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• The True Story of the KellyGang of Bushrangers Chapter 5 page 1
  ...at a later date, together with those of a party of [[Police Tactics|black trackers]] under his command. Mr Sadleir, with his headquarters at Benalla, was in c
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• The True Story of the KellyGang of Bushrangers Chapter 8 page 5
  ...s]] in Victoria at that time, and even later, when the [[Queensland police|Queensland Government]] offered to send some of theirs to Victoria, Captain Standish,
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• The True Story of the KellyGang of Bushrangers Chapter 14 page 6
  ...of Mr Hare, Mr Sadlier, and Mr Nicolson, who placed great reliance on the trackers, nor of the Kellys, who feared them more than all the other police in the d ...m and Captain Standish, with the result that much of the usefulness of the trackers was discounted by Captain Standish’s refusal to employ them on certain oc
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• The True Story of the KellyGang of Bushrangers Chapter 15 page 5
  ...een mentioned, had a low opinion of the usefulness of the [[Police Tactics|trackers]] under Mr O’Connor’s command, and one evening, when very important inf
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• The True Story of the KellyGang of Bushrangers Chapter 17 page 3
  ...not been particularly well treated, was desirous that he should bring his trackers home as soon as their services could be dispensed with.
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• The True Story of the KellyGang of Bushrangers Chapter 18 page 1
  ...le and a special train, with Mr O’Connor, some lady relatives, his black trackers and several pressmen, was despatched from Melbourne for Benalla, en route f ...the day Mr Hare was kept more or less in forced idleness, waiting for the trackers and the men. He greatly regretted that poor Sherritt, who had been married
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• The Last of the Bushrangers Chapter 10 page 1
  ...ere dreadfully afraid of the black trackers. I mean the men that came from Queensland. I was told it was marvellous how these men could follow a track across the ...red." I never could understand why they did not separate and make for Queensland as swagmen; but Sherritt was quite right; they never did leave, beyond goin
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• The Last of the Bushrangers Chapter 10 page 2
  ...em. Besides, the [[Queensland police|Queensland]] authorities wanted their trackers back, as they belonged to their force of native police, and the officer in
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• The Last of the Bushrangers Chapter 10 page 6
  ..." both Queensland men, but they did not come specially to Victoria as trackers. I kept them, and would have taken them had the others not been sent back t ...horses out directly we arrived, and start off to Sherritt's house, put the trackers on the outlaws' tracks, and endeavour to follow them.
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• The Last of the Bushrangers Chapter 12 page 1
  ...one gentleman was armed. At Essendon Inspector O'Connor and his five black trackers were picked up, together with Mrs O'Connor and her sister, Miss Smith. [Tho
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• The Last of the Bushrangers Chapter 13 page 5
  ...so curtly treated, and he communicated with Mr Palmer, Chief Secretary of Queensland, and at two o'clock on Sunday morning he obtained the required permit.
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• The Last of the Bushrangers Chapter 13 page 7
  ...amount of jealousy was evinced by the Victorian police with respect to the trackers, and that unless they were allowed to go to the front at once, it was littl
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• The Complete Inner History of the KellyGang and their Pursuers (46)
  The offer of the Queensland Government to send six blacktrackers, in charge of a senior constable, unde ...trackers.  On March 8, Mr O’Connor, Senior-Constable King, and his six trackers—Corporal Sambo, Troopers Hero, Johnny, Jimmy, Barney and Jack—arrived a
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• The Complete Inner History of the KellyGang and their Pursuers (48)
  ...and]] branch of the Broken River.  They came across some tracks which the trackers followed, but these tracks turned out to be the tracks of local stockmen in ...rom the police at Jerilderie had been discovered on the Black Range.  The trackers were about to search for the tracks of this horse when a constable galloped
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• The Complete Inner History of the KellyGang and their Pursuers (54)
  ...o square them.  The sympathisers did not know enough of the habits of the Queensland blacks to attempt to get in direct touch with them.  Otherwise the Kellys
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• The Complete Inner History of the KellyGang and their Pursuers (57)
  ...eft Benalla for Melbourne on Friday, June 25, 1880, en route for Brisbane, Queensland.  The new blacktrackers had not yet arrived.  Supt Hare decided to contin
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• The Complete Inner History of the KellyGang and their Pursuers (63)
  ...ow Mr O’Connor and the [[Police Trackers|backtrackers]] to return.  The Queensland Chief Secretary agreed, and Mr O’Connor was at the Essendon railway stati
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• The Complete Inner History of the KellyGang and their Pursuers (90)
  ...nsland police|Queensland]] Government in forwarding a contingent of native trackers to Victoria to aid in the pursuit of the outlaws. We take this our approval “The Queensland contingent did good service, and your Commissioners trust the Victorian Gov
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• The Argus at KellyGang 12/12/1931
  Request for [[Police Trackers|Black Trackers]]. ...ge in the proceedings it was intended to track the outlaws down with black trackers.
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• The Argus at KellyGang 14/12/1878
  ...ell known Cleveland Bay (Queensland) tracker, and the other "[[Police Trackers|Harry]]," of Yorke Peninsula, a valuable horse tracker -in barracks at
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• The Argus at KellyGang 12/2/1879 (2)
  ...delusive, but a substantial improvement seems possible with regard to the trackers.
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• The Ovens and Murray Advertiser 13/2/1879 (3)
  ...ne|Devine]] and [[Const Richards|Richards]], who were worse than any black trackers, especially Richards, whom he intended to shoot immediately. Mr Tarleton re ...pers place great reliance on the efficiency of the provincial troopers and trackers, and predict the early capture of the gang, if they remain this side of the
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• The Argus at KellyGang 15/2/1879
  ...is experience would be almost invaluable, as he was during my residence in Queensland noted for his energy and skill in all undertakings that require bravery com
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• The Argus at KellyGang 10/3/1879
  ...|King]], and six black con stables, arrived in Albury early on Friday. The trackers are wiry little fellows, specially selected by Mr O'Connor for the service
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• The Argus at KellyGang 11/3/1879
  ...caused much comment. They look a more intelligent body of men than our own trackers, and under the command of such a smart looking and active officer as O'Conn
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• The Argus at KellyGang 12/3/1879
  ...ncke contended that as the police had handed over their functions to black trackers, and to the New South Wales police, the men ought to be released. The Queensland aboriginal [[Police Trackers|troopers]], under the command of Sub-inspector O'Connor, and accompanied by
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• The Argus at KellyGang 13/3/1879
  THE QUEENSLAND NATIVE POLICE ...in Queensland, supplies the following information respecting the [[Police Trackers|native police]] of that colony, a detachment of which is now employed in Vi
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• The Argus at KellyGang 13/3/1879 (2)
  '''Trackers from Queensland'''
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• The Ovens and Murray Advertiser 13/3/1879
  ...aws are, so completely are their movements concealed. The Queensland black trackers, under the Command of Lieutenant O’Connor ? ? ? ? ? day wanted ? distinct ...ncke contended that as the police had handed over their functions to black trackers and the New South Wales police, the accused should be let go.
