Agency notes: From the account given by the Inspector of Police in his Report to the Administrator in 1912, a Police Station was established at Katherine in November 1886.

Whilst based in Alice Springs from January 1932, Tony Lynch undertook North-West camel patrols which covered large and inhospitable tracts of country including the Granites and the Tanami desert.

LYNCH, Tony NTRS 226 - Oral History Interview TS 480Tony Lynch was born in Brisbane in 1907 and went to the Northern Territory in 1926.

He details preparations which were made prior to the raid, and police work after the raid. At various times he was stationed at Emungalan, Timber Creek, Darwin, Newcastle Waters, Arltunga, Barrow Creek and Alice Springs. MULDOON, Phil NTRS 226 - Oral History Interview TS 7602Phil Muldoon came up to Darwin in 1918, by ship from Sydney. For news, updates and alerts, go to the coronavirus (COVID-19) website. One of the strength of the holdings at the NTAS is in the oral history area. LEMAIRE, JamesNTRS 226 - Oral History Interview TS 815James E. Lemaire was born 20 May 1918, in Sydney. Mounted Constable Shirley was the first mounted trooper in charge at Alice Springs (first called Stuart). The last three columns were not used.

Sittings of the courts of summary jurisdiction were referred to as Police Courts if the cases were heard and determined by Justices, and Magistrate's Courts if the cases were heard and determined by a Special Magistrate. Subjects covered by the files (listed in the numerical order of creation) were: 1-general correspondence, 2-requisitions, 3-tracker's returns, 4-government property, 5-journals, 6-(unknown), 7-repairs and maintenance, 8-patrol returns, 9- stamp returns, 10-radio transceivers, 11-accident reports, 12-returns of outstanding correspondence, 13-wireless logs. MANNION, Nancy NTRS 226 - Oral History Interview TS 89Nancy Mannion came to the Northern Territory in 1936. (Criminal Investigation Branch) journals - 1972-1975F 1345 - Correspondence books - 1974-1977F 1346 - Day journals - 1976-1979F 1347 - Interview journal - 1977-1979Series notes: A bound volume which contains written details of every person brought into premises as a suspect for questioning or interview. In the second period at Darwin, from 1949 to 1967, Dave Mofflin spent time as the Officer-in-Charge of Darwin Police Station; undertook clerical duties for superintendents of Police, and later the first Commissioner of Police who came from the ranks, Clive Graham. He was appointed Superintendent of Alice Springs Gaol in 1938. Agency note: During the construction of the North/South railway from the Northern Territory Border to Alice Springs, two constables from South Australia were seconded for service in the N.T.

He was interested in common law, litigation and the wide variety of jurisdictions appealed to him. He describes the rough, hard-drinking Darwin of the time, and the shock and carnage of the early Japanese bombing raids on the town and harbour. He describes the relationship between the police and the Aborigines from the point of view of a magistrate. 7) Case benzine supply at Darwin 1936-1942Series notes: The record of Case Benzine Supplied at Darwin Police Station is located at pages 1-52 of volume 7.

In January 1931 he was involved with the riot of unemployed in Darwin during which Snowy Mahoney was arrested and police and rioters were injured.