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Boggo Road Gaol

Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia • 1 - 10 Employees
Leisure, Travel & Tourism

Boggo Road Gaol was Australia's most notorious prison. Over 119 years of operation, thousands of men and women served time behind its red-brick walls.There were many infamous inmates including the "Houdini of Boggo Road" escapologist and jail-breaker "Slim" Halliday and the Whiskey Au Go Go nightclub fire-bombers James Richard Finch and John Andrew Stuart.Forty-two prisoners were executed by hanging – the last, Ernest Austin, in 1913. His ghost and many more were said to haunt the prison.In the 1980s Boggo Road was the scene of dramatic escapes, riots, hunger-strikes and roof-top protests which led to the prisons official closure 25 years ago in July 1992.Heritage-listed No. 2 Division – the remaining section of Boggo Road – is as it was when it closed. Since 2012 Boggo Road Gaol Pty Ltd has conducted guided tours, events and experiences at the historic site.Boggo Road Gaol is a "must do" Brisbane experience!