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    <loc>https://policinghistory.com/blog/2019/10/9/queensland-police-museum-treasures-helmets-hats-and-caps</loc>
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      <image:title>Blog - Queensland Police Museum Treasures: Helmets, Hats and Caps</image:title>
      <image:caption>Various police uniforms from English and Irish Police upon which the Queensland Police uniform have copied elements such as ‘snake’ or ‘s’ buckle of the belts, tunic, caps of helmet shape, c1900. PM3343.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Queensland Police Museum Treasures: Helmets, Hats and Caps</image:title>
      <image:caption>Gold Escort group photograph at Normanton, note G on the collars, c. 1895. PM 0025.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Queensland Police Museum Treasures: Helmets, Hats and Caps - Woollen hats and caps were suboptimal for Queensland summers…</image:title>
      <image:caption>Foot Police Constable Tanner ‘glad to loosen the collar and mop his brow’, Brisbane, summer, 1940. PM 0005</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Queensland Police Museum Treasures: Helmets, Hats and Caps - Cadets</image:title>
      <image:caption>In 1934, Police Commissioner Cecil James Carroll (1934-49) introduced cadet system in the Queensland Police Force, this allowed applicants of 18 years with a junior pass or a senior level school certificate to join the police. Image: A Dukova</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Queensland Police Museum Treasures: Helmets, Hats and Caps</image:title>
      <image:caption>Police woman uniform, 1970s. PM2981</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Queensland Police Museum Treasures: Helmets, Hats and Caps - 1990s onwards</image:title>
      <image:caption>In 1990, a new motto ‘With Honour We Serve’ was introduced to the Queensland Police Service (1991) which was followed by a uniform change. Queensland Police Museum displays police uniforms and accoutrements spanning the organisation’s 155 years history.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://policinghistory.com/blog/2019/9/12/queensland-police-museum-treasures-police-batons</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-24</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog - Queensland Police Museum Treasures: Police Batons</image:title>
      <image:caption>Queensland Police Museum Collection. Image: A Dukova</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Queensland Police Museum Treasures: Police Batons</image:title>
      <image:caption>A Dukova, Queensland Police Museum</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Queensland Police Museum Treasures: Police Batons</image:title>
      <image:caption>Baton belonging to J Graham, used in 1886 Belfast Riots, Queensland Police Museum Collection</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Queensland Police Museum Treasures: Police Batons</image:title>
      <image:caption>Bowershill RIC barracks on the Shankill Road the day after the ‘battle’. (Welch Collection, National Museums and Galleries of Northern Ireland). Image from “Closely Akin to Actual Warfare”</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://policinghistory.com/blog/2018/2/10/william-edm-armit-the-qld-native-police-officer-part-1</loc>
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      <image:title>Blog - William E.D.M. Armit, the Qld Native Police Officer (Part 1)</image:title>
      <image:caption>Sub-Inspector Armit. Source: John Oxley Collection, SLQ</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - William E.D.M. Armit, the Qld Native Police Officer (Part 1)</image:title>
      <image:caption>Guillaume Edington Armit Birth Certificate. Source: Décès 1847, Naissances, Mariages 1848, Civil Registration, Liege, Belgium.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - William E.D.M. Armit, the Qld Native Police Officer (Part 1)</image:title>
      <image:caption>A list of the crew and passengers arrived on the ship La Hoge of London, from the port of London to Sydney, NSW, 5 November 1866. Source: State Records Authority of New South Wales: Shipping Master’s Office; Passengers Arriving 1855 – 1922; NRS13278, [X114-115] reel 417</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - William E.D.M. Armit, the Qld Native Police Officer (Part 1)</image:title>
      <image:caption>The La Hogue. Source: State Library of Victoria</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - William E.D.M. Armit, the Qld Native Police Officer (Part 1)</image:title>
      <image:caption>Armit correspondence. 18 April 1883, Normanton. Source: QSA A/38710 1883/3052</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://policinghistory.com/blog/2018/2/10/a-busy-constable-polices-gamblers-and-larrikins</loc>
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      <image:title>Blog - A Busy Constable Polices Gamblers and Larrikins</image:title>
      <image:caption>Application For Admission Into The Police Force, submitted by George Rayner on May 6, 1897.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - A Busy Constable Polices Gamblers and Larrikins</image:title>
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    <loc>https://policinghistory.com/blog/2017/3/24/duties-and-regulations</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-24</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog - Duties and Regulations: 'An Unpopular Policeman is Useless as a Detective'</image:title>
      <image:caption>An entry included in the 1914 edition of the Queensland Policeman’s Manual showing the plaster cast technique. Image Courtesy of the Queensland Police Museum.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The 1914 Queensland Policeman’s Manual was first printed on 12 May that year, and came in navy or black. Image Courtesy of the Queensland Police Museum.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://policinghistory.com/blog/2017/3/21/a-verbal-portrait-victorian-criminal-identification-methods</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-02-24</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog - A Verbal Portrait: Victorian Criminal Identification Methods</image:title>
      <image:caption>Abstract of the Anthropometrical Signalment.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - A Verbal Portrait: Victorian Criminal Identification Methods</image:title>
      <image:caption>Nose and ears, Signaletic instructions including the theory and practice of Anthropometrical Signalment.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://policinghistory.com/blog/2017/3/21/mysterious-explosion-at-the-brisbane-cib-1927</loc>
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      <image:title>Blog - Mysterious Explosion at the Brisbane CIB, 1927</image:title>
      <image:caption>Mysterious Explosion, Daily Mail, 15 Aug 1927</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Mysterious Explosion at the Brisbane CIB, 1927</image:title>
      <image:caption>The Scene of the Explosion, Daily Mail, 15 Aug 1927</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Mysterious Explosion at the Brisbane CIB, 1927</image:title>
      <image:caption>Warrants Issued, Queensland Police Gazette, 1927.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://policinghistory.com/blog/2016/12/22/brisbanes-scotland-yard-1864-1964</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-24</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog - Brisbane’s “Scotland Yard”, 1864-1964</image:title>
      <image:caption>Report from the Detective Office, 1895 (QPM)</image:caption>
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