed, led from the police station to the dock. Builders, Langridge Wright and Witney built a timber police station (since demolished) and a brick residence to its north,2 for £1150/7/-. Built around the same time were the lock-up behind the residence, also later demolished, and the two-storey orange brick stables. The former police residence also has a brown slate roof and handmade bricks. The front veranda roof is made of corrugated iron, as is the roof of the back weatherboard extension. The application for police protection was approved within a few months and police operated from a cottage rented at ten shillings a week and owned by William Jarrold. This was probably the one at the corner of Main Road and Dalton Street called Jarrold or White Cloud Cottage. In 1858 a second constable was appointed to Eltham following a fight at the hotel. The timber police office a replica of which was built in the early 1990s is at the building’s side. The lock-up was demolished following the relocation of the police to a new station in about 1952. The residence has been used as the Eltham District Historical Society centre since 1997. Records show court cases were held at Eltham before the courthouse was built, but the location is unknown. Some court cases were not very different from those today. In 1891 a man was charged with being drunk while in charge of a horse and was fined ten shillings. The courthouse was used for other purposes during its long history. It was probably used as a polling place as indicated by old photographs of election-day crowds outside. The Eltham Road Board met there from the early 1860s until 1868 when the Board transferred to Kangaroo Ground. During the same period the Road Board Secretary used the courthouse as an office until 1867 when it was transferred to his home at Wingrove Cottage. The courthouse was also used as an overflow classroom for the Dalton Street school in 1875. The two buildings can further link us with Eltham’s early days through Police Department correspondence. The first constable-in-charge was George Reid. In 1860 a letter to The Argus newspaper signed ‘A Sufferer’ declared the Eltham police were not active enough in their duties. The writer suggested that the ‘very snug’ police quarters were too comfortable, and he detailed various incidents including one of an alleged break-in to the Road Board Secretary’s home. But the Board Secretary, C S Wingrove, wrote to the Police Department refuting The Argus letter saying he had received full co-operation from Sen. Constable Peter Lawler.This collection of almost 130 photos about places and people within the Shire of Nillumbik, an urban and rural municipality in Melbourne's north, contributes to an understanding of the history of the Shire. Published in 2008 immediately prior to the Black Saturday bushfires of February 7, 2009, it documents sites that were impacted, and in some cases destroyed by the fires. It includes photographs taken especially for the publication, creating a unique time capsule representing the Shire in the early 21st century. It remains the most recent comprehenesive publication devoted to the Shire's history connecting local residents to the past. nillumbik now and then (marshall-king) collection, eltham, eltham court house, main road

An antique horse-drawn plough from the 1800s has been brazenly snatched from the entrance of Greensborough Historical Society's resource centre, leaving residents, police and history buffs heartbroken.News article 1 page, black text, colour image.greensborough historical society, historic plough, partington family

Police on horseback, pounding the pavements, in squad cars and patrolling with sniffer dogs made multiple arrests and issued scores of fines in a massive, one-day blitz across Banyule last week.News article 1 page, black text, colour image.banyule, victoria police

Digital copy of one of 7 slides depicting photographs of police from 1858 to 1930s. This image is of an officer on traffic duty at the Melbourne Town Hall, Swanston Street, with the Toorak tram in background.Digital copy of black and white slide.victoria police, melbourne town hall

Earliest known photo of the Victoria Police vehicle fleet. Shows the prison van, Hotchkiss CIB car, the Palm Night Patrol car and various motor cycle outfits. Taken in 1921.Ford T prison van, Hotchkiss Tourer, Palm Tourer, four Coventry Eagle motorcycles with side cars, two Triumph motorcycles. Circa 1921police vehicles; wireless patrol; motor transport branch; motor transport section; police motorcycles; ford t prison van; hotchkiss tourer car; palm tourer car

This Soldiers Memorial was erected in the centre of the town as the original Memorial stands at the top of the hill on the busy Princes Highway. This made the site difficult to police and march to because of the traffic passing through the town.Coloured photograph of Soldier’s memorial with flowers during Anzac Daymemorial, bank street, railway place, soldier

