Police paddock
Police paddock is an Australian term for a plot of suburban land that has or has historically been set aside for police horses. Before the universal Hansen & Victoria. Historic Places Branch (1986). In The Dandenong Police Paddocks : early use as Native Police Headquarters and Aboriginal Protectorate Station, 1837-1853. The Dept, [East Melbourne, Vic.]</ref>[1]Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page). Usage of the term is found in Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria.
Police paddocks wabandoned, the paddocks have become redundant, and many have been turned into sports stadiums. The Melbourne Cricket Ground was formerly a police paddock.
Notes
- ^ Fels, Marie Hansen & Rhodes, David (1990). In The Dandenong Police Paddocks. Victoria Archaeological Survey : Dept. of Conservation and Environment, [Melbourne]
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