
Later that month, William Henry Fancourt Mitchell was 'gazetted as Chief Commissioner of Police for the Colony of Victoria'. The Snodgrass Committee was established in early 1852 to "identify the policing needs of the colony", and, following the committee's report in September 1852, the Victoria Police was formally established on 8 January 1853 from an existing colonial police force of 875 men. Gill), from his "Sketches of the Victoria Gold Diggings and Diggers As They Are" Mounted Police - Gold escort guard - Mt Alexander (1852) by "S.T.G." ( S.

In 1901 it became a state of the new Commonwealth of Australia. From 1851 until 1901 it became the Colony of Victoria, with its own government within the British Empire. 8.4.2 New operational tactics and safety training (OTST) facilityĪ couple of years after the first Europeans settled there, in September 1836 the area around Melbourne, known as the District of Port Phillip, became part of the colony of New South Wales.


It was formed in 1853 and currently operates under the Victoria Police Act 2013. Victoria Police Force is the primary law enforcement agency of the Australian state of Victoria. Western, Eastern, North West Metro, Southern Metro ģ33 (2019), 185 police residences, 96 other facilities
