Comments on Your Brisbane: Past and Present: Boggo Road Gaol

The gaol site itself will remain largely a histori...

2010-04-03T14:20:04.618+10:00

The gaol site itself will remain largely a historic site. It will need sprucing up a bit for health and safety reasons, but should open again in the next 12 months. The main development is taking place next door to it.

Its a great place for photographers. The historical society still receives numerous requests for photo and film shoot access, but we have no say in it and the people to ask are Public Works.

Re: above two comments Both these comments have b...

2010-04-03T11:32:19.415+10:00

Re: above two comments

Both these comments have been published for the purpose of balance. My other alternative was to delete both, but I am reluctant to do that at present. However, this is not the forum for these issues to be aired.

No further comments of this nature will be published here.
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Good article. I am secretary of the Boggo Road Gao...

2010-04-03T09:42:02.240+10:00

Good article. I am secretary of the Boggo Road Gaol Historical Society, a community group of wonderful volunteers, some of whom have worked at the gaol museum site since 1992. We are not-for-profit and do all our work for free. When the museum was open, the volunteers took through over 90% of tours and did 100% of on-site work. Could you please put up a link to our website at www.boggoroadgaol.com.au, and also take a look at our large range of Brisbane history books.

I feel I must respond to the comment from 'Jack' Sim above. For a start, nobody is employing anybody at Boggo Road right now - it has been closed for over 4 years. Also, the BRGHS is NOT actively campaigning against his business - we have simply refused to work with Mr Sim because of his business methods, which include spending lots of money issuing baseless legal threats against us and members of other Brisbane community history groups.

We aim to make sure that when the prison opens again, it is affordable, accessible and has integrity. We do not support private businesses trying appropriate public history for personal profit, and that is why we ask for the support of the public for a REAL community history group.

My name is Jack Sim and I am the Managing Director...

2010-02-16T13:41:47.486+10:00

My name is Jack Sim and I am the Managing Director of Boggo Road Gaol Pty Ltd & Ghost Tours Pty Ltd. My company established historical tours, ghost tours & re-enactments at Boggo Road Gaol in 1998 - NOT the Boggo Road Gaol Historical Society Inc - that non-for-profit organisation is actively campaigning to have us prevented from running tours at the site in the future - could you please put up a link to our business which spent years and years promoting the prison's history on television and internet - ourwebsite is www.boggoroadgaol.com or www.ghost-tours.com.au
We also publish books on the prison's history -http://www.boggoroadgaol.com/Pages/books.htm
It would be much appreciated. We are the only tour business in Brisbane which is actively employing staff to tell the history of Boggo Road Gaol. We need the support of local people.

John Andrew Stuart was convicted of the infamous W...

2009-11-24T06:28:24.178+10:00

John Andrew Stuart was convicted of the infamous Whiskey Au Go Go multiple murders, and at one stage led a hunger strike from the roof of the jail. There is a brief history here:

http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A160402b.htm

Thanks for that memory.

i could see john stuart on the roof of some part a...

2009-11-24T02:51:37.369+10:00

i could see john stuart on the roof of some part at boggo road from my primary school

Hey - thanks Cara. I found his web pages and the j...

2009-11-23T13:19:04.961+10:00

Hey - thanks Cara. I found his web pages and the jail photos you mentioned. Really excellent work, isn't it? Thanks for the info.

Found it! His name is Charles Page.

2009-11-23T12:32:51.300+10:00

Found it! His name is Charles Page.

I saw this great exhibition last year of this phot...

2009-11-23T12:26:54.366+10:00

I saw this great exhibition last year of this photographer who had been allowed to go into the gaol and take pictures of the inmates. They were brilliant - really up close and personal, black and white shots. I wish I could remember the name of the photographer.