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• The Argus at KellyGang 14/3/1879
  ...so skilled in bush craft as to be himself a match for a Myalla. Six black trackers accompany them, trained human sleuth hounds, who have served with O'Connor
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• The Argus at KellyGang 19/3/1879
  ...Connor|O'Connor]], eight troopers, five Queensland [[Police Trackers|black trackers]], and five pack horses. Although the cold is against the blacks, the entir
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• The Argus at KellyGang 19/3/1879 (2)
  A Queensland [[Police Trackers|black tracker]] arrived here last night, and will leave some time during to
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• Alexandra and Yea Standard, Gobur, Thornton and Acheron Express at KellyGang 22/3/1879
  ...Connor|O'Connor]], eight troopers, five Queensland [[Police Trackers|black trackers]], and five pack horses. Although the cold is against the blacks, the entir A Queensland [[Police Trackers|black tracker]] arrived here last night, and will leave some time during to
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• Illustrated Australian News at KellyGang 12/4/1879
  '''THE QUEENSLAND NATIVE POLICE''' ...ext heard of. A detachment of this able body of men arrived in Sydney from Queensland several weeks ago under the command of Mr. Inspector Stanhope [[O'Connor|O'
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• The Argus at KellyGang 19/5/1879 (2)
  ...essary to have brought [[Police Trackers|black trackers]] all the way from Queensland to amuse themselves about Benalla at the expense of the Victorian public. A
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• The Argus at KellyGang 18/8/1879
  ...elligence regarding the robbers is that they have been traced by the black trackers to within a few miles of Heathcote. The account of our special reporter, wh ...or Lieut [[O'Connor|O'Connor]] and his "boys." By the way, these Queensland aboriginals consider themselves insulted if they are called "blackfell
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• The Argus at KellyGang 22/5/1880
  ...d their restoration to Queensland of the detachment of Queensland [[Police Trackers|native police]], who, under the leadership of Lieutenant [[O'Connor|O’Con ...mitted if once the gang feel sure they have only to deal with the ordinary trackers the Victorian Government can command. Most people resident in the bush are
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• Ovens & Murray Advertiser (10)
  ...wered that of the outlaw [[Joe Byrne|Joseph Byrnes]]. The Queensland black trackers and six constables, in charge of Lieutenant [[O'Connor|O’Connor]] and Mr
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• The Age (2)
  ...one gentleman was armed. At Essendon Inspector O'Connor and his five black trackers were picked up, together with Mrs O'Connor and her sister, Miss Smith. [Tho ...ement. The police abandoned the horses and rushed to their arms. The black trackers sprang forward with their leader, and soon took up a good position in front
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• The Age (10)
  ...so curtly treated, and he communicated with Mr Palmer, Chief Secretary of Queensland , and at two o'clock on Sunday morning he obtained the required permit.
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• The Age (11)
  ...amount of jealousy was evinced by the Victorian police with respect to the trackers, and that unless they were allowed to go to the front at once, it was littl
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• The Argus (4)
  ...side, and stuck to this post gallantly throughout the whole encounter. The trackers also stood the baptism of fire with fortitude, never flinching for one inst
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• The Argus (7)
  ...Jerilderie affair,’ remarked a spectator, ‘we thought you had gone to Queensland .’ ...train which might be sent after them, in the hope of destroying the black trackers. They descended on Glenrowan at about three o’clock on Sunday morning, an
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• The Argus (12)
  ...eparted to day. Mr Ramsay telegraphed last week to the [[Queensland police|Queensland]] Chief Secretary, asking that they might be allowed to stop some short tim ...to be withdrawn. Some inquiry into the cause of the discontent between the Queensland police and our own seems to be necessary,
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• The Argus at KellyGang 29/6/1880 (2)
  ...they were to have departed to-day. Mr Ramsay telegraphed last week to the Queensland Chief Secretary, asking that they might be allowed to stop some short time ...to be withdrawn. Some inquiry into the cause of the discontent between the Queensland police and our own seems to be necessary.
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• The Argus (13)
  ...train which might be sent after them, in the hope of destroying the black trackers.
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• Ovens & Murray Advertiser (19)
  ...owever, that the [[Police Trackers|black trackers]] are to be sent back to Queensland ; if they are, it would look as if the “pursuit” of the Kellys were to
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• The Argus (17)
  ...to track in the Victorian bush, and said he himself could track an emu in Queensland . The prisoners were then all called together, and Ned said, ‘If any of y
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• The Argus (18)
  ...n id="_Toc20153930">[[#_Toc20153930|SUB INSPECTOR O’CONNOR AND THE BLACK TRACKERS]]</span> == ...Victoria would see me held blameless, as we were under orders to leave for Queensland . On our arrival at Glenrowan we heard that the rail had been taken up some
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• The Argus (19)
  ...at Glenrowan on Monday. But the important fact to bear in mind is that the trackers paralysed the gang. Since their arrival there has only been this last and d
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• The Argus (23)
  ...ies, and a large body of police accompanied by the black trackers from the Queensland native police, was sent to Euroa, which township had been quite unprotected
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• The Argus (24)
  ...ing then frightened of being tracked by Queensland [[Police Trackers|black trackers]], they took steps to destroy them by wrecking the special train, and they ...y, Gascoigne, and Phillips, together with Inspector O'Connor and his black trackers.
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• Ovens and Murray Advertiser (6)
  ...side, and stuck to this post gallantly throughout the whole encounter. The trackers also stood the baptism of fire with fortitude, never flinching for one inst
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• The Argus (32)
  ...ch, and always ride on horseback if they get a change. The presence of the Queensland aborigines in district often compelled the gang to walk. In order to avoid ...the past few months traces of the gang were often discovered by the black trackers.
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• Herald (20)
  == THE BLACK TRACKERS == ...ve not been prominently or sensationally brought forward, a small force of Queensland blacks is to be permanently attached to the police force of Victoria .
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• The Age (25)
  ...l superior in appearance to Mr O’Connor’s men, and are said to be fine trackers. They will remain in the service of the Victorian police, and will probably
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• Herald (26)
  ...do any tracking work which may be needed. The fact that experienced black trackers are at hand will do much to prevent more bushranging.
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• The Argus at KellyGang 6/7/1880 (2)
  ...to the police.  They could not, however, do this without having the black trackers on their trail very soon afterwards, and they therefore planned that their ...stationed there for tracking purposes.  There names are Sergeant [[Police Trackers|Jim Crow]], Corporal Billy the nut, and Constables Peter Walsh, Paddy Brown
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• The Argus at KellyGang 8/7/1880 (2)
  ...e police, who were at this time aided by a body of black trackers from the Queensland native police, under the direction of Sub-inspector [[O'Connor|O’Connor]]
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• The Argus (41)
  ...tended stationing [[Police Trackers|black trackers]], whom I expected from Queensland, at Benalla, Wangaratta, and Beechworth. I also told them that at each of t ...[[Chomley (2)|Chomley]], who had gone to Queensland for a fresh supply of trackers for our own force, returned, as I did not expect him back for eight or ten
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• The Argus (42)
  ...s|Phillips]], leaving a party behind us all ready equipped, with two black trackers, for Mr. Sadleir, in case anything occurred while I was away. I remained in ...urne were as follows:—Mr. O'Connor, his wife and sister, five Queensland trackers, and six gentlemen connected with the press.
