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Native Police troopers at Laura River Native Police camp, Queensland, 1881

Native Police troopers and their wives outside their bark huts at the Laura River Native Police camp in 1881.

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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