Unlock the History of Boggo Road Gaol May 25, 2022 In the inner suburbs of Brisbane stands a red-brick heritage prison called Boggo Road. You can explore its incredible story rig...
Prison Life May 24, 2022 Despite its notoriety, life inside Boggo Road was quite routine most of the time. The public were generally only aware of the headline-ma...
Hanging in Queensland May 24, 2022 Queensland was - believe it or not - the first part of the British Empire to abolish capital punishment. That happened back in 1922, before...
Boggo Through the Decades May 22, 2022 1883-1903: A Male Prison 1903-21: The Two Divisions 1921-53: Three Divisions 1953-1960s: Four Divisions 1970s-1980s: A Change is Gonn...
Prisons of Colonial Queensland May 21, 2022 A Chronology of Colonial Queensland Prisons Within the Walls of Petrie Terrace Gaol 'Stone Walls do a Prison Make' ( Queensla...
Escapes from Boggo Road May 20, 2022 100 Not Out: A Century of Escapes: The Statistics The Elusive Pimpernels Arthur 'Slim' Halliday: Houdini of Boggo Road 1973:...
The Buildings of Boggo Road May 19, 2022 Building the 1903 Prison The 'Black Holes' The Archaeology of Boggo Road Why is Boggo Road Heritage-Listed? Cell Graffiti E...
Prison Timelines May 18, 2022 Boggo Road Timeline Queensland Prisons Timeline Prisons Timeline (Queensland Corrective Services) Early British Prisons Timeline (...
Trouble and Strife May 17, 2022 Deaths in Custody 1920s: Trouble at the Road 1934: Boggo Road Warders and the Great Depression 1966: Murder in the Bootshop A D...
Penology & Prison Reports May 16, 2022 The 1868 Report into Prison Discipline The 1887 Report into Queensland Prisons The Annual Prison Reports The Bredhauer and Longland ...