Hanging in Queensland
Queensland was - believe it or not - the first part of the British Empire to abolish capital punishment. That happened back in 1922, before...
Boggo Through the Decades
The Boggo Road prison reserve changed frequently over the years, and this can be a source of confusion for the modern visitor. New prison b...
Escapes from Boggo Road
100 Not Out: A Century of Escapes: The Statistics The Elusive Pimpernels Arthur 'Slim' Halliday: Houdini of Boggo Road 1973:...
Prison Timelines
Boggo Road Timeline Queensland Prisons Timeline Prisons Timeline (Queensland Corrective Services) Early British Prisons Timeline (...
Trouble and Strife
‘I had the pleasure of spending some time in Queensland, Australia. During that time I had the misfortune to visit the infamous Boggo Roa...
Penology & Prison Reports
The 1868 Report into Prison Discipline The 1887 Report into Queensland Prisons The Annual Prison Reports The Bredhauer and Longland ...
The Short Life of Marburg Prison Farm
During World War 2 the small town of Marburg (about 60km west of Brisbane) had a brief but somewhat confusing role in the Queensland pris...
Boggo Road Deceased Staff Database
This database of the names of officers who served at Boggo Road has been compiled by Stephen Gage, a prison historian and former officer. I...
Articles about Hangings
Execution scene at Boggo Road, Brisbane, 1903. ( Truth newspaper) Hanged and Dissected... For Picking a Man's Brains One of Brisban...
The Bloody, Bloody Hangings of Ellen Thomson and John Harrison
There are a couple of points I always liked to make on my 'Hangman's Walk' cemetery night tours. The first is that hanging coul...
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Arthur 'Slim' Halliday: The Houdini of Boggo Road
Arthur 'Slim' Halliday rose to prominence in the 1940s as Boggo …
Prison Slang
A louse, known as a 'booby' in 19th-century slang. boob Prison. …
The Hanging Process
The standard rituals of executions at Boggo Road had a precise, theatrical qual…
Screw!
Image: S. Gage SCREW. Apart from other well-known meanings, this is a slang wo…
A Damned Good Flogging
‘BRING BACK FLOGGING!’ We hear it often enough, and there would be plenty of vo…
Escapes from Boggo Road
100 Not Out: A Century of Escapes: The Statistics The Elusive Pimpernels …
Prison-Made Tattoo Machines
Some of the most popular objects in the Boggo Road Gaol Museum colle…
Boggo Through the Decades
The Boggo Road prison reserve changed frequently over the years, and this can …
The Toilet Tubs
The No.2 Division cellblocks were built in 1903 and the cells had no toilet…
