Boggo Road Gaol History Tour

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  • Boggo Road Gaol, 21 Boggo Rd, Dutton Park QLD 4102, Australia Please arrive 15 minutes prior to your tour for check-in. Meet at the main green gates in the Gaol Forecourt area.
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Stroller accessible
  • Service animals allowed
  • Near public transportation
  • Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
  • Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
  • Due to the nature of this tour and the safety of all guests, the tour operator reserves the right to refuse service to passengers who are intoxicated or show signs of intoxication. If, as a result, your tour is canceled, you will not be entitled to a refund
  • Flat, enclosed shoes are required. No thongs are permitted.
  • Most travellers can participate
  • All travellers must have be fully vaccinated to attend the tour (unless you have a valid exemption or under the age of 16) - Proof of vaccination or exemption must be shown at check-in or you will be refused entry. No refund granted.
  • This experience requires good weather. If it’s cancelled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 40 travellers
  • All sales are final and incur 100% cancellation penalties.
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  • You'll start at Boggo Road Gaol Boggo Road Gaol, 21 Boggo Rd, Dutton Park QLD 4102, Australia Please arrive 15 minutes prior to your tour for check-in. Meet at the main green gates in the Gaol Forecourt area. See address & details
  • 1 Boggo Road Gaol (Jail) Stop: 90 minutes - Admission included Meet at the gaol shop Read more
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  • walt101 0 contributions 5.0 of 5 bubbles Fun way to spend a Saturday night The tour was fun. I didn't find it scary, though some of the stories were both interesting and gruesome. Our guide was good, with lots of interesting tales of life inside, escapes, executions, ghostly visits by ex-prisoners, and the appearance of a ghostly cat called Tripod (he had three legs). I'd also recommend them for their great customer service. Having booked a few weeks in advance, one of our party (my 11-year-old niece) became a COVID close contact and had to isolate for the week, just before the tour. The organisers were so helpful in re-arranging another date. So, excellent customer service, great tales of a darker side of Brisbane's history, and a fun way to spend an evening with friends or family. Read more Written 6 April 2022
  • daniellapeters 0 contributions 5.0 of 5 bubbles Excellent Private Escapes Tour An informative and wonderful private escapes tour with the knowledgable Jack Sim! What an incredible physical landmark and piece of Australian history. So much to learn behind these walls. Our family was intrigued by the tactics, the nature of the crimes and the risk taking by a few of the obstinate and bold characters, the escapees of the goal in the past and the life long difficulties ensued. Like being present in a fiction narration, hard to believe it did actually happen. Jack Sim is a wealth of knowledge and we felt privileged by his insightful inferences. A wonderful experience and highly recommend for families too over the school holidays. Read more Written 18 March 2022
  • Turley555 0 contributions 5.0 of 5 bubbles Fabulous HISTORICAL guided tour - thank you Caitlin I had the privilege of attending a historical guided tour at the Boggo Road Gaol on a rainy day in January. I cannot praise the tour guide Caitlin enough. She was impressive. She shared her considerable knowledge with ease, grace and joy. Undoubtedly, the jail does need some renovations (which I believe are coming in a couple of months) but its condition did help to transport the visitors back to darker but fascinating times in the story of the jail. Caitlin, engaged with all the visitors expertly to ensure they felt their voice was heard and their questions valued. I can't wait to attend other tours at the jail and across Brisbane. Thank you Caitlin for sharing insightful and entertaining stories from the past and inspiring us with your passion for the history of the region. I can’t recommend this tour and the ‘Historic Australia’ organisation more vigorously. Read more Written 31 January 2022