Victoria State Disaster Reponse Plan (DISPLAN) training exercise involving emergency services attending two real life simulations; Kangaroo Ground SES including Police, Ambulance, CFAVHS Video cassette Converted to MP4 file format 00:16:11; 1.18GBshire of eltham, video recording, shire of eltham archives, displan, training exercise, victoria police, cfa, country fire authority, eltham cfa, ambulance service victoria, eltham shire council, alan stein, kangaroo ground ses, state emergency service, victoria state disaster reponse plan (displan)

on page 8riots, strikes, police, port melbourne, 1928, fan album

Four page article titled "Law and Order on the Trams" contained within the Central Highlands Historical Association Journal No. 5, written by BTM Board Member, Alan Bradley, accompanied by 5 photographs of Ballarat operations: p26 - street scene of Sturt St. and Grenville St. intersection prior to 1923, p31 - 2 half page photographs by David Endacott of last trams to Sebastopol - 19/10/1971 and on rear cover, two colour photos of trams taken during the last months of operations, from collection of David Endacott. No. 11 at Sturt St. - City terminus and No. 30 in Lydiard St. Nth. outside Art Gallery. Journal is 64 pages, with card covers, perfect bound, with articles, contents listing, index and various listings of CHHA members, book reviews, research in Progress. Has colour covers. Added to worksheet file - printed original of article - 7No. A4 sheets.trams, tramways, tramway closure, law and order, police, ballarat tramways

Twelve (12) caption or label cards used in the Museum's exhibition entitled "Law & Order on the Trams". Printed onto graduated colour paper (Geo Paper - Geo Blue) and printed with a HP6P printer. Glued onto heavy card. Each has 2 Velcro dots on rear, except No. 11, which has 4. 778.1 - accident in Drummond St. north - June 1970, see item -709 778.2 - powerhouse with ESCo tram outside, see item -698 778.3 - last tram ex Sebastopol - G. Triplett photo - see item - 579 778.4 - Hijack article ex Courier - see item -710 778.5 - ESCo crew - see item 707 778.6 - Lydiard St. opening - George Netherway photo - see item -598 778.7 - Photo of ESCo crew by Grenville St. shelter - Z.Dann donated photo - see item 505 778.8 - Group photo of ESCo employees - see item 708 778.9 - Employees register extract - see item 782 778.10 - Copy of By Laws - see item 783 and 784 778.11 - Horse tram photo with three horses - Harris House of Photography - see item 699 778.12 - Photo of Royal Mail Hotel and tram - Chris Phillips Photo - see item 354 trams, tramways, law and order, exhibitions, employees, police

All four soldiers were policemen in civilian life.Black and white photograph of 4 soldiers of VMR Squadron 4/19 Prince of Wales's Light Horse at Puckapunyal September 1992.military, vmr, pwlh, puckapunyal, uniform, police

Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2000. Expansive: the view north-east across Camp Reserve in 1870. Buildings on the left include a high school, police office and Supreme Court. The path in the foreground is now part of Camp Hill Primary School. Picture courtesy Bendigo Historical Society. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

Booklet: ''Accent on Axedale'', published by the Centenary and Back to Axedale Committee 1970. 36 pages with photographs. Chapters on: Early Settlement; Churches; Education; Police; Municipal Affairs; Commerce; Cemeteries; Race Course Reserve; The Railway (O'Keefe); Eppalock Weir; The Hall; The Wars; C.W.A; Camp Sites; C.F.A; Axedale Progress Association; Sport;Alfred Ruskin Publications. Freelance Press, 61-63 City South Melbourne. 3205axedale, history, early settlement, axedale sporting club, indoor bowls, axedale progress association, c.w.a., country fire association.eppalock weir, the railway, race course reserve, cemeteries, axedale farmers club, the pitcher dressers poem by w. g. o'neill, bluestone quarries, threshing teams, hotels, general store and post office. education, churches, early settlement.