Commonwealth Police

The name Commonwealth Police was used by three separate policing organisations in Australia at various times in the 20th century.

Read more about Commonwealth Police:  Commonwealth Police Force (1917–1919), Commonwealth Police (1927–1957), Commonwealth Police (1960–1979)

Famous quotes containing the words commonwealth and/or police:

    “Was I not born in this Realm? Were my parents born in any foreign country?... Is not my Kingdom here? Whom have I oppressed? Whom have I enriched to other’s harm? What turmoil have I made to this Commonwealth that I should be suspected to have no regard of the same?”
    —Elizabeth I (1533–1603)

    “Despite your best efforts, you could not invent a better police force for literature than criticism and the author’s own conscience.”
    —Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)