  • sjoyg 0 contributions 4.0 of 5 bubbles Very interesting tour The tour was very interesting, and we loved seeing the cells and facilities that prisoners lived with, and hearing the stories of how some of them escaped. We will definitely be back to do some of the other tours. Read more Written 13 December 2021
  • brooloo 0 contributions 5.0 of 5 bubbles Well worth the visit Very interesting and informative historical tour. So glad we did it. Our tour leader, Kim, was friendly and knowledgeable and gave us an appreciation of the life, challenges and history of the gaol. A walk around the outside (after the tour) is worth the effort too. Read more Written 13 November 2021
  • AdrienneP72 0 contributions 3.0 of 5 bubbles Great Australian history On a very hot day we stood in the sun a lot - it would be great to use the entry way better and allow visitors and staff to be more protected. The history is amazing, great stories but a little too scripted. It would be awesome to see more of the site and be able to explore staff quarters, mess areas etc. I'd recommend to other Brisbane visitors as a must-see. Read more Written 5 November 2021
  • Gary E 0 contributions 5.0 of 5 bubbles A GRIM HISTORY THAT NEEDS TO BE EXPERIENCED The whole experience of the historical tour of Boggo Road Gaol is an eye opener as to how grim things were in the past...gaol nowadays may not be a picnic, but not so long ago it was primitive. If you're fortunate enough to get Kim as your guide, she is outstanding with a wealth of knowledge and an easy, personable manner. The talk component isn't overdone as some reviewers have suggested and the content is fascinating and puts the physical surrounds into context. Be aware that the tour is 1.5hours and there is no toilet facility along the way...the toilets are opened before the tour commences and locked once it starts. Otherwise it is not a physically challenging tour as it is all accessible at ground level unless you eant to climb the steep stairs to the upper galleries which are just more of the same cells as ground level. Whether you're a local or visitor, Boggo Road should be on your must-see list. Read more Written 4 November 2021
  • grynda 0 contributions 5.0 of 5 bubbles Excellent tour and guide Kim It was my birthday and we had nothing planned so booked the tour last minute. So interesting and informative. I just can’t imagine how they lived there. Read more Written 23 October 2021
  • rachelsG7264LY 0 contributions 4.0 of 5 bubbles More areas could be included on tour Tour of gaol very good BUT: 1. Could have included more areas eg kitchens,laundry, workshops etc. 2. Could have shown what the inmates wore. 3. Could have shown what the inmates food was served in. Could have shown Prison Warders office/areas for comparison. Tour guide Kim was very good. Read more Written 23 October 2021
  • U4332BTcheryls 0 contributions 5.0 of 5 bubbles Boggo Road history tour History tour was an absolute amazing experience! Kim was our guid and made the whole experience so much batter that it could have been. Read more Written 22 October 2021
  • Jeff M 0 contributions 4.0 of 5 bubbles Epic tour into the past Interesting, straight-to-the-point tour accompanied by great items from the past and authentic architecture. The only thing to look out for is my guide took out her phone during the presentation to reply to a message. I understand things can be urgent, but just a small note on that here :) Thank you! Read more Written 4 October 2021
  • Celestyna O 0 contributions 5.0 of 5 bubbles Great tour with teenage Kim, our tour lady was great. She told us facts, stories, kept simple for young audience. With many questions from all us, tour was very interesting. Lots of time to look around and take photos. Also she gave recommendations for other Jail tours, which we are looking to do it. Thank you again Kim. Read more Written 3 October 2021
  • hairy1007 0 contributions 5.0 of 5 bubbles Informative, Accessible Tour Excellent tour. Very informative with accessible language. Tour Guide Kim has a clear, loud, well-paced voice. Read more Written 2 October 2021
  • louisecW5591UT 0 contributions 5.0 of 5 bubbles Great tour Excellent tour, great value for money, really interesting. Historical buildings were beautiful. Our guide Kym was fantastic. Read more Written 27 September 2021
  • fireant2017 0 contributions 5.0 of 5 bubbles A Brisbane MUST DO! Great experience, very knowledgeable and entertaining guide, Kim. Great insight into prison life in Queensland, will definitely recommend it to family and friends Read more Written 25 September 2021

