Blue Heelers is an Australian television police drama series that aired on the Seven Network from 18 January 1994 until 4 June 2006. The series depicted the lives and relationships of the residents of Mount Thomas, a fictional small town in Victoria, and its police force. The following is a list of all main, recurring/semi-regular cast members that appeared in the series.

Main characters

Adam Cooper

Adam Cooper, played by Damian Walshe-Howling, made his first appearance on 6 September 1994.

Tom Croydon

Tom Croydon, played by John Wood, made his first appearance on 18 January 1994.

Maggie Doyle

Maggie Doyle, played by Lisa McCune, made her first appearance on 18 January 1994.

Amy Fox

Amy Fox, played by Rachel Gordon, made her first appearance on 17 July 2004. Amy entered the show in season 11 after the bombing of the Mount Thomas Police Station. She was billed as being "Early 30s, sweetly spoken, feminine but with a take-no-prisoners policing style." She is also "smart", but "desperate for love and approval after childhood tragedies." Amy is partnered with Senior Detective P. J. Hasham (Martin Sacks). At first, there is tension between the two but eventually they form a close friendship. Her parents died in a car accident when she was eight years old, and afterward she lived with her aunt and uncle. She happily lived with them for four years until her uncle started molesting and raping her when she was 12 years old. The abuse continued until her aunt kicked her out when she was 16. She confronted her uncle in season 12 of the show and told him that the reason her aunt kicked her out was because she became pregnant with his baby. Her aunt made her abort the baby before driving her to the train station and telling her never to come home. Her uncle then confesses to molesting her 15 years ago and is arrested. Amy continues to work with P.J until he joins a Cold Case Squad in Melbourne. She is later partnered with Evan Jones (Ditch Davey) when he becomes a detective.

Tess Gallagher

Tess Gallagher, played by Caroline Craig, made her first appearance on 24 May 2000.

Matt Graham

Matthew "Matt" Graham, played by Matthew Holmes, made his first appearance on 21 September 2005. Matt served in the Army, notably as part of the peace-keeping force in East Timor, and his time there has left some very deep scars. Before transferring to Mount Thomas, Matt has had some trouble at his previous postings, where it has been noted that he has a very black or white view of the world and of enforcing the law, plus some problems controlling his temper, something his colleagues struggle to deal with, and they initially find his attitude overly harsh, making it difficult for him to really make friends. Detective Amy Fox (Rachel Gordon) takes an immediate dislike to him and makes it her mission to go after him when Matt is accused of murdering a suspect. Even after he is exonerated of the crime she continues to distrust him and it is a long time before she can start to see that behind the hard exterior Matt might actually be a nice guy. When he is almost shot in a drugs raid gone wrong, a moment on vulnerability allows Amy to realise that the two of them may actually have a lot in common. Matt remains a loyal member of the team at Mount Thomas to the very end.

P. J. Hasham

P. J. Hasham, played by Martin Sacks, made his first appearance on 18 January 1994.

Mark Jacobs

Mark Jacobs, played by Geoff Morrell, made his first appearance on 14 July 2004. He was introduced after the bombing of the original Mt Thomas Police Station. He was billed as "Mid 40s career cop, steady, self-confident, calm, intellectual and ambitious." He is married to Penny and has a daughter, Freya (Bethany Fisher). Mark was appointed by Inspector Falcon-Price (Neil Pigot) who wanted him to be the replacement for Senior Sergeant Tom Croydon (John Wood). He left the force after the death of a boy under the influence of drugs and alcohol, whom he hit with a car causing an uproar in the town of Widjeree.

Evan Jones

Evan "Jonesy" Jones, played by Ditch Davey, made his first appearance on 18 July 2001. Jonesy was introduced into the show as a Probationary Constable who had joined the police force in his late twenties in order to avenge the death of his biological father, Sam Bridges. Soon after joining the Mt. Thomas Station he became a prime suspect in an investigation before later being cleared of all suspicion when Les Anderson, his biological father's former business partner and suspected killer was assaulted and left for dead. He was known to come from a strong policing family having his half brother, Detective Sergeant Dylan Jones and adoptive father Commander Reg Jones both in the police force. Jones was a rebellious and headstrong character, who was often criticised for his non-team oriented ways, 'Cowboy' nature and casual approach to both life and policing.

