It was almost 12 months to the date that an off-the-cuff remark to one of the members of the Carina Mens Shed led to the restoration of an important part of the Queensland Police Service’s History and in particular, the origins of the Carina Police Station.
During the 19th century, police stations were not identified in any way, so if you wanted to find one you needed some luck or local knowledge. In 1907, Police Commissioner William Cahill and the Deputy Queensland Government Architect designed the Queensland Police Station Badge based on the police cap badge of the time.
In 1911, 300 cast iron badges, each weighing 17 pounds (seven kilograms) and costing four shillings and 10 pence, were manufactured for the Police Department by Harvey & Son, Globe Iron Works, Brisbane and distributed as identification badges to every Police Station in the state.
On November 11, 1958 because of complaints that police stations were
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