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The trooper police of Australia; a record of mounted police work in the commonwealth from the earliest days of settlement to the present time

The trooper police of Australia; a record of mounted police work in the commonwealth from the earliest days of settlement to the present time

L. Haydon, A.

Paperback

Canadian HistoryCriminologyTrue Crime

ISBN10: 9353706467
ISBN13: 9789353706463
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Jun 1 2019
Pages: 532
Weight: 1.47
Height: 1.19 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Before radio calls and patrol cars, law rode on horseback across a vast continent. Hooves, dust, and hard justice. A. L. Haydon's The trooper police of Australia is a vivid, grounded account of mounted police patrols from the colonial Australia settlement era through the rise of early Commonwealth Australia. Written as a record of working practice and public duty, it traces how frontier law and order was carried across remote tracks and growing towns alike, and how policing adapted to distance, danger, and rapid change. Along the way, it illuminates the pressures of policing the Australian outback, the realities behind bushranger era crime history, and the human cost of maintaining authority where the map often ended. As an Australian police history classic, this law enforcement history book offers more than anecdote: it captures an institution in formation, reflecting the social anxieties, ambitions, and contradictions of its time. For readers of Australian true crime history, it provides hard-edged context; for historians and enthusiasts, it stands as an Australian history reference with the immediacy of lived experience. This is a classic history reprint with enduring documentary value, presented as a complete unabridged edition. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure.

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