 On 14 Sep 1898 the prison was proclaimed a prison for females only.The gaol was closed in 1903 after the prisoners were transferred to Boggo Road Gaol and demolition commenced.Some of the hand-made bricks (using clay dug from pits in Queens Park) from the demolished structure were used to build the Boer Wall Memorial Gateway at the Margaret Street end of East Creek Park near the Mother's Memorial, after being held in storage, as the plaque thereon states.