Palmerville
profile:
Earliest/Latest known date
1874 - 1890
Duration of camp/NMP presence
16 years (not continuous)
Desertions
1874: Entire detachment
1875: 5 deserters
“The blacks appear to exercise great hostility to the new selectors but a strong detachment of native police is to be at once established fifty miles below Palmerville, which is a very wise course on the part of the Police Department, as it will encourage settlement by affording protection to those who risk their lives in opening up the interior.”
postings:
Lamond, James Reid: 1889 - 1889
Urquhart, Frederic Charles: 1889
Stafford, Brabazon Richard: 1887 - 1888
McAleese, Hugh: 1887 - 1887
Murphy, James: 1884 - 1886
Little, Robert John Kyle: 1878
Browne, Charles Frederick (or Francis): 1875
Alick 3 (also spelt Alec, Aleck, Alic and Alex): 1875 - 1876
Jerry 4: 1874
Townsend, Edwin James: 1874 - 1875