He also constantly found himself in trouble with senior officers from the moment he arrived in town, with Senior Sergeant Tom Croydon, strongly disapproving of Jones' motives for joining the force in the first place and continually questioned his choice of staying in the job, while he also had an unceremonious working relationship with his later Sergeant Ben Stewart, who Jonesy consistently butted heads with over both policing and personal matters. His aggressive 'bad cop' role when handling, and questioning suspects and his ability to attract trouble also saw him referred to as "Mad Dog Jones" by Inspector Falcon-Price. Later in the series he makes his way up to the rank of Senior Constable and after Senior Detective P.J. Hasham's departure in Season 12 he shows promise as a detective after working closely with Senior Detective Amy Fox and goes on to partner her after becoming a Detective Senior Constable following the completion of Detective training.

Jonesy's chaotic love life is a constant source of complication for the character throughout his time in the series. After he joins the station he soon develops a highly emotional yet ambiguous relationship with his Sergeant Tess Gallagher. She is however eventually so overwhelmed by her colleague's affection for her and her own feelings for him that she briefly succumbs to his advances when she finally acknowledges his feelings for her and the pair share a passionate encounter in the station’s locker room, Tess however panics and immediately tries to put a stop to any future romantic relationship with Jones by eloping to Fiji with Doctor Josh Carmichael. After the breakdown of Tess' ultimately doomed marriage her subsequent pregnancy with Josh's child leads to Jonesy wanting to help support Tess and he asks her to marry him, but his proposal is declined as she doesn’t want to jump into another rushed marriage and wants go through with the pregnancy independently. Later complications with Tess’ pregnancy then force her to leave Mt. Thomas, leading to an emotional goodbye to Jones. He later develops a relationship with Senior Constable, Susie Raynor and includes a marriage proposal, however, his hesitation in starting a romantic relationship led to her having two fleeting relationships with Sergeant Ben Stewart and Leading Senior Constable Alex Kirby, the revelation of the latter with Jonesy's best mate Kirby leads to their short lived engagement ending. It is seen in the final episode of the series that Jonesy and Susie have managed to repair part of their once close friendship with each other.

Alex Kirby

Alex Kirby, played by Charlie Clausen, made his first appearance on 23 February 2005. Originally a leading senior constable, Alex was promoted to acting sergeant towards the end of 2005. In the final episode of Season 12, Alex's son, Rory, (played by Louis Corbett) is introduced.

Jack Lawson

Jack Lawson, played by Rupert Reid, made his first appearance on 10 February 1999.

Dash McKinley

Dash McKinley, played by Tasma Walton, made her first appearance on 18 June 1996.

Kelly O'Rourke

Kelly O'Rourke, played by Samantha Tolj, made her first appearance on 21 July 2004. She came into the show after the bombing of the Mount Thomas Station. She was introduced as a probationary constable and billed as being "An energetic 21-year-old graduate from the Academy, enthusiastic and self-confident." Her father was a police constable and friends with Tom Croydon (John Wood), before he was killed in the line of duty when she was a child.

Jo Parrish

Jo Parrish, played by Jane Allsop, made her first appearance on 18 August 1999.

Roz Patterson

Roz Patterson (also McGregor), played by Ann Burbrook, made her first appearance on 18 January 1994. In the series, she is married to Wayne Patterson, one of the Mount Thomas Police constables. She arrives with him from the city and stays with him in the police residence. Roz is a very friendly and warm person and one who is very loyal to her friends. She may perhaps be a little naïve and gullible and may make some mistakes, but she has good intentions and a kind heart. Roz cleans the station as she was the wife of the watch-house keeper. She resented the job (mostly due to the police's unwritten rule that the watch-house keeper's wife was not only expected to clean the station, but also the cells and provide meals for those in the cells, all unpaid) and resented that she was forced to do this job and have little life of her own. She was always a city girl and liked to have friends around her and the comforts of life—not much of this in Mount Thomas, she thought.

After a failed attempt to run a beauty business out of the police residence where she put an ad in the local paper with the station number before Wayne could clear it with Tom Croydon, Roz purchased a car of her own, which she used for her new idea of a mobile beauty business. This was all going fine for her until she was pulled over by Nick, who gave her a ticket for doing 19 km/h over the speed limit. Roz had previously had many traffic infringements and, as a result, her license was suspended putting an end to her driving and the business. Roz was furious at Nick for this, with Roz giving both Wayne and Nick a hard time over it. Wayne tried to reason with Nick with no success. Nick later explained to Roz his reason's for not going easy on her, telling her that his wife and daughter had been killed by a drunk driver who was speeding which prompted him to join the traffic division.