Early Years
Walker was born in England and lost his father in an early age and the mother allegedly struggled on with six children of which two were handicapped.
He emigrated to Australia by the Ceylon in 1844. He held the position of Clerk of Petty Sessions in Tumut and superintendent on William Charles Wentworth’s Murrumbidgee River station Tala (south eastern New South Wales), before he was appointed as the first Commandant of the Native Police Force on the recommendation of Wentworth and Augustus Morris, both members of the New South Wales Legislative Council.
Read more about this topic: Frederick Walker (native Police Commandant)
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