"field police" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1871, Marcus Clarke, Old Tales of a Toung Country:",
          "text": "He was some years under my orders when I was police-magistrate of the Oatlands district, during which period he acted successively as my assistant-clerk, constable of the field-police, leader of several roving bands in quest of the aborigines, and one of the directors of the Oatland volunteers.",
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          "text": "Arthur had established a field police in 1825, with an initial complement of 300 men.",
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        "A police force charged with maintaining order beyond towns and other settlements, in the countryside or bush."
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        "(Tasmania, now historical) A police force charged with maintaining order beyond towns and other settlements, in the countryside or bush."
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