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Manual - Police Manual, F. D. Atkinson, Government Printer, Victoria Police Manual, Circa 1957

  • A closed manual, looking down at an angle to capture the cover and the bottom edges of pages.

    Image of Closed Police Manual

  • Manual open to outer cover, revealing inner cover and pattern on inside edge of outer cover

    Image of Open Police Manual Outer Cover

  • Manual open to the first page, capturing the title and publication information.

    Image of Open Police Manual Inner Cover

  • Manual open to reveal rear of patterned inner cover, with patterned outer cover rear visible.

    Image of Open Police Manual Outer Cover

  • Title page of police manual, revealing extended title and publication details.

    Image of Police Manual Title Page

  • A closed manual, looking down at an angle to capture the cover and the bottom edges of pages.
  • Manual open to outer cover, revealing inner cover and pattern on inside edge of outer cover
  • Manual open to the first page, capturing the title and publication information.
  • Manual open to reveal rear of patterned inner cover, with patterned outer cover rear visible.
  • Title page of police manual, revealing extended title and publication details.

Physical description

This police manual is bound as a binder, connecting upwards of 420 pages with metal rods inserted through the loose-leaf paper to form the spine. The outer hardcover, enclosing the book, its inner covers, and the metal binder mechanism, is brown board with leatherette spine binding. The inner cover is card with a bluje and yellow pattern decorating it; the inside of the outer cover also has a decorative pattern, in pink, blue, and white, which is peeling slightly on the front cover.

Publication type

non-fiction

Inscriptions & markings

Inside of front outer cover, top left: "FRASER / LOVES / MARG"
Outside of front inner cover, top right: "$85"
Title Page: "VICTORIA POLICE MANUAL / (1957 Edition) / consisting of / REGULATIONS / of the Governor in Council / DETERMINATIONS / of the Police Service Board / and / STANDING ORDERS / of the Chief Commissioner of Police / Issued under the authority of the Chief Commissioner of Police, / Major-General S. H. Porter, C.B.E., D.S.O., E.D. / F. D. Atkinson, Government Printer, Melbourne"

Summary

This copy of the 1957 Police Manual was purchased from collectibles shop in Olinda by a previous manager of the Fernlea Shop of Opportunities. Fernlea was on the site of the original Emerald Police Station, so this police manual was acquired as a relevant tie to that history. It was in turn donated to the Emerald and District Museum when the Fernlea Shop of Opportunities closed in 2025. The manual was designed as a binder such that new pages could be added if regulations were updated or amended after publication - for example, one page was inserted with greater detail on radioactive materials.

The book has five sections, labelled with tabs protruding from the fore-edge: 'Regulations', 'Determinations', 'Standing Orders', 'Index', and 'List of Amendments'. The index is a short section near the end using a different paper to the rest of the book, and the List of Amendments is an unmarked table, intended to catalogue amendments to the manual. The Regulations and Determinations sections are both sizeable, containing a significant number of various guidelines, but by far the largest section is 'Standing Orders'.

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