Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Legal Status Text
Police Station
Authorized form of name
VASSE POLICE STATION
Other form(s) of name
Description identifier
AU WA A1832
Description area
Dates of existence
1839-01-01 - 1900-12-04
History
The first police station was built in Vasse near Fairlawn Road about 1840. The role of the Vasse Police station included Water Police duties. On the 6th December 1861 new police quarters on Main and Princes Street were built. The name of the station was changed to Busselton Police Station on the 4th of December 1900.
Places
Functions, occupations and activities
Mandates/sources of authority
Creation: (Police Act 1892, s. 39 Establishment of Police Districts (amended by No 6 of 1978 s.10)
Internal structures/genealogy
General context
Relationships area
Related entity
AU WA A1791 - BUSSELTON POLICE STATION (1900-12-04 -)
Identifier of the related entity
AU WA A1791
Category of the relationship
Succeeding
Dates of the relationship
-
Description of relationship
Related entity
AU WA A61 - WESTERN AUSTRALIA POLICE DEPARTMENT (1853-03-05 - 1995-05-31)
Identifier of the related entity
AU WA A61
Category of the relationship
Superior
Dates of the relationship
-
Description of relationship
Related entity
AU WA A944 - WESTERN AUSTRALIA POLICE SERVICE (1995-05-01)
Identifier of the related entity
AU WA A944
Category of the relationship
Superior
Dates of the relationship
-
Description of relationship
Related function
Control area
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Final
Level of detail
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Sources
Archivist's notes
(Records in this Record Series were previously listed at the State Records Office at reference: AN 5/Vasse: Accession 410, 3313, 3314, 3315)