Brisbane Police Become Sherpherds
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BRISBANE, Jan. 26.
Five Brisbane policemen have spent the last seven months mounting a 24-hour guard over 1900 sheep in the far south-west of Queensland.
The sheep are exhibits in charges of alleged sheepstealing against two men. During the last few
months the police, aided by local graziers, have had to fight to keep their charges alive. Because of severe drought conditions in the area, 650 miles west of Brisbane, the special police guard has had to: Help shear the sheep in temperatures reaching 120 degrees in the shed;
Use tractors to cut down scrub to provide more feed. The sheep are being held on Gunnadorah Station, about six miles from Quilpie. The entire police guard consists of five constables and a senior constable. One of the constables is a local man. The other five were all taken from duties
in and near Brisbane. They were chosen last June because of their experience with sheep, and have been living in the shearing shed on Gunnadorah ever since.
As well as working a solid 10 hours a day pushing down scrub and feeding and watering the sheep, the constables take rostered shifts watching over the flock at night.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31279, 27 January 1967, Page 11
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