This is section 6B, a rare segregated area within the South Brisbane Cemetery. It was set aside for the burials of people hanged at H.M. Brisbane Prison, off Boggo Road, during 1883-1913. A segregated section was required simply because the public did not want executed prisoners to be interred next to the graves of their loved ones. This area had not been used before 1883 as it was quite swampy. 

A total of 42 people were buried here, with many of them receiving graveside burial services, meaning that much of the ground here is considered to be consecrated. The prisoners were usually hanged and interred on a Monday morning, and placed in a grave owned by the Queensland government.