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== Recollections of a Victorian Police Officer by Sup John Sadleir ==

Sergeant [[Whelan|Whelan]]’s qualities were of a different kind; modest and unassuming, he was a perfect encyclopaedia of all useful knowledge relating to the bushrangers, their habits, their associates and friends. His diligence, his fidelity, his wisdom in counsel, for he was being consulted continually by Nicolson, Hare and myself - were amazing. He had the oversight and ordering of numerous police coming and going, as well as the feeding of their horses, a business that in other hands might easily have fallen into confusion. If the officers wanted him at any time between daybreak and midnight , the mere mention of his name brought Whelan to their side. It was through his intervention that the serviced of the ‘[[Diseased Stock Agent|Diseased Stock Agent]],’ whose story I have elsewhere told, were secured. Yet [[Steele|Steele]] and Whelan, men of such proved efficiency, and of educational attainments above the average of their rank, were barred by a stupid system from advancement, and dunces were sent to take command over them. No wonder they were glad to retire from the service.

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