100 Not Out: A century of escapes from Boggo Road

October 2003 - February 2005 ( D Wing cellblock, Boggo Road)

Using escape implements in the museum collection, this exhibition told the story of a wide variety of escapes from the gaol. Installed for the 2003 Boggo Road Centenary Day in the ground floor of the D wing cellblock (home to Slim Halliday for many years), the exhibition featured text boards fixed on specially-constructed display stands in each cell, and seven display cases containing attractive and innovative arrangements of artefacts. This exhibition wasviewed by over 20,000 museum visitors, mainly schoolchildren and Seniors groups.

Brisbane City Council library displays

Jan 2003 - Sept 2005

The BRGHS installed a series of over 30 two-case displays in various Brisbane City Council libraries, featuring artefacts and photographs from the museum collection.

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

April 2004 - February 2005 ( F Wing cellblock, Boggo Road)

This featured the museum's collection of prisoner-made artefacts, including art, craftwork, and illegal items such as weapons, tattoo machines and drug paraphernalia confiscated from prisoners. These were presented in 14 themed display cases in F-Wing cellblock.

A Time to Build

February - December 2005 ( F Wing)

This display featured a series of chronologically-arranged photographs and plans displaying the different buildings on the Boggo Road site since 1883. These were fixed onto display stands constructed by our maintenance team.

The Gallows of Boggo Road

June - December 2005 (Gatehouse, Boggo Rd)

This exhibition featured a series of large text boards with graphics and official records from the QSA outlining the execution process, along with photographs and biographical information about the 42 people hanged at the gaol. The BRGHS also arranged the loan of the original Boggo Road gallows beam from the RHSQ, and members of the exhibit team manufactured replica 'hanging hoods' and a 'washer-tightened noose' as used at the gaol during executions.

Life in Boggo

March - December 2005 (D Wing cellblock, Boggo Road)

For this exhibit we placed text stands and artefact displays in each of the 14 ground-floor cells of D Wing. Each cell highlighted a different aspect of prison life since the 1880s, and we were able to re-present some of the material from previous exhibits in a fresh context.

Clink Ink

November 2002 - September 2004
(Michie Building, University of Queensland)

This display was part of the 'ID in 3D' exhibition, designed and installed by students at the Anthropology Museum at the University Queensland in November 2002. 'Clink Ink' was created by a BRGHS member and highlighted the improvised tattoo machines in the Boggo Road Gaol Museum collection. The display demonstrated how prisoners could put together working (but illegal) tattoo machines using everyday bits and pieces in the strict environment of a prison. The popularity of this display was soon demonstrated when passing UQ students got out their writing pads and took notes! The basis of 'Clink Ink' was reproduced for similar exhibit cases at the Boggo Road Gaol Museum.