Boggo Road Deceased Staff Database
This database of the names of officers who served at Boggo Road has been compiled by Stephen Gage, a prison historian and former officer. I...
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The Queensland Hangmen
Nine different men worked as hangman in Brisbane and Queensland during 1830-1920, executing 94 prisoners between them. Until the 1880s the...
Screw!
Article by Christopher Dawson, MPHA (Qld) SCREW. Apart from other well-known meanings, it’s a slang word for ‘prison officer’ that’s be...
Bill Kearney 1912-2011: A Good Man
Bill Kearney at Boggo Road, 1941. One of the Boggo Road greats died in Brisbane on 25 January 2011, just two days short of his 99th birthda...
1934: Boggo Road Warders and the Great Depression
Th e Great Depression of the 1930s saw Queensland public servants take big cuts in wages and conditions. This article - adapted from The...
Prison Officers on Strike
Prisoner unrest at Boggo Road made headlines, but it was often just half the story. The officers themselves were occasionally the ones at ...
1989: An Officer's Day
The following is adapted from an interview with a prison officer who started his career at Boggo Road in 1989 (the same year that No....
Boggo Road Staff
Explore the Boggo Road Deceased Staff Database The role of prison officer can be difficult and demanding but has sometimes seemed controv...
1970s: An Officer's Day in No.2 Division
Boggo Road officer, 1970s. (BRGHS) The following is adapted from an interview with a retired Boggo Road officer: 'On a regular ...
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