Read about the bizarre methods of execution proposed by 19th-century Queenslanders.
Tag Archives: Capital punishment
When Steele Rudd Met the Kenniff Brothers at Boggo Road
Author Steele Rudd had the unenviable task of informing the Kenniff brothers about the mixed outcome of their appeal against their death penalties.
The Moon Man, the Headless Murderer, and Me
The extraordinary story of a Russian scientist visiting Queensland and what he did with the heads of four executed prisoners in Brisbane.
The Hempen Halter: Criticising the Boggo Road Gallows
Some very resounding criticism of the Boggo Road gallows (and superintendent Vivian Williams) from a Brisbane tabloid newspaper of 1903.
The Number’s Up for Malaita Men on the Boggo Road Gallows
Why were Malaita Islanders the single largest national demographic of executed prisoners at Boggo Road, Brisbane, from 1883-1913?
The Gallows of the Old Windmill Tower
Two Aboriginal men were hanged at the Brisbane windmill in 1841. I look at the unresolved question of exactly what type of gallows was used that day.
Christopher Dawson 