Inspector Frank Lacalles Jardine’s Native Police detachment, about 1895.
Image taken by Frederic Urquhart. Jardine’s wife Sana Solia and two of their children may also be in the image.
Native Police forces were made up of Aboriginal troopers under European officers. The Native Police worked to suppress Aboriginal resistance to European colonisation in newly settled areas.
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Queensland Police Museum
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