The Hanging Towns
Unsurprisingly, Queensland's capital seat of capital punishment was Brisbane, where a total of 80 people were 'launched into eterni...
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Executed Prisoners, Brisbane 1830-82
This was a period of rapid and remarkable change for both Brisbane and capital punishment. While the place grew from being a remote convict...
Within the Walls of Petrie Terrace Gaol
This series of articles from the Queensland Figaro gives an interesting (although rather fancifully-written) insight into life in the...
Within the Walls of Brisbane Gaol (1883): ‘Sentencing’
(These articles are reproduced from the Queensland Figaro , January-February 1883, and describe aspects of life in HM Prison, Brisbane,...
Within the Walls of Brisbane Gaol (1883): ‘For Trial’
(These articles are reproduced from the Queensland Figaro , January-February 1883, and describe aspects of life in HM Prison, Brisbane, whi...
Within The Walls of Brisbane Gaol (1883): 'Refactory Prisoners'
(These articles are reproduced from the Queensland Figaro , January-February 1883, and describe aspects of life in HM Prison, Brisbane, w...
Within the Walls of Brisbane Gaol (1883): 'An Execution'
(These articles are reproduced from the Queensland Figaro , January-February 1883, and describe aspects of life in HM Prison, Brisbane, w...
The Gaol on Petrie Terrace (1860-83)
Brisbane's Queen Street prison of the 1850s was constantly criticised as it was never really up to the job, so it was no surprise that t...
The 'Julia Percy' and the 'Proserpine' (1863-67)
A new Brisbane prison was opened on Petrie Terrace in 1860, but a few years later it was already filled to capacity and the authorities ne...
Queen Street Gaol, Brisbane (1850-60)
Thanks to government cost-cutting and lack of foresight, the prison that stood on Queen Street in downtown Brisbane during the 1850s was on...
Convict Cells and Gaol Room, Moreton Bay (1828)
What was the first gaol in Brisbane or Queensland? Well, officially it was Brisbane's Queen Street gaol that opened in early 1850, but ...
Fortitude Valley Police Gaol (1863–1903)
The police lockup at Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, can be included in this series as it was officially proclaimed a prison in September 1863,...
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