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 | | Occupying the Melbourne Metropolitan Fire Brigade's original red brick fire station, which opened in 1893 (despite being described as a perfect fire trap) and closed 87 years later, the museum commemorates the CFA, founded in 1851, and the MMFB, established 40 years later because of rivalry between the city's numerous private and volunteer brigades. |
 | | Photographs and text outline the Victoria Police Force's historic timeline, beginning with the appointment of Melbourne's first police magistrate in 1836 (when the population was 200) to "preserve law and order, to protect the natives, to collect revenue, and to survey land to be sold". |
 | | Photographs and text outline the Victoria Police Force's historic time line, beginning with the appointment of Melbourne's first police magistrate in 1836 (when the population was 200) to "preserve law and order, to protect the natives, to collect revenue, and to survey land to be sold". |
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