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• The Argus (44)
  ...high appreciation of the conduct and services of the police force, both of Queensland and Victoria, who by their steadiness and courage seconded my efforts and c ...appointed to decide to whom it is to be paid, and that the constables and trackers who were engaged at the destruction of the gang will be allowed to partake
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• The Argus (46)
  &quot;The conduct of the Queensland [[Police Trackers|trackers]] was excellent, and shows, certainly, that in good company at least they m + In charge of trackers
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• Ovens and Murray Advertiser at KellyGang 24/7/1880 (6)
  ...ormed them that I intended stationing black trackers, whom I expected from Queensland, at Benalla, Wangaratta, and Beechworth. I also told them that at each of t
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• Ovens and Murray Advertiser at KellyGang 24/7/1880 (7)
  ...ppened before Mr Chomley, who had gone to Queensland for a fresh supply of trackers for our own force, returned, as I did not expect him back for eight or ten ...s soon as possible, as it was my intention to take up my party and the two trackers, in the event of Mr O’Connor not consenting to return. I told Mr Stephens
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• Ovens and Murray Advertiser at KellyGang 24/7/1880 (8)
  ...rne were as follows:—Mr O’Connor, his wife and sister, five Queensland trackers, and six gentlemen connected with the press.
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• Ovens and Murray Advertiser at KellyGang 24/7/1880 (10)
  ...high appreciation of the conduct and services of the police force, both of Queensland and Victoria, who by their steadiness and courage seconded my efforts and c ...appointed to decide to whom it is to be paid, and that the constables and trackers who were engaged at the destruction of the gang will be allowed to partake
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• Ovens and Murray Advertiser at KellyGang 24/7/1880 (11)
  ...ers were removed on the 25th June. The outlaws believing they had left for Queensland, showed out on the 26th.On the 28th the gang was destroyed, and its leader
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• Ovens and Murray Advertiser at KellyGang 24/7/1880 (13)
  “The conduct of the Queensland [[Queensland police|trackers]] was excellent, and shows, certainly, that in good company at least they m
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• Herald (28)
  ...d have shot, Superintendent Nicolson and the whole of the Queensland black-trackers one day, when near McVean’s homestead, near Greta, but refrained from doi
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• The Argus at KellyGang 17/9/1880
  ...vernment for an [[Royal Commission|inquiry]] into the conduct of the black trackers under his command here in connexion with the pursuit and capture of the Kel
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• The Argus at KellyGang 12/11/1880 (5)
  ...ued to elude the hands of justice.  A party of black trackers, hired from Queensland, had evidently the effect of deterring the gang from showing themselves ope ...tendent Hare and a party of police, Sub-inspector O’Connor and the black trackers, and representatives of the metropolitan press―in all 26 souls.  Provide
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• The Argus at KellyGang 19/3/1881 (3)
  ...gain appeal to you to grant me the inquiry, for which I have returned from Queensland. Sub-Inspector of Queensland Police
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• The Argus at KellyGang 24/3/1881 (3)
  ...to Beechworth. Mr O'Connor, who was about to return to Queensland with his trackers, rather reluctantly consented to go. A special train left about 9 or 10 o'c
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• The Argus at KellyGang 29/3/1881 (2)
  ...nsland native police officer, whose services, together with six aboriginal trackers, had been secured by the Victorian Government, against the recommendation,
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• The Argus at KellyGang 30/3/1881 (3)
  ...ecessaries, such as blankets and food, and that Corporal Sambo, one of the trackers, was ill. Had to send Sambo to Benalla on March 15. He died of congestion o ...Hare was in charge. Mr Hare told me, after observing the efficiency of the trackers, that we ought not to go out except on the best information, as something i
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• The Argus at KellyGang 31/3/1881
  ...the sticking up of the Lancefield bank, telling; him to start my party of trackers. We arrived on the same day at Kilmore. We picked up the robbers' tracks an ...t I say that Captain Standish &quot;made a series of communications to the Queensland Government tending to depreciate me, and to remove the men from my control
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• The Argus at KellyGang 31/3/1881 (2)
  ...hot Aaron Sherritt dead, and requesting me to return to Beechworth with my trackers. Lost no time in responding. Forthwith saw Captain Standish, who asked me w ...here was no ruse on my part to make the Kellys believe I was going back to Queensland . Told Captain Standish my wife would accompany me to Beechworth, as the tr
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• The Argus at KellyGang 6/4/1881 (2)
  ...trackers were left in the district. Other trackers had been sent for from Queensland. On Sunday, June 27,1880, about half past 2 pm, I received a message from B
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• The Argus at KellyGang 16/4/1881
  ...hat the sums set opposite the names of the black trackers be handed to the Queensland and Victorian Governments to be dealt with at their discretion.
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• The Argus at KellyGang 16/4/1881 (2)
  ...eele, £290; Superintendent Sadleir, £240; Mr O'Connor (in command of the trackers), £237; Jesse Dowsett, the railway guard, who assisted to capture Edward K ...ers|trackers]], are allotted £50 each, to be handed to the Governments of Queensland and Victoria to be spent at their discretion.
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• The Argus at KellyGang 20/4/1881 (2)
  To Mr GIBB – Witness believed the black trackers to be extremely efficient, and that they would follow a track as well as it ...strongly advised Captain Standish against the withdrawal of the Queensland trackers. I recommended Mr Hare not to come to the district, because I disapproved o
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• The Argus at KellyGang 9/5/1881 (2)
  ...ered by the Government to be the best man available to take command of the trackers. It has also been determined to considerably strengthen the force in the No ...Government doing so on the ground that the services of Mr O'Connor and the trackers, lent by it to our Government, have not been sufficiently recognised. It is
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• The Argus at KellyGang 16/5/1881
  ...ckers there now. They came about July, 1880. Mr O'Connor's men returned to Queensland . The new men were now as well disciplined as, if not better than, Mr O'Con
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• The Argus at KellyGang 16/5/1881 (2)
  ...y. Not more than three trackers ought to be with a party. They are capital trackers. ...kept together in one barracks. The white troopers used packhorses, but the trackers will not work unless they have blankets and tents.
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• The Argus at KellyGang 26/5/1881
  ...ive his services if he is not otherwise engaged, and to take charge of our trackers and generally assist in the police duties in the North-Eastern district. Mr
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• The Argus at KellyGang 3/6/1881 (2)
  ...s employed in the search after the outlaws twice the salary he received in Queensland . Did not know of any official document on the subject. The information on ...be obtained to take charge of the trackers. Mr O'Connor had been long with trackers, who required special handling.
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• The Argus at KellyGang 10/6/1881
  ...t together they would be ready to act when an emergency arose. The present trackers worked better than those under Mr O'Connor, as they would obey any officers Mr O'Connor - In Queensland the trackers were bound to obey no one but the officer over them.
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• The Argus at KellyGang 15/6/1881
  ...or, and he was at the top of the list for promotion. Came to Victoria with trackers in consequence of an application made by the Victorian Government, and here ...ut. Captain Standish once asked one of his own officers to take one of the trackers from his command.