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Tours of Brisbane's Boggo Road Gaol from Boy Swallows Universe still on hold due to nearby construction

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Tour guide Jack Sim says he regularly receives disappointed messages from visitors who are unable to visit Brisbane's infamous Boggo Road Gaol, which features in the Netflix series Boy Swallows Universe.

Key points:

  • The popular tourist attraction was forced to temporarily in 2022 close due to a development next door
  • Boggo Road Village was supposed to be complete in 2023, but major construction has not started
  • The jail has received international attention due to its use as a set in Boy Swallows Universe on Netflix

The show, which premiered on Netflix earlier this month, has drawn international eyes to the jail-turned-tourist-haunt, which shut was in March 2022 due to a construction project next door.

The Boggo Road Village development was supposed to finish in 2023, but major construction is yet to begin.

The ABC understands that the state government imposed safety restrictions on the jail due to work on nearby water and sewerage pipes, in addition to vibration from construction. 

Mr Sim said he was turning away thousands of disappointed visitors who wanted to see the jail in real life.

"There's demand from the public, schools, cruise ship companies, and we've had that on hold like a lid on a bottle for two years," Mr Sim said.

"It's reached a crisis now. We're being harassed online by people wanting to gain access to the prison since Boy Swallows  Universe."

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The developer, Mark Stockwell, said he now expected the project to finish mid-2025.

Mr Stockwell said several state government projects, such as Cross River Rail and the underground bus tunnel, had complicated the project.

"When I started on this at the end of 2015, Cross River Rail was off the drawing board, so significant things happen," he said.

"Me and Jack are very frustrated with the delays, because for me I've been working at this now for nearly nine years."

Mr Stockwell said he appreciated the work Mr Sim did in preserving and promoting Brisbane's heritage.

Inside an old cell at the closed Boggo Road jail in Brisbane showing concrete bed, floor, stainless steel toilet and handbasin.

The 'Houdini of Boggo Road'

Mr Sim said the school holidays were peak season for the jail, with over a thousand visitors a day pouring usually through the cells.

When it was open to the public, Mr Sim ran crime and ghost tours through the cells, where tourists would hear grisly tales from the building's past.

The jail was infamous for its filthy conditions, violent riots, executions and daring prison escapes.

Arrest photos of an A Halliday.

The most famous escapee was Slim Halliday, who was known as the "Houdini of Boggo Road" for his ingenious methods of escape.

Mr Halliday befriended a young boy named Trent Dalton, who went on to write the book Boy Swallows Universe, based loosely on his life experiences.

Phoebe, playing Felix's mother, leans down and fixes the young boys dress shirt and tee as he smiles softly.

Mr Sim said the book and the show were a realistic portrayal of Brisbane's gritty underbelly in the 1980s and "the dark side of the sunshine state".

He is petitioning the Queensland government to work with the developers to speed up their project, or at a minimum, come up with a concrete completion date.

Mr Sim said the lack of an opening date meant his plans to build a museum inside the jail were in limbo, and he was struggling to make bookings or plan for the future.

"It's … frankly embarrassing to Queensland that the jail is closed on the back of international interest in its story through Boy Swallows Universe," he said.

"For a tourism-centric state like Queensland it's untenable for the government to leave us dangling like this."

The Queensland government was contacted for comment.

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BOGGO ROAD GAOL GHOSTS & GALLOWS TOUR

Boggo Road Gaol has temporarily closed due to a new development happening next to the prison.

The prison will reopen., state government is working towards getting the prison open as soon as possible., our other ghost and crime tours in brisbane, ipswich and regional queensland are still running., see our suggested tours below:, boggo road ghost tour details.

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Discover the haunted history of Boggo Road, on a 2 hour guided storytelling experience. Hear of the spooky ghosts said to haunt the old prison, explore two cellblocks in the dark, and the exhibition “The Gallows: Capital Punishment & Punishment”.

Learn about the cruel punishments for bad behaviour, and the true crimes and fates of those prisoners who were executed. Relics on display include a piece of the dreaded dungeon known as the “Black Hole”. Every visitor receives a copy of The Ghosts of Boggo Road Gaol  written by GTA Director Jack Sim.

  • 2 hour historic ghost tour
  • Experienced tour guide
  • Time to explore two cellblocks
  • Access to exhibition “The Gallows: Punishment & Capital Punishment”
  • Hear spooky Boggo Road ghost stories including For Whom the Bell Tolls, Last Man Hanged, The Haunted Hangman, The Creepy Cat and more…
  • Restricted haunted history tour group size
  • Copy of The Ghosts of Boggo Road Gaol written by GTA Director Jack Sim
  • Adult: $45.00
  • Adult Concession – Seniors / Students: $40.00*
  • Teenager (10-17): $35.00

*Concession applies to seniors, pensioners, and university students. Customers will be asked to produce concession cards at check-in. If you have a Companion Card , please contact our office in order to book.

