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Boggo Road

Boggo Road

Australia's Most Brutal Prison from number 1 bestselling true crime writer

by James Phelps
Paperback
Publication Date: 25/11/2025

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Australia's Most Brutal Prison

Step inside the walls of Boggo Road, Australia's most brutal jail, as inmates and guards reveal the chilling truth of life behind bars. In this gripping new book in James Phelps's bestselling prison series, he uncovers the untold history of Brisbane's infamous jail and the worst - and most colourful - criminals it contained.

From daring escape attempts to jailhouse bashings, this is the unputdownable account of over a century of darkness, violence and survival within the walls of one of Australia's most terrifying prisons.

Closed in 1989, for 106 years HM Prison Brisbane - better known as Boggo Road - housed infamous figures like the Whiskey Au-Go-Go Bombers; escape artist Arthur 'Slim' Halliday; and Ernest Austin - the last man hanged at Boggo Road.

But their stories are only the beginning.

ISBN:
9781460767672
9781460767672
Category:
Prisons
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
25-11-2025
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
Country of origin:
Australia
Pages:
320
James Phelps

James Phelps is an award-winning senior reporter for the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph in Sydney. He began as on overnight police rounds reporter before moving into sport, where he became one of Australia's best news-breaking rugby league reporters.

James became News Corp Australia's Chief National Motorsports Writer and travelled the world, chasing F1 stories as well as becoming Australia's number one V8 Supercar reporter. James is also a senior feature writer for the Sunday Telegraph.

Following the bestselling Dick Johnson: The Autobiography of a True-Blue Aussie Sporting Legend, James returned to his roots to delve into the criminal underworld with a series of crime books: Australia's Hardest Prison: Inside the Walls of Long Bay Jail; Australia's Most Murderous Prison; and Australia's Toughest Prisons: Inmates. James is a twice V8 Supercar media award winner and a former News Awards 'Young Journalist of the Year' and 'Sport Reporter of the Year'.

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