THE BUILDINGS

 

 

 

 

Site plans and images

1887 site plan   Womens' prison 1903
In 1887 the original prison was expanded from one cellblock to three.   The first prurpose-built prison for women in Queensland.  
Site photo 1952   No.2 Division 1989
The site layout of No.2 Division just before it closed in 1989.  
The original No.1 Division, workshops, and prison vegetable lots.  
Site photo ca. 1985   Site photo 2003
An aerial shot of the whole site, including the new prison for women.   The empty paddocks of the prison site prior to redevelopment in 2003.  

 

Site info

Building the 1903 prison   Future development
The careful construction of the state-of-the-art womens' prison.   What's in store for the Boggo Road site in the 21st century.  
Why is it heritage-listed?   Where is it?
Finding Boggo Road in Dutton Park.  
Find out what makes this historical site so unique and important.  
Boggo archaeology      
The 2005 archaeological search for remains of the old prison.      

 
Boggo Road Gaol Historical Society (Inc.)

 

 

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