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By 1826 a Chief Constable had been appointed at Camden. (1)
By 1835 there were three police districts in the County of Camden: Stonequarry or Camden, Wollongong or Illawarra, and Bong Bong or Sutton Forest.(2)
In 1863 the provisions of the Police Act (1838 Act No. 2) were extended to the township of Camden (3) and Camden Police Station was listed as a station in the Eastern District.(4)
In 2014 Camden Police Station was also the Camden Local Area Command office in the South West Metropolitan Region. In 2014 its address was Corner Camden Valley Way and Wilson Crescent, Narellan. (5)
Endnotes
1. Colonial Secretary, Returns of the Colony, 1829, p.99 (NRS 1286).
2. NSW, Parliament, Legislative Council, Votes and Proceedings, 1835, reprinted 1846. https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/hhp/pre1991/votes/1824_1881/1835-X-LC-XX-0339-0544.pdf (accessed 29 December 2014).
3. NSW, Parliament, Government Gazette, No 197, 6 October 1863, p.2205.
4. NSW, Parliament, Legislative Assembly 1863-4, Votes and Proceedings, vol. 2, p.900.
5. NSW Police Force. Regions/Local Area Commands (LAC). http://www.police.nsw.gov.au/about_us/structure/operations_command/local_area_commands/south_west_metro_region/camden (accessed 1 December 2014).
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