Frederick Walker

Australian Native police commandant

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Born: 1820
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1.Stated in Australian Dictionary of Biographyadb.anu.edu.au/biography/walker-frederick-4784Retrieved 2015-09-27
2.Stated in TroveRetrieved 2017-10-09
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Died: 1866
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1.Stated in Australian Dictionary of BiographyRetrieved 2017-10-09
2.Stated in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and InnovationRetrieved 2017-10-09
3.Stated in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and InnovationRetrieved 2017-10-09
4.Stated in TroveRetrieved 2017-10-09
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Birthplace: Hampshire
Occupation: explorer

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Frederick Walker was a British public servant of the Colony of New South Wales, property manager, Commandant of the Native Police, squatter and explorer, today best known as the first and much feared Commandant of the death squads known as the Native Police Force that operated in the colonies of New South Wales and Queensland. He was appointed commandant of this force by the NSW government in 1848 and was dismissed in 1854. During this time period the Native Police were engaged in what was known as “dispersals” of other indigenous people from their lands and were active from the Murrumbidgee/Murray River areas through the Darling River districts and into what is now the far North Coast of NSW and southern and central Queensland. Despite this large area, most operations under Walker's command occurred on the northern side of the Macintyre River. Detachments of up to 12 troopers worked on the Clarence and Macleay Rivers in NSW until the early 1860s and patrols still extended as far south as Bourke until at least 1868. After his dismissal from the Native Police, Walker became involved in the pastoral industry as a squatter, as well as organising a private native police force and leading a number of expeditions into Northern Queensland.

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Given name: Frederick
Family name: Walker
Sex or gender: male

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