Unlock the History of Boggo Road Gaol
In the inner suburbs of Brisbane stands a red-brick heritage prison called Boggo Road. You can explore its incredible story rig...
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...
Prison Life
Despite its notoriety, life inside Boggo Road was quite routine most of the time. The public were generally only aware of the headline-ma...
Boggo Through the Decades
1883-1903: A Male Prison 1903-21: The Two Divisions 1921-53: Three Divisions 1953-1960s: Four Divisions 1970s-1980s: A Change is Gonn...
Prisons of Colonial Queensland
A Chronology of Colonial Queensland Prisons Within the Walls of Petrie Terrace Gaol 'Stone Walls do a Prison Make' ( Queensla...
Escapes from Boggo Road
100 Not Out: A Century of Escapes: The Statistics The Elusive Pimpernels Arthur 'Slim' Halliday: Houdini of Boggo Road 1973:...
The Buildings of Boggo Road
Building the 1903 Prison The 'Black Holes' The Archaeology of Boggo Road Why is Boggo Road Heritage-Listed? Cell Graffiti E...
Prison Timelines
Boggo Road Timeline Queensland Prisons Timeline Prisons Timeline (Queensland Corrective Services) Early British Prisons Timeline (...
Trouble & Strife
Deaths in Custody 1920s: Trouble at the Road 1934: Boggo Road Warders and the Great Depression 1966: Murder in the Bootshop A D...
Penology & Prison Reports
The 1868 Report into Prison Discipline The 1887 Report into Queensland Prisons The Annual Prison Reports The Bredhauer and Longland ...
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