Boggo Books

'In 1841 two Aboriginal men were sentenced to death for a vicious murder that they may not have committed. They were hanged from a makeshift gallows on the windmill, the most prominent landmark in the convict settlement of Brisbane. This is the story of a flawed legal system determined to drive home the terror of a new law to local Aborigines, and the people caught up in a bloody rush to justice.' This book is an update of the 'Hanging at Brisbane Windmill' publication from Inside History (2009). Christopher Dawson (2020) 44 pages, with illustrations and full endnotes RRP: $6.00 ISBN: 978-0-9807402-8-8

This title is currently out of stock A primary-aged children's educational book that answers such questions as, What can headstones tell you about people? What do all those decorations on the headstones mean? How did people try to avoid being buried alive? Why do we have cemeteries anyway? Children will become cemetery experts with Graveyard Explorer . This book is an update of the 'Graveyard Explorer' publication from Inside History (2012). Christopher Dawson (2020) 44 pages, with colour illustrations and full endnotes RRP: $5.00 ISBN: 978-0-6489303-1-0

Mutineers, murderers, sheep-stealers and runaways. These are the stories of the twelve Moreton Bay convicts who were hanged in the 1820s and 1830s. Find out about the teenage pickpocket sentenced to death three times and the acrobat who became the most notorious of all New South Wales hangmen. And was convict life really so bad that men committed murder just for the 'escape' of being hanged? This book is an update of the 'Dirty Dozen' publication from Inside History (2007). Christopher Dawson (2020) 48 pages with illustrations, endnotes and bibliography RRP: $6.00 ISBN: 978-0-9873669-2-4

‘Two Division’ contains the last surviving cellblocks of the larger Boggo Road prison complex that operated in Brisbane for over a century. After starting life in 1903 as a state-of-the-art prison for women, Two Division went on become one of the most notorious male prisons in Australian history before its enforced closure in 1989. This publication provides a concise, information-packed history of this prison and its people, highlighting the unique qualities that make it such an important historical site.' This book is an expanded update of the 'Last Prison Standing' publication from Inside History (2005). Christopher Dawson (2020) 64 pages, with illustrations and full endnotes RRP: $8.00 ISBN: 978-0-9873669-4-8

This title is currently out of stock. (Inside History edition) During the 19th century the people of Brisbane and Ipswich used the Brisbane and Bremer rivers for swimming, bathing, washing and transport. In the summer months the river was also home to dangerous bull sharks, at the time known as 'shovel-nose sharks'. This book looks back at the interaction between sharks and people that led to several horrific attacks and four tragic deaths. You (and your dog) might never go for a summer dip in the river again! Christopher Dawson (second edition, 2013) 58 pages, with illustrations and full endnotes RRP $8.00 ISBN: 978-0-9807402-0-2 Shark attack at Petrie's Bight. ( Illustrated Australian News, 18 December 1880)

Available soon Annerley Road grew from an 1850s bullock track to become a unique road with a unique name. Learn about when Indigenous people camped in a rich environment; the development of the 'One-Mile Swamp' and 'Boggo'; and the near-disappearance of the name 'Boggo'. By that time the road was home to a cemetery, a prison, and a 19th century legacy that survives to this day. This book is an update of the 'One and Only Boggo Road' publication from Inside History (2008). Christopher Dawson (2008) 76 pages, with illustrations and endnotes RRP $8.00