boggoroadgaol
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Creator: Unidentified Location: Brisbane, Queensland Description: Female prisoners are standing in a line having their kits inspected at the new women’s prison. A full prisoner’s kit consisted of a chemise; a blue and white striped petticoat; a gown; a pair of coarse white stockings (all branded); a red cotton pocket handkerchief; a white apron; and…
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Creator: Unidentified Location: Brisbane, Queensland Description: Boggo Road Gaol opened in 1883 as the Brisbane Gaol. Used mainly as a holding prison for those serving short sentences or on remand, its initial infamy came from it being a place of execution. See more boggoroadgaol.com/ View this image at the State Library of Queensland: http://ift.tt/1LLguCL Information…
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