page_title: History of the Queensland Police
section_title: 1911
hierarchical_section_title: History of the Queensland Police / 1910s / 1911
caption_attribution_description: English: This cast iron Queensland Police Station Badge was use as a station identifier between 1911 and 1958. Image Courtesy of the Queensland Police Museum.
context_page_description: The history of the Queensland Police Service in Queensland, Australia, commenced in 1864, five years after the Separation of Queensland from New South Wales in 1859. This timeline highlights significant developments in Queensland policing.
context_section_description: In 1911, 300 cast iron station badges, each weighing 17 pounds (7.7 kg) and costing £0/4/10, were manufactured for the Police Department by Harvey & Son, Globe Iron Works, Brisbane and distributed as identification badges to every police station in Queensland.
  First reference to the idea of women police was made by the National Council of Women of Queensland.
caption: This cast iron Queensland Police Station Badge was used as a station identifier between 1911 and 1958
exif: {}