A gathering of over 200 PWs
On October 30, more than 200 of the original Queensland PWs (Police Women) came together to remember the era when women were first given police powers in the state.
Female officers in the Queensland Police Force (as the QPS was then known) were given their number with a PW designation, differentiating them from their male counterparts.
From 1965-1975, 374 women were sworn in as PWs, starting with PW1 Elizabeth Boyle and ending with PW379 Lynette Bray.
The PW numbers differ from the total because a number of women left the force to marry, but then re-joined later with a new PW designation.
After the PW era, female officers were amalgamated into the standard sequencing and given numbers the same as male officers, which continues today.
The reunion event at Victoria Park was organised by a group of former PWs who wanted to bring the women together to honour this significant