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Land of Coal & Corn (#1): The Foundation of Ipswich
(This article is reproduced from the Brisbane Courier, 20 October 1891.)'Writing to Governor Darling on the l6th December 1828, Allan Cunningham, the explorer, made use of the following words – ‘It is...
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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, which at that time was located at Petrie Terrace. It was written...
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Old Queensland Prisons #15: Thursday Island Prison (1891-1983)
Thursday Island, in the Torres Straits between Cape York and Papua New Guinea, has been populated for thousands of years and is known in the local language as Waiben. The island became a Queensland...
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Within The Walls of Brisbane Gaol (1883): 'Refactory Prisoners'
(Queensland Figaro, 10 February 1883)(These articles are reproduced from the Queensland Figaro, January-February 1883, and describe aspects of life in HM Prison, Brisbane, which at that time was...
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The Hempen Halter: Criticising the Boggo Road Gallows
The following article criticising the gallows used at Brisbane's Boggo Road prison appeared in the tabloid newspaper The Truth on Sunday 12 July 1903. Some very harsh words were also written about...
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Statement from the Boggo Road Gaol Historical Society (Inc.) on the Boggo...
(I post this here as a member of the management committee of the Boggo Road Gaol Historical Society.)We note that Calile Malouf Investments have recently lodged the Development Application for their...
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Within the Walls of Brisbane Gaol (1883): 'An Execution'
(Queensland Figaro, 3 February 1883)(These articles are reproduced from the Queensland Figaro, January-February 1883, and describe aspects of life in HM Prison, Brisbane, which at that time was located...
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Within the Walls of Brisbane Gaol (1883): 'Sunday'
(Queensland Figaro, 27 January 1883)(These articles are reproduced from the Queensland Figaro, January-February 1883, and describe aspects of life in HM Prison, Brisbane, which at that time was located...
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Within the Walls of Brisbane Gaol, 1883: 'By the Dog'
(Queensland Figaro, 17 February 1883)(These articles are reproduced from the Queensland Figaro, January-February 1883, and describe aspects of life in HM Prison, Brisbane, which at that time was...
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Unauthorised Activities in Brisbane Cemeteries?
Here we go again...On page 7 of today’s City South News, local ‘ghost tour’ operator Cameron ‘Jack’ Sim again attacks a local history group, this time for having the audacity to run a single one-off...
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The Case For a Boggo Road Cultural Hub
With the Boggo Road redevelopment process now taking another step forward with the release of the draft application details, I’d like to gradually present a few articles on this website outlining my...
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A Suffragette Recalls Boggo Road Gaol
Silver hunger-strike medal presented to the Suffragette prisoner Lady Constance Lytton, October 1909The following article about a female prisoner recalling her time inside Boggo Road is adapted from...
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Constance Clyde of Dutton Park: Author and Suffragette
Constance Clyde, 1903.In August 1951 a 79-year-old Brisbane woman died and was buried in the Hemmant Cemetery. No headstone marks her grave, no newspaper obituary marked her passing, and her life in...
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A Brisbane Suffragette in London
I recently published an article looking at the life of Constance Jane McAdam (1872-1951), an author who wrote as 'Constance Clyde' and who resided in Brisbane during the later years of her life.She...
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Remembering Old Queensland on Facebook
Just below this short article is a list of links to Facebook pages about the history of specific towns, cities and regions in Queensland.The kind of pages with the words ‘lost’ or ‘vintage’ or...
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What's in Store For Brisbane City Council's Cemeteries in 2016?
I have recently been involved in discussions with Brisbane City Council cemetery management, and it looks like changes are afoot in how the public will be able to ‘engage’ with these places in 2016....
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Fatal Shark Attacks in Mackay Rivers
I've already written in these pages about fatal shark attacks in Queensland rivers, including the Brisbane River, the Logan River and Townsville's Ross Creek. Another one to add to that unfortunate...
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Old Queensland Prisons #16: Mackay Prison (1883-1935)
The timeline of the HM Prison, Mackay, is slightly more complicated than most, and there has been some confusion over the lifespan of that prison. Two prominent online articles date it at as operating...
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Scenes by the 1840s Brisbane River
The following vivid description of life by the Brisbane River in the 1840s was written by William Clark in 1917. Clark arrived at Moreton Bay in 1849 with his parents when he was 12 years old. In his...
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Old Queensland Prisons #17: Blackall Prison (1891-1902)
The introduction of the Prisons Act 1890 in Queensland led to a shake-up of the prison system here, with attention paid to the official classification of police gaols and 'real' prisons. One gaol to be...
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