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The Hanging Towns
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The Hanging Towns

Jul 20, 2018 0 comments

Unsurprisingly, Queensland's capital seat of capital punishment was Brisbane, where a total of 80 people were 'launched into eterni...

Executed Prisoners, Regional Queensland 1864-90
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Executed Prisoners, Regional Queensland 1864-90

Jul 20, 2018 0 comments

As the new colony of Queensland expanded its frontier throughout the 1860s, new towns could measure their growing status by the presence of...

Maryborough Lock-Up (1877)
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Maryborough Lock-Up (1877)

Oct 2, 2015 0 comments

Maryborough probably holds the Queensland record for having the shortest-lived prison, after the police lock-up there became a prison for le...

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