Genealogy Australia

Service Arms of the South Australian Police 1838-1988, written by Max Slee, is a comprehensive, descriptive, detailed and historically accurate account of the range of arms used by the police force in South Australia throughout 150 years.

It also provides an account of the men and women who were provided with the arms in different divisions of the police force, and contains illustrations and descriptions of different weapons, markings on the weapons and information on when certain weapons were introduced into the police force.