AGE REQUIREMENTS

Ghost Tours are not suitable for children under 10 years (unless otherwise stated). Children under 10 will not be permitted on any tour (unless otherwise stated). Parents and guardians are advised that this tour features strong content in the form of true historic ghost stories and tales delivered in a dramatic style. The stories may include gruesome and macabre material including murders, crimes, violence, deaths, executions and suicide. The stories can be frightening, scary and distressing especially for young children.

All children under and including the age of 15 must be accompanied and supervised by an adult.

DISABILITY ACCESS

Certain areas of the tour are not suitable for customers with mobility issues. This includes:

  • Uneven ground/ limited pathways
  • Three stair access into one cell block
  • Steep stair access into the second level of the cell blocks (not required)

The tour can be tailored to suit guests attending with mobility aids. Please contact us directly to discuss and book on 0401 666 441.

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IN San Fancisco there’s Alcatraz, Tasmania has Port Arthur, there’s old Melbourne Gaol and I’ve even been to the Prison Gate in The Hague, yet I’d never made my way to Brisbane’s Boggo Rd.

Boggo Road jail

Until now. And it’s up there with the best, thanks to the brilliant tour company which tells the stories of this  historic prison that found itself in the middle of suburbia.

First, the name. While Boggo Road sounds  mean enough to give a place of incarceration, it’s actually much simpler.

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When it was time to build a new prison in the late 19 th century, some bright spark nominated a good spot on the south side of town.

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It was on a well known old track, a short cut between Ipswich Rd and Stanley St, that always got boggy when it rained. And thus Boggo Rd was to become synonymous with  Brisbane prison for more than a century.

Punishment is very much part of Brisbane’s history. The city began as the  Moreton Bay Penal Settlement  and from 1824-42, a decade before Port Arthur and Melbourne, it was known as the most evil convict outpost of the British Empire.

Women were sent to the Female Factory on the site of the GPO in Queen St and the worst of the men were banished to St Helena Island in the Brisbane River before Boggo Road, but that’s all another story.

The Brisbane prison opened at Boggo Road in 1883, with just one cell block.

It grew to have two divisions. The first and largest was closed in 1992 and demolished in 1996.  In the 1960s, an underground tunnel, now filled, linked it to the second division.

Boggo Road jail

Division 2, which started as a women’s prison in 1901 and ended as a maximum security block for men in 1989, is heritage listed – and  the site of the Boggo Road Gaol tours.

Known as HM Prison for Women, it  could hold 82 females. It was opened in 1901 to contain the women who were running amok in Fortitude Valley – drunk and disorderly, soliciting, assaulting and swearing at police, a crime punishable with three months behind bars. Sentences were usually between two and 60 days.

The women were moved out in 1903 and male prisoners from  St Helena island moved in. The entry sign  reflects the change:  “HM Prison for (Wo)Men”.

Thanks to the women who were first imprisoned here and tended the gardens, it became the most beautiful prison in the country after it opened in 1901.

Things changed when the men arrived. The gardens had to go because the male prisoners were using the brick edging as weapons. And the tin buckets provided in the cells had to have an inner circle added to stop the men jamming the poo buckets over other prisoner’s heads.  Boys will be boys.

The tour starts at the gatehouse entry, where entry and exit of people and supplies could be controlled.  Officers and their families lived here above these main gates.

There was also an armory and a space for the bell that organised the prison’s day, starting with the wakeup call at 6am. This bell was so accurate that local residents could set their watch by it and they protested in 1968 when it was replaced with a buzzer.

Boggo Road jail

Another bell in Division 1 had a much more sinister use. It announced an execution.These were always held on a Monday at 8am.

On the bright side, there were only ever 48 hangings at Boggo Rd ( The gallows beam is now held at the Commisariat in William St ) and Queensland was the first state to abolish execution, the last being in 1913.

The tour then moves into The Quadrangle and then the Circle, where three big old brick cell blocks – labelled D,E and F – stand in a semi circle with exercise yards between them.