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• The Argus at KellyGang 18/6/1881 (2)
  ...myself, which was not correct. I objected to a permanent separation of the trackers. Fancied he wanted them separated in order to show that my services were no ...nder that of inspector, and would not have taken that if it related to the trackers only. Stipulated it should be an ordinary inspectorship, and a permanent on
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• The Argus at KellyGang 30/6/1881 (2)
  ...for some distance. Gave up the track in the midst of some thick scrub. The trackers were rather slow on this occasion. They retraced their steps. Witness inten ...s of the letters which had passed between Mr [[O'Connor|O'Connor]] and the Queensland commissioner of police having been received from the latter, they were now
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• The Argus at KellyGang 30/6/1881 (4)
  ...urriedly to catch the mail, and being aware that I would return at once to Queensland, I omitted details. ...recall to your recollection the fact that were sent to Victoria to act as trackers. I was not entrusted with the command or the charge of the party, and was n
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• The Argus at KellyGang 6/7/1881
  ...recommendations as have reference to Mr. Inspector O'Connor and the black trackers under him, as in the projected reorganisation of the police arrangements fo ...on of the Victorian police authorities for the temporary service of native trackers to assist in the pursuit of the outlaws, it was due to Mr. O'Connor that he
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• The Argus at KellyGang 10/8/1881 (2)
  ...o Sandhurst on foot. That does not speak much for their abilities as black trackers, and I may state that those members of the force who have had an opportunit
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• The Argus at KellyGang 10/8/1881 (3)
  ...ub-inspector could return to Queensland , as he is never troubled with the trackers. Is Detective Ward and the assistant commissioner capable of outwitting the ...ng, that he reported the matter to Mr Nicolson, and advised that the black trackers should be at once employed, as the ground was then soft; that Mr Nicolson t
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• The Argus at KellyGang 9/9/1881 (3)
  ...during the years 1879 and 1880. in charge of the black trackers sent from Queensland : to assist in the pursuit of the Kellys. .... Started again next morning with Mr Nicolson and Mr Sadlier and the black trackers. This was now the fourth day. Witness had no command after this.
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• The Argus at KellyGang 19/10/1881 (3)
  ...he North-Eastern District should have led to unpleasant complications. The Queensland contingent did good service, and your commissioners trust that the Victoria
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• The Argus at KellyGang 20/10/1881 (3)
  ...serious estrangement between the chief commissioner and the officer of the Queensland contingent, and from the wording of the report it seems clear that the comm
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• The Argus at KellyGang 23/12/1881
  ...e Chief Secretary, as the late officer in command of the Queensland native trackers, and a witness who was examined by the Police Commission He says:-
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• The Argus at KellyGang 11/7/1892
  ...further murder a special tram would be sent to Beechworth with police and trackers, Ned Kelly and Hart had ridden to Glenrowan and, taking possession of the t
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• The Argus (56)
  '''Autum 1879''' The Queensland trackers arrived in Victoria.([[The Argus at KellyGang 10/3/1879|Argus10/3/79]]) ...icolson 6/7/1879''' The Lancefield robbery was a distraction but it showed trackers in action , but it showed that the authorities could make arrests. ([[The A
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• Untitled Document
  ...cer who was the leader of the trackers, Inspector O'Connor, &quot;No doubt trackers can be utilized in following the traces of men on foot, but for this kind o ...s death came through they were in Melbourne waiting to catch the ship home Queensland. Standish had the unpleasant task of asking them to stay and to off on the
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• Royal Commission report day 1 page 7
  ...ot consent to him going out alone, but sent Mr. Sadleir with him. No doubt trackers can be utilized in following the traces of men on foot, but for this kind o
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• Royal Commission report day 1 page 11
  ...t once. He asked me to get the train to meet him at Essendon, as his black trackers were at the late John Thomas Smith's place. I went down to the station and
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• Royal Commission report day 2 page 14
  ...here to the hospital to get that black I had before- the [[Police Trackers|Queensland]] black that I had before at [[William Baumgarten|Baumgarten]]'s. I found h ...ne; that I had gone down to Euroa, and that I wished them to send down two trackers from there to me to Euroa- They had three, I think.
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• Royal Commission report day 3 page 7
  ...ere the black trackers then under your control?- Yes; there were two black trackers went out with this party. 753 I mean the special detachment?- Yes; the [[Police Trackers|Queensland blacks]]. There were two went out on those enquiries. There were other thin
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• Royal Commission report day 3 page 16
  ...a]] bank robbery, and our pursuit of them failed through want of efficient trackers, even although the tracks were recent. ...laws on their return, but, as at Euroa, in the absence of efficient native trackers, without effect. Although reports did come in of the re-appearance of indiv
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• Royal Commission report day 4 page 11
  ...What were you formerly?- Formerly Sub-Inspector of the [[Queensland police|Queensland]] police; and at the time when I applied for this enquiry I was in the poli 1068 You have left the Queensland police now?- I have. I met Captain [[Standish|Standish]] in [[Albury|Albury
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• Royal Commission report day 4 page 12
  1083 Did all those [[Police Trackers|trackers]] come from [[Queensland police|Queensland]]?- Yes, up to this time.
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• Royal Commission report day 4 page 13
  ...t, upon one occasion, he and his constables could not get up to one of the trackers, who at the time was following some horse tracks, before the tracker had go ...rian tracker or was he a Queensland man?- I believe he was originally from Queensland, but he had been at Coranderrk since he was a youngster.
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• Royal Commission report 30/3/1881
  ...Joe Byrne visiting his mother. Nicolson decided not to follow up with the trackers for fear that the '''KellyGang''' would find out the name of the police inf ...etween Queensland and Victoria concerning the engagement of the Queensland trackers.
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• Royal Commission report day 5 page 3
  ...t?- Yes, I put up at Flemington. I made arrangements to take berths in the Queensland steamer that was leaving on the 29th, but on Sunday the 27th June, at half ...portunity. The only condition I made was, being under orders to proceed to Queensland, I was disobeying the head of my department, and therefore I must request t
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• Royal Commission report day 5 page 7
  ...ector O'Connor to remain here and assist for a few days. He will return to Queensland to-morrow, unless you telegraph to-night to contrary. - ROBERT RAMSAY, [[Ch
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• Royal Commission report day 5 page 10
  ...on the part of the Victorian police towards Mr. O'Connor and his party of trackers. It appears that the greatest cordiality invariably prevailed between the t
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• Royal Commission report day 6 page 6
  ...One of my men answered, “Yes, they are wonders these [[Police Trackers|Queensland blacks]].” He said, “Do you mean to say that they can track in the dark
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• Royal Commission report day 6 page 13
  ...Was that in confirmation of the opinion that you had us to having black-trackers in pursuit of the Kellys?— That is on my second occasion. ...Wangaratta, and Beechworth—did you continue to have confidence in black-trackers in pursuit of the Kellys, so much so that you continued to use them on your
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• Royal Commission report day 7 page 5
  ...ning this business, more especially about the Queensland [[Police Trackers|trackers]], and I then said to him, “Suppose I make certain arrangements with cert
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• Royal Commission report day 8 page 1
  ...Police Trackers|black trackers]], whom I expected from [[Queensland police|Queensland]] , at Benalla, Wangaratta, and Beechworth. I also told them at each of tho
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• Royal Commission report day 8 page 5
  ...Mr. [[O'Connor|O’Connor]] and the black trackers were to be sent back to Queensland . ...]], who had gone to [[Queensland police|Queensland]] for a fresh supply of trackers for our force, returned, as I did not expect him back for eight or ten days
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• Royal Commission report day 11 page 3
  ...quite fresh during the previous night or very early that morning, but the trackers just led us perhaps twenty or thirty yards, and would not or could not foll ...the impression on your mind with reference to the conduct of the [[Police Trackers|black tracker]] at that time—you said he would not or could not follow th
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• Royal Commission report day 11 page 4
  ...n to fall back upon the [[Queensland police|Queensland]] [[Police Trackers|trackers]]. Mr. Hare proposed this—that we should send for them, and Captain Stand
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• Royal Commission report day 11 page 5
  ...fter the [[Euroa|Euroa]] bank robbery, an offer of black trackers from the Queensland police. 2037 By the Queensland Government?— By the Queensland Commissioner of Police.
