Books

I have written numerous booklets and books specifically designed for purchase at Public History events. Subjects include histories of prisons, capital punishment, suburban Brisbane, and cemeteries. You can contact me regarding current availability of these titles.

A Pit of Shame: The executed prisoners of Boggo Road, Brisbane, Boggo Books, 2005, 2012.

The Houdini of Boggo Road: The Life & Escapades of Slim Halliday, Brisbane, Boggo Books, 2005.

Escaping Boggo Road, Brisbane, Inside History, 2005.  

Life and Death in the old Petrie Terrace Gaol: Prisoners of Toowong Cemetery 1876-82, Brisbane, Boggo Books, 2006.

Absolute Fairyland: Heady Days in Dutton Park, Brisbane, Boggo Books, 2006. 

The Illustrated Boggo Road Dictionary of Prison Language, Slang, & Flash, Brisbane, Boggo Books, 2005.

Dirty Dozen: Hanging & the Moreton Bay Convicts, Brisbane, Boggo Books, 2007.

The One & Only Boggo Road: The history of a unique suburban street, Brisbane, Boggo Books, 2005.

Rock of Ages: South Brisbane Cemetery Symbolism, (with T Olivieri) Brisbane, Boggo Books, 2008.

Intemperance & the Train of Evils: Life on the wrong side of the tracks in colonial Brisbane, Brisbane, Boggo Books, 2008.

The Hanging at the Brisbane Windmill, Brisbane, Boggo Books, 2009.

Brisbane Beginnings #1: Dutton Park, (with T Olivieri) Brisbane, Boggo Books, 2009.

Shovelnose: Tales of the Brisbane River sharks, Brisbane, Inside History, 2009.

That Gingerbread Structure: The Queen Street Gaol, Brisbane, Boggo Books, 2010.

No Ordinary Run of Men: The Queensland executioners, Brisbane, Boggo Books, 2010.

Brisbane Beginnings #2: Fairfield, (with T Olivieri) Brisbane, Boggo Books, 2010.

Shivs, Bongs & Boob Guns: Made in a Queensland prison cell, Brisbane, Boggo Books, 2010.

Swinging in the Sixties: Hanging around colonial Queensland, Brisbane, Boggo Books, 2011.

In Heavenly Garb: The headstones of Ipswich General Cemetery, (with T Olivieri), Brisbane, Boggo Books, 2012. Winner of the 2012 ‘Viva Cribb Bursary Award’.

Two Division: Boggo Road’s Last Prison, Brisbane, Boggo Books, 2020.