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• • Dana's Native Police
  • • Their various duties
    • • Finding Mrs Simpson 1842
      • A day in the life 1844
      • The Chief Protector's journey 1844
      • Mail to Gippsland 1847
      • Orders and rules 1847
      • Searching for shipwrecks 1848
    • Police and Protectorate
    • • Plea for the Native Police 1839
      • Establishing the Protectorate 1839
      • Rev. Langhorne on civilisation 1839
      • Convicts to the Border Police 1841
      • Menacing demeanours 1841
      • Thomas on the Western District 1843
      • Thomas and Dana 1845
      • Failures of civilisation 1849
    • Earlier Native Police
    • • Colonial Secretary recommends Native Police 1837
      • The perambulating police 1837
      • Native Police manifesto 1837
      • Formation of the first corps 1837
      • The choice of site 1837
      • The experiment should continue 1838
      • de Villiers' reappointment 1838
      • Report of the Mission 1838
      • de Villiers resigns again 1839
      • Rev. Langhorne on civilisation 1839
    • Postscript
    • • Leaving Pentridge 1851
      • Leaving the uniform 1851
      • A disorganised state 1852
      • The end of trouble 1852
      • Kilmore mounted patrol 1852
      • The last day 1853
      • Unemployment 1855
      • Queensland trackers 1880
  • Western District Clashes
  • • Conflict in the Western District
    • • Reports of murder 1841
      • River confrontations 1841
      • Menacing demeanours 1841
      • Reward offered 1842
      • Rights to Crown Land 1842
    • Arrival of the Native Police
    • • In the field 1842
      • Nowhere to hide 1842
    • Conflicts and criticism
    • • Recommendation for Sergeant 1843
      • Reports of murder 1841
      • River confrontations 1841
      • Menacing demeanours 1841
      • Reward offered 1842
      • Rights to Crown Land 1842
    • Imposing peace
    • • Recovering sheep 1844
      • Peace at Mt Eckersley 1844
      • Fine weather 1844
      • Conduct report 1845
      • Troop roster 1845
      • Marking boundaries 1846
      • Native Police complimented 1846
      • Organising new recruits 1847
      • A fatal affray 1845
  • The captive white woman of Gippsland
  • • In search of the white woman
    • • Tyers presses on 1847
      • Mr Warman's story 1847
      • Acting beyond orders 1847
      • Native Police gratuity 1847
    • Rivalries and clashes
    • • Robinson and the Native Police
      • Thomas on the expeditions 1847
      • Dana doubts the story 1847
      • Tyers presses on 1847
      • Acting beyond orders 1847
      • Conflicting reports 1847
      • An absurd pursuit 1848
      • Macalister's complaints 1849
    • An absurd story?
    • • Acting beyond orders 1847
      • Funding the private party 1847
      • Orders and rules 1847
      • Dana doubts the story 1847
      • Storming a camp 1847
      • Mr Warman's story 1847
      • Tyers presses on 1847
  • Patrolling the goldfields
  • • Guarding the new finds
    • • Early arrivals 1849
      • Gold at Daisy Hill 1849
      • Goldfields day book
      • Services performed 1849
      • Dana's allowance 1851
      • Mining at Clunes 1851
      • Squatters and miners 1851
    • Policing licenses
    • • A dramatic arrival 1851
      • The hated licence 1851
    • Attempted reforms
    • • Leaving the uniform 1851
      • Officers resign 1851
      • A disorganised state 1852
      • The end of trouble 1852
      • Kilmore mounted patrol 1852