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• Royal Commission report day 12 page 10
  ...case that came under my knowledge, that those Queensland [[Police Tactics|trackers]] were highly efficient men, and that if a track were picked up by them, th
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• Royal Commission report day 12 page 11
  ...that the [[KellyGang|Kellys]] ceased at once to show themselves after the trackers arrived in Victoria .
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• Royal Commission report day 12 page 12
  ...ated removing the [[Queensland police|Queensland]] [[Police Trackers|black trackers]]. ...re about the beginning or end of March of that year that I spoke about the trackers. I was on my way either to or from Tasmania where I had a few weeks' leave
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• Royal Commission report day 13 page 9
  The conduct of the Queensland trackers was excellent, and shows, certainly, that in good company at least they may + In charge of trackers.
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• Royal Commission report day 14 page 4
  3071 What was the difference?— All the [[Police Trackers|black trackers]] were kept in Benalla—that was the only difference. <span id="rc3072">[[#rc3072|3072]]</span> Then you could go out with black trackers without sending for them?— We could by sending for them; they were always
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• Royal Commission report day 19 page 6
  ...n> Do you remember the time Mr. O'Connor arrived in Benalla with the black trackers?— Yes. ...ut with black trackers—He and a senior-constable from Queensland and six trackers, together with our men.
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• Royal Commission report day 19 page 14
  ...r. O'Connor had left the Victorian service, and had gone to take the black trackers home, and was not amenable to any Victorian rule except public opinion, wou ...ved, and was on his way back to Queensland, and volunteered with his black trackers, and of his own free will and accord came up to assist, would he be then an
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• Royal Commission report day 19 page 16
  ...his rank as an officer as he came, as an officer from [[Queensland police|Queensland]], and there would be nothing to alter that here, as he was sworn in. ...4|6324]]</span> You think that having come here as an officer in charge of trackers, and being sworn in as a member of the police force of Victoria, he would o
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• Royal Commission report day 19 page 17
  ...o not think you are over Mr. O'Connor”?— That might mean as far as the trackers are concerned. ...d be in charge of the white men, and Mr. O'Connor of the [[Police Trackers|trackers]].
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• Royal Commission report day 19 page 18
  ...e had charge of them after Constable [[SConst King|King]] was sent back to Queensland under Mr. O'Connor, and held charge of them till they went away, and then t ...rc6353">[[#rc6353|6353]]</span> Are you daily in the habit of seeing those trackers, and hearing Kirkham's reports on them?— Yes.
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• Royal Commission report day 19 page 22
  ...ad charge of the troop that came across, and that you were an officer from Queensland . ...her?— You would be sent by the Chief Commissioner of [[Queensland police|Queensland]] , and might be sent without being a volunteer.
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• Royal Commission report day 19 page 38
  ...take charge of the [[Police Trackers|black trackers]], I mean the O'Connor trackers?— I got charge of them at Heathcote, at the time of the Lancefield robber ...9]]</span> You have also been in charge of the black trackers brought from Queensland since?— Yes.
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• Royal Commission report day 19 page 40
  ...n> Then, in point of fact, though you were there to do duty with the black trackers under Mr. O'Connor, you would recognise [[SConst John Kelly|Senior-Constabl ...nsider Mr. O'Connor your superior officer while you remained here with the trackers?— Yes.
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• Royal Commission report day 20 page 7
  ...I did not look upon you as an officer here. I believed you had started to Queensland at the time you came to Glenrowan. ...o; I never enquired. I always thought you were just in charge of the black trackers.
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• Royal Commission report day 25 page 13
  ...Would that pay there mentioned, in your opinion, apply solely to the black trackers?— Yes; that is the three pounds a month. ...ion?— I understood Mr. O'Connor was to get double the pay he received in Queensland from this Government. The actual pay he received from this Government was,
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• Royal Commission report day 25 page 14
  ...9">[[#rc9839|9839]]</span> Do you know whether the black trackers received Queensland pay?— No, they received double pay from our department; that is all I kno ...I came over to Benalla, and he showed me written instructions he got from Queensland; he showed them me at the Benalla office, and I read them; they were writte
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• Royal Commission report day 25 page 16
  ...r. [[O'Connor|O'Connor]] should take charge of the [[Police Trackers|black trackers]] ?— Yes. ...t information; and, in case of an outbreak, we must fall back on the black trackers, and we must make them as efficient as we could.
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• Royal Commission report day 25 page 17
  ...seven years before he came here; and I know those [[Police Trackers|black trackers]], from what I was told over there, require very delicate handling. ...cer in the [[Queensland police|Queensland]] police, in charge of the black trackers?— Yes, and for other reasons. Mr. O'Connor's name was quite sufficient to
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• Royal Commission report day 25 page 18
  <span id="rc9906">[[#rc9906|9906]]</span> Were the black trackers utilized in the matter of the stolen saw?— Yes. <span id="rc9909">[[#rc9909|9909]]</span> I suppose no trackers could prove of service where there was great traffic on a road?— That is
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• Royal Commission report 2/6/1881
  How did he come to be apointed to take charge of the trackers from Queensland?
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• Royal Commission report 9/6/1881
  ...pector Montfort, that during the period I have been in charge of the above trackers and on all occasions when out with them in search of offenders and otherwis ...than Inps O'Connor's, &quot;if any other person told one of Mr. O'Connor's trackers to do this, that, or the other, or gave him any instructions at all, he wou
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• Royal Commission report day 28 page 1
  ...ade him write a report in connection with certain cases in which the black trackers were engaged. That is since they came up. They came up when I was in Benall ...fort|Montfort]], that during the period I have been in charge of the above trackers and on all occasions when out with them in search of offenders and otherwis
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• Royal Commission report day 28 page 2
  <span id="rc10999">[[#rc10999|10999]]</span> Do [[Police Trackers|they]] keep in good health?— In very good health, and never enter a publi ...> Have you seen at any time any signs of insubordination amongst the black trackers?— None whatever, nor ever heard of any.
