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, Regional Queensland 1864-90
As the new colony of Queensland expanded its frontier throughout the 1860s, new towns could measure their growing status by the presence of...
Toowoomba Gaol (1864-1903)
In 1864 Toowoomba became the third Queensland town (after Brisbane and Rockhampton) to have an officially-proclaimed prison. A courthouse fi...
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