Boggo Road Prison The Real Story

10/09/2025

The Final Muster 🔥

Infamous Bank Robbers – Live at Geelong Gaol! 🚨

Step inside the world of two of Australia’s most notorious bank robbers:
💰 John Killick – The Decimal Currency Bandit
💰 Doug Morgan – The After Dark Bandit

From headline-making robberies to stories that shook the nation, these men left their mark on criminal history. For one night only, hear them go head-to-head — NSW vs VIC crimes — in a gripping showdown of true crime tales.

📅 Saturday 8th November
🕠 5:30 PM
📍 National Crime & Justice Museum – Old Geelong Gaol
1300865800

Don’t miss your chance to experience the legends behind the headlines where history and crime collide.

👉 Book now and secure your seat for an unforgettable night of true crime!
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14/02/2025

“The High Court has overturned a landmark case that had allowed a judge to be sued for the first time in Australia, depriving the Queensland father who had been wrongly jailed for contempt by Federal Circuit Court judge.

But on Wednesday the High Court unanimously allowed an appeal by Justice Vasta, finding that "despite the many and egregious errors" in his treatment of Mr Stradford", all judges of courts referred to in section 71 of the Constitution were immune to a civil suit arising out of acts done in the exercise of their judicial function or capacity.

The judgment leaves Mr Stradford without redress against the judge's undisputed wrong conduct and is likely to revive calls for a federal judicial commission to investigate complaints against judges, promised by the Albanese government but not delivered.

Justice Vasta had ordered Mr Stradford to hand over gambling account statements in a property dispute with his ex-wife in 2018.

Mr Stradford said he had tried to produce them but Justice Vasta did not believe him, telling him: "I hope you brought your toothbrush." The father of two, who was not represented by a lawyer, was found in contempt and sentenced to 12 months in jail.

He spent six days in jail before he was released.
The orders were overturned by the full bench of the Family Court, which described the case as a "gross miscarriage of justice.””

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This is why we need an Independent Judicial Commission.

People need to be able to seek redress if they have been treated unfairly by the judiciary.

This is one of People Firsts most important policies because we always put the People First.

04/01/2025

DECEMBER UPDATE: Thank you everyone for your support this year. The petition is still running - now over 5,000 signature and growing - please share. The end of 2024 marks two years since Boggo Road Gaol was "temporarily" closed and there is still no reopening date. The Stockwell development is now u...

02/04/2024

Coming soon, Prisoner: Behind Cell Doors.

30/03/2024

March 2024 marks 2 years since Boggo Road Gaol closed just as Queensland had reopened following Covid. Over that time there was no reason why tours, functions and events could not have been conducted at the Gaol.

WATCH VIDEO HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3EZH1V2Jno with Jack Sim, Director Boggo Road Gaol.

For 10 years we operated the Gaol 7 days a week providing unprecedented access to the community to the historic prison. Currently the heritage-listed Gaol’s forecourt is a carpark for workers. Graffiti is appearing on the walls. Our guides and staff - including former prisoners and officers - living history connected to the Gaol – are in a state of limbo. It is utterly unfair.

We need to get the Gaol reopened for our popular history tours, for school and university students, community and non-profit organisations, film productions, events and functions, interstate tour operators and cruise ships.

Please sign this petition change.org/p/reopen-boggo-road-gaol-jail-tours to voice your support for reopening Boggo Road Gaol.

21/03/2024

Join Jeaun this Saturday at 7:30 pm for The South Brisbane Cemetery Ghost Tour. There are many ghosts on Brisbane’s southside. Visit haunted South Brisbane Cemetery (Dutton Park Cemetery) on this 2hr guided historic ghost tour. See the Devil’s Plot where those executed at Boggo Road Jail – vicious killers and a hungry ghost – lie; the ghost girl’s grave, a sad sea captain, will o’ whisps, and a man buried alive.

BOOK HERE: https://ghosttoursaustralia.com.au/brisbane-ghost-tours/south-brisbane-cemetery-tour/

21/03/2024

09/02/2024

Reopen Boggo Road Gaol (Jail) - Tours

03/02/2024

Don't miss A Current Affair tonight at 7pm (AEST) on channel 9. Earlier this week, former Boggo Road Gaol prison officer Kevin, President of the Boggo Road Gaol Museum Inc., spoke with reporter Reece about the need for a permanent museum on site at the Gaol.

Also available to stream live across devices via the 9Now app

09/01/2024

Trent Dalton's award-winning book has been turned into a Netflix series, premiering this Thursday 11 January. It will deliver 1980s Brisbane to viewers world-wide.
The story features many iconic Brisbane locations - including Boggo Road Gaol (Jail). One of the significant characters is Slim Halliday, the notorious "lifer" and escape-artist - played by legendary Australian actor Bryan Brown.

It will be amazing to see one of Boggo Road's infamous inmates on screen. Several former officers and prisoners from the tours we operate at Boggo Road Gaol made it on camera too! Make sure to support this incredible local production and watch.

Jack Sim and the team at Boggo Road Gaol.