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CONOLE, Peter
Protect& serve : a history of policing in Western Australia.
Scarborough, W.A. : Western Australian Police Historical Society, 2002. [363.2 CON]
A history of the Western Australian Police Force from 1829. Provides information on policemen and has a name index.

BENTLEY, Mollie
Grandfather was a policeman: the Western Australian Police Force 1829-1889.
Carlisle: Hesperian Press, 1993. [363.2 BEN]
Contains details of various Western Australian policemen in the period 1829-1889.

PASHLEY, A. R.
Policing our state : a history of police stations and police officers in Western Australia 1829-1945.
Cloverdale, W.A. : EDUCANT, 2000. [Q363.2 PAS]
Contains information on police stations in Western Australia (such as location, when opened, officer in charge, when closed, builder, cost and history) and some information on the policemen stationed at those stations. It also has an honour roll of policemen killed in the line of duty, a list of policemen in Western Australia 1829-1945 (with dates of joining and discharge and police number) and a list of water police 1851-1876.