Brisbane's Boggo Road Gaol: No. 2 Division & Remnant No. 1 Division (Dutton Park, Queensland)

            Boggo Road Gaol No 2 Division was opened in 1903 as the State Prison for Women at Boggo Road South Brisbane.

It was built adjacent to a male prison, which was established on the site in 1883. The male prison was later to become No 1 Division. The female prison was constructed in response to a 1887 Parliamentary Inquiry, which recommended that the "separate system" be introduced, that is a separate cell for each prisoner. The Inquiry also recommended that a female section be established within the Brisbane Gaol. Although in a diluted form, the design was based on ideas of prison planning and reform that were current in England in the nineteenth century.

The State Prison for Women, with 80 cells was designed by the Department of Public Works, during an era when it was producing a large number of high quality public buildings. The designer of the women's prison is not known, but likely J S Murdoch and T Pye supervised the design and construction respectively.

The complex remained a female prison until 1921, when Brisbane Prison reorganised and divided into three divisions. No 2 Division, the former women's prison, was used for the detention of long term prisoners transferred from St Helena. The female prison was relocated to a building on the southern end of the prison reserve. No 2 Division was extended to include an extensive workshop block on the eastern wall, and a tunnel was constructed, connecting this to the original men's prison, which became No 1 Division. The construction of the workshops enabled the former women's workshop to be converted to a cell block, in 1930.

In the mid 1970s No 2 Division became a maximum security prison, with No 1 Division mainly being used for lesser offenders, remand and holding cells. No 1 Division buildings were gradually demolished over a period of time, commencing in 1968. This included the demolition of all of the 1880s gaol and its replacement by a series of concrete wings which formed a large quadrangle. During the 1980s, No 2 Division became the centre of prisoner unrest, which included riots, hunger strikes and roof-top protests. In 1985-86 a Visitors Centre was built adjacent to the Gatehouse.

The final years of unrest precipitated the establishment of the Commission of Review into Corrective Services in Queensland. By this time the Brisbane Correctional Centre and in particular No 2 Division, with its poor conditions and lack of sanitation, were seen as symbols of all that was inadequate and deficient with the prisons system in Queensland. No 2 Division was decommissioned in January 1989 and No 1 Division closed in July 1992. Following the closure of No 1 Division all of the structures were demolished with the exception of some cells and an observation tower immediately adjacent to Division No 2.

Source: Queensland Heritage Register.

Taken on: January 1, 2021

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Camera: DJI FC2103, f/2.8, 1/40 sec, 4.5mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

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