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• Royal Commission report day 28 page 3
  ...m, and he said if any other person told one of Mr. [[O'Connor|O'Connor]]'s trackers to do this, that, or the other, or gave him any instructions at all, he wou <span id="rc11019">[[#rc11019|11019]]</span> Do you think that if the present trackers at Benalla were under the management of Mr. O'Connor that they would rather
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• Royal Commission Appendix 20 for 14 June 1881
  ...to the engagement and services of Mr O'Connor and his contingent of black trackers.
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• Royal Commission report 14/6/1881
  ...tion with the Victorian police. He was a Sun Inspector of native police in Queensland. He explained how the native police system worked there. In mid June it was decided that the Queensland trackers would return home. The Royal Commission examined the politics surrounding t
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• Royal Commission report day 29 page 2
  ...Certainly; I was down on the roll of officers as if I was doing duty in Queensland. <span id="rc11456">[[#rc11456|11456]]</span> And you left the Queensland force voluntarily?— Well, hardly that. When I proceeded to Brisbane , aft
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• Royal Commission report day 29 page 3
  ...f the date of the first order directing your return to [[Queensland police|Queensland]]?— The first positive order to return, I believe, I got from Captain [[S ...ained the authority of the Government to engage the services of four other trackers, and I am on the look-out for them both here and in N.S.Wales. Their pay wi
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• Royal Commission report day 29 page 4
  ...]]</span> You ought to write to the Acting Chief Commissioner of Police in Queensland, or to the clerk in charge of the papers, and ask him if copies of all the ...as to the expediency of recalling your men, that this letter was sent from Queensland ?— Certainly.
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• Royal Commission report day 29 page 6
  ...on]]—he asked for two to remain?— He said he had communicated with the Queensland Government, and they had eventually allowed him to keep Moses; but Captain ...ed if they consent to join our police. Moses was in our employ, but joined Queensland police on death of Sambo. It would be a great convenience to us to have two
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• Royal Commission report day 30 page 14
  ...#rc11835|11835]]</span> Would that have been only as it affected the black trackers?— Certainly not. ...[[Chief Secretary|Chief Secretary]] wants to offer you the command of the trackers in the North-Eastern district.”
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• Royal Commission report day 31 page 6
  ...d, and he objected to including some four or five of the [[Police Trackers|trackers]] that were there on the parade. ...rc11972">[[#rc11972|11972]]</span> ''By the Commission''— Mr. O'Connor's Queensland men?— Yes. I know there were four or five, and he refused to say anything
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• Royal Commission report day 31 page 7
  ...— Arising out of the question as to whether your [[Police Trackers|black trackers]] are considered more efficient in small detachments or singly for tracking ...ing—that they are really enemies in their own country, and very often in Queensland it results in murder.
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• Royal Commission report day 31 page 8
  <span id="rc12000">[[#rc12000|12000]]</span> Myself and my men—the Queensland police; do you remember any conversation?— Yes. ...cing the robbery of the bank there, and an order to despatch you with your trackers to [[Kilmore|Kilmore]], and that you would proceed from thence to Lancefiel
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• Royal Commission report day 31 page 9
  ...c12022|12022]]</span> In reference to this series of communications to the Queensland Government, do you not; remember me telling you that I knew there were a se ...Will you inform the Commission about the fact of Moses' transfer from the Queensland police to the Victorian police?— There is a communication on the subject
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• Royal Commission report day 31 page 11
  ...er of this force?— No, I did not; I looked upon you as an officer of the Queensland force attached to us. ...he time being in the police force here while he remained an officer of the Queensland force, and could be recalled at any time?— Yes, could be recalled at any
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• Royal Commission Appendix 20 for 21 June 1881
  ...land police|Queensland Government]], in reference to Mr O’Connor and his trackers, to be placed before the Commission. A statement was received from a prisio
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• Royal Commission report day 34 page 5
  ...urriedly to catch the mail, and being aware that I would return at once to Queensland I omitted details. ...call to your recollection the feet that we were sent to Victoria to act as trackers. I was not entrusted with the command or the charge of the party, and was n
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• Royal Commission report day 37 page 32
  ...ation three days old it would then entirely depend upon the ability of the trackers. ...ve seen trackers track on the road. I saw the last trackers that came from Queensland —they tracked on the main road between here and [[Wodonga (2)|Wodonga]],
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• Royal Commission report day 38 page 4
  ...Nicolson . I proceeded to Younghusband's station with the police and black trackers, and there made search until Mr. Nicolson arrived. He took charge of the po ...ther they had. They had trackers, but not the Queensland [[Police Trackers|trackers]]. Then the next occurrence would be after I came out of the hospital. Abou
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• Royal Commission report day 42 page 15
  ...ub-inspector could return to Queensland , as he is never troubled with the trackers. Is Detective Ward and the Assistant-Commissioner capable of outwitting the
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• Royal Commission report day 43 page 5
  ...e in the vicinity of [[Sebastopol|Sebastopol]]. Mr. Nicolson and the black trackers came as far as Everton; Aaron met them there according to appointment. On p
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• Royal Commission report 31/8/1881
  Did Standish support the use of the Queensland trackers? Did Standish object to the trackers being on parade?
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• Royal Commission report day 47 page 9
  ...s one thing I wish to ask with reference to the Kelly outbreak—the black trackers were brought here contrary to your wishes?— Yes, they were. ...you said, “Because if we had you and your numerous baggage, horses, and trackers, we should have been known some hours before we got there.” Was that when
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• Royal Commission report day 47 page 10
  ...men you speak of are [[Police Trackers|special trackers]] we have got from Queensland . 16145 You have no knowledge that Mr. O'Connor's trackers were different?— No doubt they could track well enough.
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• Royal Commission report day 47 page 16
  16244 Were the [[Police Trackers|black trackers]] there?— They were in the barracks, but whether on parade I cannot tell. ...f volunteers?— No; they were temporarily attached to the police force as trackers.
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• Royal Commission report day 47 page 17
  ...e out into the yard, and he objected to including some four or five of the trackers that were there on the parade.” Does that recall it to your memory?— No ...trackers? — Certainly not. They were all very decent fellows—the black trackers. I always had a kind word for them.
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• Royal Commission report day 48 page 3
  ...ey remained there they were not likely to break cover, but immediately the trackers were removed they would be at once heard of, and his plan of operations was ...e had sent up to Queensland for black trackers; Mr. Chomley had gone up to Queensland to obtain them—in fact, they were on their way down at the time.
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• Royal Commission report day 48 page 16
  ...ers were removed on the 25th June; the outlaws believing they had left for Queensland , showed out on the 26th”?— Yes, what about it? 16569 You say in your evidence that the trackers were frequently out?— No, I do not.
