Historical information

Murray Comrie Collection.

Murray Comrie, born in Tarnagulla in 1912 also became a policeman and later a Chief Superintendent, retiring in 1972 and passing away in 1983 after a long illness. Murray Comrie's son Murray Jnr., to avoid confusion became known by his middle name, Neil. Neil Comrie also joined Victoria Police and rose through the ranks to become Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police from 1993 to 2001.

Physical description

Blue-grey archive box containing research notes of Murray Comrie.

Contains:
A series of 17 notepads in which Comrie has annotated historical information from local newspapers.
A very long rolled up piece of paper on which is printed the Comrie family tree
A yellow envelope containing photogrpahs which are low-quality and/or duplicates of other images in the Murray Comrie Collection.
A ledger in which Comrie has listed every Police Station in Victoria and its establishment date.
Four vinyl non-archival document binders in which Comrie's research notes and photographs were housed when donated. Material was transferred out of these for preservation reasons.

The contents of this box were compiled or used by Murray Comrie during his research for a book about Tarnagulla.