Queensland State Archives

Colonial Secretary's Inwards Correspondence (S5253)

This is the main series of letters received by the Colonial Secretary's Office, and was started following separation from New South Wales in December 1859. The Colonial Secretary’s correspondence contains fascinating stories from the people living and working in the new state of Queensland, in...

• Colonial Secretary's Correspondence 1890
• Colonial Secretary's Correspondence 1859
• Colonial Secretary's Correspondence 1860
• Colonial Secretary's Correspondence 1861
• Colonial Secretary's Correspondence 1862
• Colonial Secretary's Correspondence 1889
• Colonial Secretary's Correspondence 1891
• Colonial Secretary's Correspondence 1894
• Colonial Secretary's Correspondence 1895

Description book (males) - HM Gaol, Brisbane (Boggo Road)

Following the closure of the Moreton Bay penal settlement in 1842, tenders were called in 1847 to convert the Female Factory in Queen Street to a gaol. On 14 December 1849, the altered building was proclaimed a prison known as the Gaol, Brisbane. A new gaol was built at Petrie Terrace in 1860...

First Nations Language Collection

There are over 150 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander language groups in Queensland. The Queensland State Archives Languages Project aims to support First Nations communities to record and revive traditional languages across the state. The project involves identifying, researching,...

Register of male prisoners admitted - HM Prison, Brisbane (Boggo Road)

Following the closure of the Moreton Bay penal settlement in 1842, tenders were called in 1847 to convert the Female Factory in Queen Street to a gaol. On 14 December 1849, the altered building was proclaimed a prison known as the Gaol, Brisbane. A new gaol was built at Petrie Terrace in 1860...

Registers of Male and Female Prisoners Admitted - HM Gaol, Charters Towers, later HM Prison, Charters Towers (S9125)

Queensland prisons kept records of prisoners' admissions, criminal history and physical descriptions, either separately or combined in the same register. This series consists of registers of male and female prisoners admitted to HM Gaol, Charters Towers and to HM Prison, Charters...