Frederick Walker (1820?–66)

Police officer. Emigrated from England to New South Wales, Australia, in 1844 and joined the police force. Clerk of petty sessions at Tumut, 1847. Held positive views on racial harmony, and recruited and trained aboriginals for service in the police force. In 1861, he was commissioned to search for the ill-fated expedition party led by Robert O’Hara Burke and William John Wills.