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• Royal Commission report day 49 page 7
  ...did not wait to consider whether he were strictly speaking a Victorian or Queensland officer. After talking with Mr. O'Connor for fifteen or perhaps twenty minu ...final call that brought the innocent persons out. I know that some of the trackers were too forward during the day, and I had to check them myself. I shall no
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• Royal Commission report day 49 page 13
  ...the Witness)'' . –You remember the day the Queensland [[Police Trackers|trackers]] were sent away, on the Tuesday, from Benalla?— I remember their going. ...rs were removed on the 25th June; the outlaws, believing they had left for Queensland , showed out on the 26th. On the 28th the gang was destroyed, and its leade
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• Royal Commission report day 50 page 7
  ...am I believe I sent on that occasion from Benalla to Mansfield was for two trackers to be sent by the [[Broken River|Broken River]] , and Benalla to Euroa, to
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• Royal Commission report day 50 page 8
  ...11th. I also have learned that the police pursuit of them without skilled trackers was vain. We had one tracker who was notorious for his uselessness-a man wh ...n to the tracks of two of the outlaws, but, owing to the incapacity of the trackers he also had with him, he lost the tracks and had to give up the pursuit.
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• Royal Commission report day 50 page 12
  ...guard the townships, and also had the services of the black trackers from Queensland . The system of search parties scouring the country was continued by Captai
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  ...housand eight hundred and eighty in charge of the black trackers sent from Queensland to assist in the pursuit of the Kellys .
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• Royal Commission Appendix 20 for 22 September 1881
  ...pon the evidence dealing with matters up to the period of arrival of black trackers. ...ould proceed down to the arrival of the Queensland [[Police Trackers|black trackers]] in the colony.
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• Royal Commission Appendix 20 for 10 October 1881
  ...e this opportunity of expressing our approval of the services of the black trackers as a body, and deeply regret that any misunderstanding amongst the officers The Queensland contingent did good service, and your Commissioners trust the Victorian Gov
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• 2nd Report of the Royal Commission
  | '''The Queensland Trackers''' .... Problems over the size of search parties and the clothing for the native trackers. Deathof Corporal Sambo.
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• Royal Commission second Report (page 3)
  ...he North-Eastern district should have led to unpleasant complications. The Queensland contingent did good service, and your Commissioners trust that the Victoria
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• Royal Commission second Report Part XI ( page 14)
  '''XI.-THE''' '''QUEENSLAND''' '''TRACKERS''' ...and consideration. While Captain Standish entertained this opinion of the trackers, it must be noticed that Mr. Hare, Mr. Sadleir and other competent authorit
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• Royal Commission Second Report Part XV ( page 21)
  ...n. The special, containing Mr. O'Connor, his wife, and sister-in-law, five trackers, and several representatives of the press, arrived at Benalla at about half
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• Royal Commission report Appendix 3 page 2
  ...ormed them that I intended stationing black trackers, whom I expected from Queensland, at Benalla, Wangaratta, and Beechworth. I also told them that at each of t ...pened before Mr. Chomley, who had gone to Queensland for a fresh supply of trackers for our own force, returned, as I did not expect him back for eight or ten
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• Royal Commission report Appendix 3 page
  ...and Phillips, leaving a party behind us all ready equipped, with two black trackers, for Mr. Sadleir, in case anything occurred while I was away. I remained in ...urne were as follows:—Mr. O'Connor, his wife and sister, five Queensland trackers, and six gentlemen connected with the press.
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• Royal Commission report Appendix 3 page 5
  ...high appreciation of the conduct and services of the police force, both of Queensland and Victoria, who by their steadiness and courage seconded my efforts and c ...appointed to decide to whom it is to be paid, and that the constables and trackers who were engaged at the destruction of the gang will be allowed to partake
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• Royal Commission report Appendix 4
  ...ive his services if he is not otherwise engaged, and to take charge of our trackers, and generally assist in the police duties in the North-Eastern District. M
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• Royal Commission report Appendix 20
  ''Ordered'' –That the secretary prepare a telegram for transmission to the Queensland Government Queensland trackers
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• Recollections of a Victorian Police Officer Chapter XIX page 3
  ...eavour to find their way singly to some remote parts of New South Wales or Queensland; and possibly leave the country altogether. Undesirables as they were, this ...rty also found traces of the Kellys, as we believed, but our ‘scratch’ trackers failed us also. In the face of so many misadventures and failures, it is we
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• Recollections of a Victorian Police Officer Chapter XVII page 2
  ...la, where I then lived, he showed special interest in the Queensland black trackers. Their throwing of the boomerang gave him great delight. The onlookers watc
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• Recollections of a Victorian Police Officer Chapter XX page 1
  '''THE''' '''QUEENSLAND''' '''BLACK TRACKERS''' ...he had heard that the new Governor, Lord Normanby, who had come fresh from Queensland , had been known to speak favourably of the native troopers there. Hare’s
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• Recollections of a Victorian Police Officer Chapter XX page 2
  ...od one another, there would not have been those early fiascos. Our scratch trackers would not tell us of their fears, but preferred taking us off the track alt The first time I saw the Queensland boys at work was when a police party went out, making a wide circle on the
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• Recollections of a Victorian Police Officer Chapter XX page 3
  The power of vision in those trackers is not confined to things near; they can see long distance objects with gre It is strange that Hare, although urging that these trackers should be obtained, showed no interest in their work and failed altogether
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• Recollections of a Victorian Police Officer Table of Contents
  | The Queensland Black Trackers How the Black Trackers Worked
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• Jerilderie Robbery
  Request sent for [[Queensland police|Queensland]] trackers ,([[The Argus at KellyGang 15/2/1879|Argus]]), | O'Connor &amp; Qld trackers arrive at Albury. ,([[The Argus at KellyGang 6/3/1879|Argus]]),
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• 05/1879-07/1879 Events
  | Monk , [[Queensland police|Queensland]] police write to O'Connor about trackers ([[The Argus at KellyGang 13/5/1879|Argus]])
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• Sup Henry Baber
  ...k at Lancefield was held up. Insp [[O'Connor|O'Connor]] and the Queensland trackers came and attempted to follow the tracks in the rain. I accompanied them. ([ I had a real interest in the new aboriginal [[Police Trackers|trackers]]. ([[Royal Commission report day 28 page 2|RC11006]])
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• Barney
  a Queensland aboriginal tracker who came with O'Connor '''Links to the KellyGang''' '''b ...pm on 6/3/[[events79-2_4Jerilderie Robbery|1879]]. The names of my fellow trackers were Corporal [[Sambo|Sambo]] and Troopers [[Hero|Hero]], [[Johnny|Johnny]]
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• Chomley (2)