They are of such a foreboding Victorian appearance, built from bricks imported from the  UK, that it’s hard to imagine they were still being used in 1989.

There are plenty of stories within these walls and fortunately, the  knowledgeable tour guide is willing to share them and knows just what visitors want to hear.

Boggo Road jail

There are stories of executions and great escapes, of terrible suffering and great kindness, of great crimes and tough sentences, from the Longreach Cinderella case of the early 1900s to the Boggo Rd Houdini of the 1930s and the torture that Whiskey Au Go Go accused killer John Stuart inflicted upon himself while protesting his innocence in the 1970s.

The graffiti on the cell walls – 99% of it added by inmates in the 1980s – makes fascinating reading.

There was a time when prisoners here cooked food for patients at the nearby Princess Alexandra Hospital. They also cooked for the guards, who must have been very brave to eat it.

Boggo Road jail

Boggo Rd gained some notoriety in 1988 when, with World Expo in town, protesting prisoners took to climbing on to the roof of cellblock F to gain attention. Although it must have taken a lot of courage to climb up the front of the building, it was even harder to get them down and the fire department had to come to the rescue.

As well as the stories, the tour goes into the cell blocks and into the cells and exercise yards and gives a very real glimpse of prison life.

Prisoners loved to watch Days of our Lives on the old TV encased in metal above a table in the exercise yard; all escapes were in broad daylight; lashings were still handed out until 1931; the longest sentence in the totally black solitary confinement cell was 30 days and it was still being used  in the late 20 th century.

So many stories and that was only the history side of things. I plan to get back for the Escapes Tour, a night Ghost Tour and the tour led by ex-inmates and guards.

A Boggo Road visit is the best value 90 minutes around. There are regular tours and it’s easy to join one. Visit www.boggoroadgaol.com for  more information.

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I visited someone in Boggo Rd many years ago. I was very young and the place terrified me.

I had also been there in the days when it was a prison but it’s quite different now and the guides are excellent. There are some great stories inside those walls.

What is wrong with people when they want to ruin history would this happen over seas where there are buildings hundred of years old no So why should it be allowed here

Yes, you really have to wonder why it would even come up, much less why we should have to fight to keep it. So many other cities have turned old prisons into places worth visiting and yet even though Boggo Road has its own notoriety and so many stories to tell Brisbane wants to turn it into yet more modern soul-less cityscape.

I would like to know who the person or persons are instigating this so called refurbishment of the Cell Blocks or should I say vandalisation of the Cell Blocks. What are they thinking?? Why are they wanting to do this.?? They are obviously clueless as to the historical value of the buildings. Why destroy our history for the sake of installing air conditioning equipment in the upper cells and removing the walls between cells which is full of prisoner graffiti and is an integral part of the history of the Gaol. All of this just to change the cell blocks into coffee shops and eateries. Have these people actually taken a tour of the Gaol, listened to the tour guide tell the stories of the history of the cell blocks, and stories about the inmates male and female and daily running of the Gaol, the guards and duties they performed, escaped prisoners and how they managed to escape and were recaptured. There is so much fantastic history to the Gaol, who would want to destroy all that. Brisbane needs these buildings to give the City some intrigue into its history and importantly, be referred to as a City of Character.

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    Jack Sim Crime Tours Australia take tourgoers on the best crime tours Brisbane has to offer, visiting infamous crime scenes and murder scenes, as well as Boggo Rd Gaol and cemeteries.. These unique guided Brisbane historical walking tours and bus tours showcase the sordid true crime past, and darker side, of its nation's cities. Each guided tour experience visits historical crime scenes or ...

  22. Boggo Road Gaol

    H.M. Prison Brisbane, more commonly known as Boggo Road Gaol, was Queensland's main prison from the 1880s to the 1980s. By the time it closed, it had become notorious for poor conditions and rioting. Located on Annerley Road in Dutton Park, an inner southern suburb of Brisbane, it is the only surviving intact gaol in Queensland that reflects penological principles of the 19th century.

  23. History

    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. In 1903, a new purpose-built separate women's gaol was created. After nearly 20 years of use, H M Gaol for Women was closed, its female occupants ...