Preview Mode Links will not work in preview mode

Boggo

Apr 24, 2019

Gold Coast bodybuilder Nathan Jones, at 207 centimeters and weighing 128 kilograms, was nicknamed “The Colossus of Boggo Road”.

Nathan was convicted in the Brisbane Supreme Court in April 1989 on five counts of attempted robbery and three of the unlawful use of a motor vehicle.

In prison, an upset Nathan is said to...


Apr 17, 2019

A century ago this month, one of the most violent political protests, indeed probably the first real protest of its kind - marched its way through the streets of Brisbane City. What would ensue over the coming days would change Brisbane forever. It would also see thirteen men locked up in Boggo Road Gaol for long...


Apr 10, 2019

In the 1950s conditions at Boggo Road Gaol were at fever pitch. The prison was horribly over-crowded, prisoners and officers were unhappy. There were riots, protests and regular violence.

Finally, late one night there was an escape attempt by notorious violent offenders. This attempt and one officers firm stance would...


Apr 3, 2019

Mafia activity has been known to exist in Australia’s southern states for decades. Many however would not know that in the 1920s and 1930s Queensland had its very own Mafia. Known as the Black Hand they were every bit as dangerous as their southern counterparts. This group of migrant Italian cane field workers was...