  ...aced by Hare 2/6/1880''' I was sent to Queensland to get [[Police Trackers|trackers]] to replace those under Insp O'[[O'Connor|Connor]]. I was in Queensland arranging for Victoria to get its own trackers at the time of the siege ([[The Argus (13)|Argus]] 29/6/80) ([[The Argus (1
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• Elliott
  ...supposed taken to [[Kelly's Armour|armour]] out of. Would be well to send trackers at once to Acock's, near Glenrowan. Will have tracks, if any, preserved&quo ...egory:Elliott]] [[Category:SConst Elliott]] [[Category:Police]] [[Category:Queensland Police]] [[Category:Kelly Gang]] [[Category:history]]
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• Hare
  ...ger. By that time, I think, [[O'Connor|Mr. O'Connor]] had arrived with his Queensland men. They arrived on the [[events79-2_4Jerilderie Robbery|6/3/1879]]. After ...Trackers|trackers]] in Benalla, Beechworth and Wangaratta. These were the trackers recruited by Mr. [[Chomley (2)|Chomley]]. ([[Royal Commission report day 14
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• Hero
  One of the aboriginal police trackers from Queensland '''Links to the KellyGang''' '''below''', Early Years ,[[#10/2/1879|Arrival ...pm on 6/3/[[events79-2_4Jerilderie Robbery|1879]]. The names of my fellow trackers were Corporal [[Sambo|Sambo]] and Troopers [[Johnny|Johnny]], [[Jimmy|Jimmy
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• Jacky
  One of the aboriginal police trackers from Queensland '''Links to the KellyGang''' '''below''', Early Years , [[#arr|Arrival in V ...pm on 6/3/[[events79-2_4Jerilderie Robbery|1879]]. The names of my fellow trackers were Corporal [[Sambo|Sambo]] and Troopers [[Hero|Hero]], [[Johnny|Johnny]]
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• Jimmy
  One of the aboriginal police trackers from Queensland '''Links to the KellyGang''' '''below''', Early Years , [[#10/2/1879|Arriva .... At 7 pm on 6/3/[[events79-2_4Jerilderie Robbery|1879]]. The names of the trackers were Corporal [[Sambo|Sambo]] and Troopers [[Hero|Hero]], [[Johnny|Johnny]]
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• Johnny
  One of the aboriginal police trackers '''Links to the KellyGang''' '''below''', Early Years , [[#10/2/1879|Arriva ...pm on 6/3/[[events79-2_4Jerilderie Robbery|1879]]. The names of my fellow trackers were Corporal [[Sambo|Sambo]] and Troopers [[Hero|Hero]], [[Johnny|Johnny]]
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• SConst King
  == The police officer who came to Victoria with the trackers from Queensland == .... At 7 pm on 6/3/[[events79-2_4Jerilderie Robbery|1879]]. The names of the trackers, Corporal [[Sambo|Sambo]], and Troopers [[Hero|Hero]], [[Johnny|Johnny]], [
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• O'Connor
  == I was the leader of the aboriginal trackers from Queensland in the hunt for the KellyGang == ...e Jerilderie robbery there was a move to have Queensland aboriginal police trackers in the hunt for the '''KellyGang'''.
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• Sambo
  One of the aboriginal police trackers from Queensland '''Links to the KellyGang''' '''below''', Early Years , [[#vic|Arrival in V ...about 7 pm on 6/3/[[events79-2_4Jerilderie Robbery|1879]]. The names of my trackers were Troopers [[Hero|Hero]], [[Johnny|Johnny]], [[Jimmy|Jimmy]], [[Barney|B
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• Spider
  I was one of the Victorian aboriginal police trackers. My name was Tom Halligey ([[The Argus at KellyGang 20/5/1879|Argus20/5/79] I was a well known Cleveland Bay (Queensland) tracker. ([[The Argus at KellyGang 14/12/1878|Argus14/12/78]])
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• Standish
  ...arrests]] sympathizers , [[#Jer|Jerilderie Robbery]] , [[#track|Arrival of trackers]] , Autum 1879 , Standish &amp; Hare replaced by Nicolson , Spring 1879 Ear '''Trackers'''
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• Brisbane
  Capital of the State of Queensland The Colony of Queensland was formed in 1854.
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• Conway Barracks
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• Cooktown
  North Queensland Photograph A number of very good [[Police Trackers|trackers]] came from the Cooktown area ([[The Argus at KellyGang 13/3/1879|Argus13/3
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• Sydney
  Insp [[O'Connor|O'Connor]] and the Queensland trackers travelled to Sydney by ship and then from Sydney to Albury by train. ...s starting with S-T]] [[Category:Sydney]] [[Category:Trackers]] [[Category:Queensland]]
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• Wahgunyah (2)
  ...ile bathing. After a day and a half searching and diving in the river, the trackers recovered the body three miles from where it was drowned, in 30 feet of wat
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• Wodonga (2)
  Insp O'Connor and the trackers arrived at Wodonga on their way from Queensland ([[The Argus at KellyGang 11/3/1879|Argus11/3/79]])
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• Royal Commission
  - the permanent employment of [[Police Trackers|black trackers]] as an auxiliary branch of the police service ...eensland Government in forwarding a contingent of [[Police Trackers|native trackers]] to Victoria
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• Aboriginals
  ...sort of ambush. The trackers were not trained police. Many of the original trackers came from [[Coranderrk|Coranderrk]] aboriginal reserve. ...aboriginal police troopers under Insp [[O'Connor|O'Connor]] came down from Queensland to assist the Victorian police to track down the '''KellyGang'''. It would
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• Agents
  ...and we were then driven to fall back upon the Queensland [[Police Trackers|trackers]]. Sup [[Hare|Hare]] proposed this-that we should send for them, and Com St
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• Police Search Parties
  ...[[Const Broderick|Broderick]] and some local aboriginal [[Police Trackers|trackers]]. [[Hunt|Hunt]] from the Argus accompanied Brrok Smith. ...very slow, and did not appear to like to go into the scrub at all, the two trackers we had. We turned back the same line as we had gone, just came straight bac
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• Police Tactics
  ...80|Nicolson replaced by Hare]] , plans to withdraw O'Connor and Queensland trackers, death of Aaron Sherritt , Glenrowan siege , Later , [[#12|Royal Commission ...and we were then driven to fall back upon the Queensland [[Police Trackers|trackers]]. Sup [[Hare|Hare]] proposed this-that we should send for them, and Com St
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• Police Trackers
  == Importance of the police aboriginal trackers == The police used aboriginal trackers to follow the '''KellyGang'''.
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• Queensland police
  ...ched to Mr. Seymour, at Brisbane, asking him to send down a party of eight trackers, under the command of a competent officer. The terms as regards remuneratio The varying importance of Queensland is illustrated by the cost. ([[Royal Commission report day 3 page 5|RC735]]
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• Reward
  ...the basis of time spent at the Genrowan siege. The rate for the aboriginal trackers was of course lower than for the others. Almost all the money went to the p The New South Wales and Queensland Governments objected to the Reward Board's recommendations. ([[The Argus at
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• Justice
  [[Police Trackers|police tactics]] [[Queensland police|Queensland police]]
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• KellyGang
  ...protected behind the Army and we were always subject to being found by the trackers. Some saw us as living the high life in some other part of Australia. The r ...nything until the ground gets harder; they are frightened of the '[[Police Trackers|black boys']]. ([[Royal Commission report day 42 page 12|RC14791]])
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• Railways
  ...cWhirter]] from [[The Age (63)|The Age]]. Insp O'Connor and the Queensland trackers caught the train at Essendon at 10.15pm. see also ([[The Age (2)|Age29/6/18
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• Chief Secretary
  Chomley had been sent to Queensland to recruit trackers ([[The Argus (12)|Argus29/6/80]]) ...h. Standish requested from Ramsay approval for a special train to take the trackers up. ([[The Argus (12)|TheArgus29/6/80]]) ([[Royal Commission report day 1 p
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