Robert Connell (police commissioner)

Robert Connell (1867–1956) was commissioner of police for the state of Western Australia between 1913 and 1933, after joining the WA Police in 1886.

Born to Anne, née Burliegh (sic), at Waterville, County Kerry, Ireland, on 19 December 1867. His father, Lot Connell, served in the Irish Coast Guard.[1]

Robert Connell travelled to Australia, joined the police in 1886, working at the ports of Albany and Fremantle, the goldfields of Coolgardie and the state's capital, Perth.[1] He is mentioned in a 1913 newspaper report about a murder near Collier Bay.[2]

He retired to Albany and died in Perth on 11 June 1956.[1]

References

McArthur, T. J. "Connell, Robert (1867–1956)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved 22 July 2018. This article was first published in hardcopy in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 13, (MUP), 1993
"Native tragedy". The Evening Star. 16, (5121). Western Australia. 10 November 1913. p. 1. Retrieved 1 January 2021 – via National Library of Australia.CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)

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[adb-1] McArthur, T. J. "Connell, Robert (1867–1956)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved 22 July 2018. This article was first published in hardcopy in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 13, (MUP), 1993

[2] "Native tragedy". The Evening Star. 16, (5121). Western Australia. 10 November 1913. p. 1. Retrieved 1 January 2021 – via National Library of Australia.CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)