Prisons for Women

• Early Prisons for Women in Colonial Queensland
• A New Prison for Women, 1903-21
• Inmates of the 1903 Prison
• Condemned Women of the Female Division
• Women's Prisons at Boggo Road 1921-82
• The Modern Prison for Women 1982-99
• 'Daughters of the Floating Brothel'

These are the stories of the various prisons for women at Boggo Road and in early Queensland.

As a historical average, women have made up about 7% of the total Queensland inmate population, but their story has gained prominence at Boggo Road because their 1903 building - which was the first purpose-built prison for women in Queensland - has survived as the 'last prison standing' at the site. In addition, the new Female Division built there in 1982 was the last operational prison at Boggo Road.

READ MORE

• 'Women Prisoners in Queensland in the Interwar Years', Kerry Wimshurst, 1999 (PDF 57KB)
• 1937: A Visit to the Women's Prison
• Intemperance & the Train of Evils: A life on the wrong side of the tracks in colonial Brisbane (book) 
• Kilroy Was Here (book) 

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