SERGEANT JOHN THOMAS PEACOCKE AND HIS WIFE MARY ANNE

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c. 1870 - 1875

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Overview

Copy photo sepia coloured.
Sergeant John Thomas Peacocke (1840-1921) and wife Mary Anne nee O'Halloran (b. 1840/3).

Historical information

John, born in 1840 in Ireland, arrived in Western Australia with his parents in 1861 on the Tartar.
He married Mary Anne O'Halloran (b. 1840/3 and formerly of Limerick, Ireland) on 18/8/1864 at Guildford.
John joined the police force in c1864 and was posted to Guilford in 1867 as Sergeant.
He and his wife had four children, one was buried in Newcastle (now Toodyay) at age 2yrs 3mths in 1876.
He was Sergeant in Charge of Newcastle Police during 1870s.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-37-2001.725

Item type

Photographs

Themes

Social History

Material

Photographic Paper

Width

200 mm

Height or length

130 mm

Contextual Information

On p.111 of Grandfather was a Policeman by Mollie Bentley, Sgt. Peacocke is mentioned: "Owners of hotels in country towns were sometimes people of influence, and interference with their means of making a good livelihood had to be handled tactfully. When Daniel Connor, owner of a Toodyay hotel wrote to the Attorney General to complain about Sergeant Peacocke, Lance Corporal Parker and Constable Giles who had made some arrests during a brawl at the hotel, Colonial Secretary Barlee commented that Connor took 'a lively interest in such matters' because of his financial connections.... Magistrate EW Landor who enquired into the conduct of the police reported that 'Sergeant Peacocke is said by the magistrates, and by the neighbourhood generally...to be an inoffensive, quiet and conciliatory officer.'
The Police Gazette of WA on Wednesday July 17, 1878 notes that Sgt John Peacocke was transferred to Geraldton from Newcastle on 12 July 1878. He was to be in charge of the Geraldton Sub-district.
In 1888, due to staff reductions, he left the police force and moved to Victoria.

Year

c. 1870 - 1875

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Historic significance

Shire of Toodyay

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