GO TO JAIL
Discover the 119 year history of Boggo Road, the crimes
and daily life of prisoners, officer’s duties, riots, and rooftop protests. See the cell of legendary “Slim” Halliday
- “The Houdini of Boggo Road”. Suitable for all ages.
Boggo Road Jail - 21 Boggo Road, Dutton Park.
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 4102.
1 hour 15 min duration - includes time to explore cellblocks.
7
DAYS - 11.00am
excluding public holidays.
Group tours (min 10) are available any day / time of your choosing.
Prices
Adult Adult Concession
Pension / Seniors / Uni Students
Teens
12-17 years
Child
5-11 years
Child Under 5
Family 2 Adults, up to 4 children Single Family 1 Adult, up to 3 children Details subject to change without notice. Prices valid until 31 December 2017.
JAIl TOURS - 7 DAYS
HistorY tour
$25.00
$20.00
$17.50
$12.50
FREE
$50.00
$45.00
BOOK AT JAIL SHOP or ONLINE www.boggoroadgaol.com
(07) 3844 0059 / 0411 111 903
PUBLIC TRANSPORT
TRAIN - travel from City to Park Road Train Station via Gold
Coast, Beenleigh or Cleveland lines.
BUS - travel to Boggo Road Bus Station.
Visit www.translink.com.au or call 13 12 30.
PARKING - CAR / COACH
Limited parking is available for vehicles at front of Jail and at
rear of Dutton Park State School.
Coach set down and drop off can be arranged.
DISABLED ACCESS
Disabled ramps allow access for wheelchairs, walking frames
and mobility assistance devices.
JAIL SHOP
Ghost tour
Tour tickets, gifts, magnets, stubby coolers, books and t-shirts
can be purchased at the Boggo Road Jail Shop or online.
Hear tales of Boggo Road’s gruesome gallows, and ghost
stories from warders and inmates dating back to the 1930s.
2 hour duration - includes time to explore two cellblocks
+ Ghosts of Boggo Road Gaol signed by author Jack Sim.
Suitable for ages 10 and over.
Also SOUTH BRISBANE CEMETERY GHOST TOUR
SATURDAY NIGHTS - 7.30pm
WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY, SUNDAY NIGHT - 7.30pm
excluding some public holidays.
Group tours (min 10) are available any day / time of your choosing.
Prices
Adult Adult Concession
Pension / Seniors / Students
Teen/CHILD
10-17 years
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0401 666 441
$45.00
$40.00
$30.00
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EX-INMATE tour
JAIL HIRE / events
Hear what life was like behind the bars of Boggo, from a
former prisoner - an insight into crime, justice and injustice.
Boggo Road Jail is one of Brisbane’s most unique event
venues. The Jail is suited to events from 20 to 200 guests.
Larger events can be accommodated. The Jail is popular for:
There were many infamous inmates
including the “Houdini of Boggo
Road” escapologist and jail-breaker
“Slim” Halliday and the Whiskey
Au Go Go nightclub fire-bombers
James Richard Finch and John
Andrew Stuart.
Forty-two prisoners were executed
by hanging - the last in 1913. His
ghost and many more were said to
haunt the prison.
In the 1980s Boggo Road was the scene of dramatic escapes,
riots, hunger-strikes and roof-top protests which led to the
prisons official closure 25 years ago in July 1992.
Heritage-listed No. 2 Division - the remaining section
of Boggo Road - is as it was when it closed. It is part of
the new Boggo Road Urban Village redevelopment.
Since 2012 Boggo Road Gaol Pty Ltd has conducted
guided tours, events and experiences at the historic site.
• Corporate Functions / Networking
• Award Nights / Product Launches
• Conferences / Meetings
• Film / Photography Hire
• Birthday Parties
• Weddings
• Christmas Functions
• New Years Parties
Jail Packages - including meals - start from $59.95pp.
Boggo Road Jail is a licensed event venue. Our fully staffed
and licensed on-site bar supplies a wide variety of beer,
wine and spirits - at very reasonable prices. Cash bar or onconsumption bar is available.
Download PDF - www.boggoroadgaol.com/events-hire
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Group tours (min 10) are available any day / time of your choosing.
Prices
Adult Adult Concession
Pension / Seniors / Students
Teens
15-17 years
$25.00
$20.00
$17.50
BOOK AT JAIL SHOP or ONLINE www.boggoroadgaol.com
(07) 3844 0059 / 0411 111 903
ESCAPES tour
BOOK YOUR EVENT
0478 191 901 / [email protected]
re-enactments - with the prison PLayers
Learn of the jail-breakers who breached the escape-proof
walls of No.2 Division. See where escapologist “Slim”
Halliday - “The Houdini of Boggo Road” escaped in 1940.
Visit his cell designed to keep him locked up! PG rated.
Boggo Road Jail is a “must do” Brisbane experience.
STRONG IMAGERY & LANGUAGE
Cells and walls are covered in authentic 1980s prison graffiti,
including swearing, racist and obscene language and
imagery. Adult guidance is recommended for children.
1st
& 3rd SUNDAY EACH MONTH - 11.30am
excluding public holidays.
1 hour 15 min duration - includes time to explore a cellblock.
The Prison Players bring “Boggo” to “life” with entertaining,
dramatic re-enactments on special historic anniversaries
and at events by arrangement. Tour + Re-enactments are
available for schools / group tours / jail hire.
GROUP TOURS / SCHOOL TOURS
SPECIAL EVENTS / PRISON MOVIE NIGHTS
Group tours (min 10) are available any day / time.
Special tours tailored for your group are available. Popular
with seniors, schools, universities & social groups. Learn
about Australian history, crime, punishment, law and order.
Enjoy a tour and some of the greatest prison movies of
all time including “Shawshank Redemption” & “The Great
Escape” surrounded by the barbed wire and bars of Boggo
Road.
BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL [email protected]
(07) 3844 0059 / 0411 111 903
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2nd
SUNDAY EACH MONTH - 11.30am
excluding public holidays.
Group tours (min 10) are available any day / time of your choosing.
Prices
Adult Adult Concession
Pension / Seniors / Students
Teens
12-17 years
Child
5-11 years
Child Under 5
Family 2 Adults, up to 4 children Single Family 1 Adult, up to 3 children $25.00
$20.00
$17.50
$12.50
FREE
$50.00
$45.00
BOOK AT JAIL SHOP or ONLINE www.boggoroadgaol.com
(07) 3844 0059 / 0411 111 903
Details subject to change without notice. Prices valid until 31 December 2017.
Boggo Road Jail was Australia’s most notorious prison.
Over 119 years of operation, thousands of men and women
served time behind its red-brick walls.
1 hour 15 min duration - includes time to explore a cellblock.
Not suitable for children under 15 years.