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...
In the inner suburbs of Brisbane stands a red-brick heritage prison called Boggo Road. You can explore its incredible story rig...
Queensland was - believe it or not - the first part of the British Empire to abolish capital punishment. That happened back in 1922, before...
Despite its notoriety, life inside Boggo Road was quite routine most of the time. The public were generally only aware of the headline-ma...
1883-1903: A Male Prison 1903-21: The Two Divisions 1921-53: Three Divisions 1953-1960s: Four Divisions 1970s-1980s: A Change is Gonn...
A Chronology of Colonial Queensland Prisons Within the Walls of Petrie Terrace Gaol 'Stone Walls do a Prison Make' ( Queensla...
100 Not Out: A Century of Escapes: The Statistics The Elusive Pimpernels Arthur 'Slim' Halliday: Houdini of Boggo Road 1973:...
Building the 1903 Prison The 'Black Holes' The Archaeology of Boggo Road Why is Boggo Road Heritage-Listed? Cell Graffiti E...
Boggo Road Timeline Queensland Prisons Timeline Prisons Timeline (Queensland Corrective Services) Early British Prisons Timeline (...
Deaths in Custody 1920s: Trouble at the Road 1934: Boggo Road Warders and the Great Depression 1966: Murder in the Bootshop A D...
The 1868 Report into Prison Discipline The 1887 Report into Queensland Prisons The Annual Prison Reports The Bredhauer and Longland ...
Arthur 'Slim' Halliday rose to prominence in the 1940s as Boggo …
Article by Christopher Dawson, MPHA (Qld) SCREW. Apart from other well-kno…
‘BRING BACK FLOGGING!’ We hear it often enough, and there would be plenty of vo…
John Andrew Stuart (left) and Jim Finch (right). It has been over 50 years…
A louse, known as a 'booby' in 19th-century slang. boob Prison. …
Arthur 'Slim' Halliday. Prisoners are at the centre of the entir…
100 Not Out: A Century of Escapes: The Statistics The Elusive Pimpernels …
The following is adapted from an article the Sunday Mail (Brisbane), 4 Febru…
Our day started at around six with the rattling of keys and cell locks unloc…
Despite its notoriety, life inside Boggo Road was quite routine most of the …