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Screw!
Article by Christopher Dawson, MPHA (Qld) SCREW. Apart from other well-kno…
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…
John Andrew Stuart & Jim Finch: Double Trouble
John Andrew Stuart (left) and Jim Finch (right). It has been over 50 years…
A Damned Good Flogging
‘BRING BACK FLOGGING!’ We hear it often enough, and there would be plenty of vo…
Chin Up! The Thoroughly Decent Way to Break a Chap's Neck
Article by Christopher Dawson, MPHA (Qld) Back in the late 19th century th…
Boggo Road Inmates
Arthur 'Slim' Halliday. Prisoners are at the centre of the entir…
The Exorcism of Ernest Austin's Phony Phantom
Ernest Austin was sentenced to death in 1913 for the vicious murder and sexual …
Hanging in Queensland
Queensland was - believe it or not - the first part of the British Empire to a…
