Women's History Month: Victoria Police
Mar. 3rd, 2012 08:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
xenithNot a very good photo, but it's an exhibit from the Victoria Police Museum
From the panel below:
Cap
When Alma Aldersea joined the Police Force in March 1945 women were issued special 'PW' badge numbers rather than the unique individual numbers given to male officers. These numbers could be re-issued to other females when the original owner left the Force as was routinely expected. Alma's badge, PW9, can be seen on this cap. After Alma married and resigned her badge was issued to three more policewomen - the last in 1975.
Instructions to Police Reservists and Police Auxiliary Force Official Pocket Book
Victoria Police Women's Auxiliary members were issued with these documents during World War II. During World War II, due to the shortage of men who were away on war duties, women were enrolled in the Victoria Police Woman's Auxiliary and carried out supporting administrative duties. They were not full members of the Police Force and most left at the end of the war.
Photo
I can't read all of the caption, but Madge O'Conner was one of Victoria's first police woman, appointed as a 'police agent' in 1917.
Some quick links:
The Journal for Women and Policing (PDF) Issue 11 has a section "Australian and New Zealand History of Women in Policing", a state by state account.
South Australia Police Historical Society: Women Police and Women Police in South Australia Celebrating 90 years
From the panel below:
Cap
When Alma Aldersea joined the Police Force in March 1945 women were issued special 'PW' badge numbers rather than the unique individual numbers given to male officers. These numbers could be re-issued to other females when the original owner left the Force as was routinely expected. Alma's badge, PW9, can be seen on this cap. After Alma married and resigned her badge was issued to three more policewomen - the last in 1975.
Instructions to Police Reservists and Police Auxiliary Force Official Pocket Book
Victoria Police Women's Auxiliary members were issued with these documents during World War II. During World War II, due to the shortage of men who were away on war duties, women were enrolled in the Victoria Police Woman's Auxiliary and carried out supporting administrative duties. They were not full members of the Police Force and most left at the end of the war.
Photo
I can't read all of the caption, but Madge O'Conner was one of Victoria's first police woman, appointed as a 'police agent' in 1917.
Some quick links:
The Journal for Women and Policing (PDF) Issue 11 has a section "Australian and New Zealand History of Women in Policing", a state by state account.
South Australia Police Historical Society: Women Police and Women Police in South Australia Celebrating 90 years
