The Black Police: A Story of Modern Australia

QUEENSLAND SQUATTERS “DISPERSING” ABORIGINES.
A STORY OF MODERN AUSTRALIA.
BY A. J. VOGAN.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAP BY THE AUTHOR
LONDON: HUTCHINSON & CO., 25, PATERNOSTER SQUARE.
TO MY READERS.
IN the following story I have endeavoured to depict some of the obscurer portions of Australia’s shadow side.
The scenes and main incidents employed are chiefly the result of my personal observations and experiences; the remainder are from perfectly reliable sources.
Arthur James Vogan.
Tauranga, New Zealand. September 1890.
THE BLACK POLICE.
TAR! Ev-en’ Star! Full account o’ the fi-re!” echoes shrilly on all sides from the throats of bare-legged, paper-laden urchins, who after the manner of their kind are actively engaged in supplying the passing public of Auckland, New Zealand, with the second edition of the evening paper.