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From Flickr: “Sketch of the Convict Barracks, Brisbane, 1832” by State Library of Queensland, Australia

Creator: Unidentified Location: Brisbane, Queensland Description: Detail from a sheet of pencil drawings of public buildings at Moreton Bay, September 1832. Original drawings held in the Mitchell Library, Sydney, New South Wales. Attributed to Sockering. Reproduced in J. G. Steele’s Brisbane Town in Convict Days, plate 80. (Description supplied with Read More →

From Flickr: “Prisoners making uniforms in the tailors’ workshop on St Helena Island, 1911” by State Library of Queensland, Australia

Creator: Unidentified Location: St. Helena Island, Queensland Description: The tailors’ workshop where prison uniforms, police uniforms and any other necessary sewing was done by the convicts. Notice the tailors on the side benches are all sitting cross-legged with the material to be sewn lying across their knees. This was the Read More →

From Flickr: “Aerial view of Boggo Road Gaol, Brisbane, ca. 1954” by State Library of Queensland, Australia

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 Read More →