New South Wales Mounted Police

The New South Wales Mounted Police Unit is a mounted section of the New South Wales Police Force. Founded by Governor Sir Thomas Brisbane on 7 September 1825, the Mounted Police were recruited from the 3rd Regiment of Foot, stationed in New South Wales at the time, to protect travellers, recaptured escaped convicts and suppress Indigenous resistance to colonisation.

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