List of people legally executed in South Australia
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This is a list of people executed in South Australia. It lists people who were executed by British (and from 1901, Australian) authorities within the modern-day boundaries of South Australia. For people executed in other parts of Australia, see the sidebar.
1830s to 1850s
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- Michael Magee – 2 May 1838 – The first public execution in South Australia. A runaway convict, hanged from a tree on Montefiore Hill for shooting at Sheriff Smart with intent to kill.[1]
- Wang Nucha (Tommy Roundhead) – 31 May 1839 – Hanged in front of the government iron stores (very close to the site of Magee's hanging) for the murder of James Thompson on the Para River.[2]
- Yerr-i-Cha (George) – 31 May 1839 – Hanged for the murder of William Duffield in the Gilles Plains area.[2]
- George Hughes – 16 March 1840 – Hanged outside the Horse Police Barracks for theft and firing with murderous intent at the Para River.[3]
- Henry Curran – 16 March 1840 – Hanged outside the Horse Police Barracks for theft and firing with murderous intent at the Para River.[3]
- Mongarawata – 25 August 1840 – Hanged (by summary execution) by Major O'Halloran on the Coorong in retribution for the massacre of over fifteen passengers wrecked on the Maria.[4]
- Pilgarie (Moorcan-gac) – 25 August 1840 – Hanged (by summary execution) by Major O'Halloran on the Coorong in retribution for the massacre of fifteen passengers wrecked on the Maria.[4]
- Joseph Stagg – 18 November 1840 - Hanged for the murder of John Gofton near Torrens Island. The first public execution to be conducted outside Adelaide Gaol, with a crowd of roughly seven hundred in attendance.[5]
- Nultia - 7 April 1843 Hanged upon a scaffold symbolically erected outside Biddle’s ransacked hut, 20 miles from Port Lincoln for the murder of Rolles Biddle.[6]
- Ngarbi – 1 August 1843 – Hanged outside Adelaide Gaol for the murder of Elizabeth Stubbs at Port Lincoln.[7]
- Wera Maldera ('Peter') – 28 March 1845 – Hanged outside Adelaide Gaol for the murder of George McGrath at McGrath's Flat, on the Coorong.[2]
- Thomas Donnelly – 29 March 1847 – Hanged outside Adelaide Gaol for the murder of Kingberrie, an indigenous local, at Rivoli Bay.[8]
- Keelgulla – 9 November 1849 – Hanged at the scene of the crime for the murder of Captain James Beevor at Mount Drummond (near Port Lincoln).[2]
- Neulalta – 9 November 1849 – Hanged at the scene of the crime for the murder of Captain James Beevor at Mount Drummond (near Port Lincoln).[2]
- Pullurunya – 9 November 1849 – Hanged at the scene of the crime for the murder of Captain James Beevor at Mount Drummond (near Port Lincoln).[2]
- James Yates – 5 September 1850 – Hanged outside Adelaide Gaol for the murder of a shepherd named Jack Mansforth at Skillagolee Creek.[9]
- William Wright – 12 March 1853 – Hanged outside Adelaide Gaol for the murder of a man known as Robert Head, committed at East Wellington.[10]
- William Bell – 27 December 1854 – Hanged outside Adelaide Gaol for the murder of Theresa Wilhelmina Augusta Ulbrecht at Port Adelaide; this was the last public execution at Adelaide Gaol, with approximately three thousand onlookers.[11]
- Weenpulta – 14 January 1856 – Hanged at Franklin Harbour for the murder of Peter Brown.[12]
- Weellanna – 14 January 1856 – Hanged at Franklin Harbour for the murder of Peter Brown.[12]
- Yardulunulkarna – 14 January 1856 – Hanged at Franklin Harbour for the murder of Peter Brown.[12]
- Eelanna – 14 January 1856 – Hanged at Franklin Harbour for the murder of Peter Brown.[12]
1860s to 1890s
- Manyetta – 5 October 1860 – Hanged at Streaky Bay for the murder of John Jones, a shepherd at 'Mount Joy' station near Mount Wedge.[2]
- Pilti Miltinda (Bobby) – 7 June 1861 – Hanged at Adelaide Gaol for the murder of Mary Ann Rainberd (or Reinbert) and her two children near Kapunda.[13]
- Tankaworty (Alick or Jimmy) – 7 June 1861 – Hanged at Adelaide Gaol for the murder of Mary Ann Rainberd and her two children near Kapunda.[13]
- Warretya (Kop Robert) – 7 June 1861 – Hanged at Adelaide Gaol for the murder of Mary Ann Rainberd and her two children near Kapunda.[13]
- Warretya (Gogeye Jimmy) – 7 June 1861 – Hanged at Adelaide Gaol for the murder of Mary Ann Rainberd and her two children near Kapunda.[13]
- Nilgerie – 7 September 1861 – Hanged near the scene of the crime at Fowler's Bay for the murder of Theodore Gustavus Berggoist.[14]
- Tilcherie – 7 September 1861 – Hanged near the scene of the crime at Fowler's Bay for the murder of Theodore Gustavus Berggoist.[14]
- Mangiltie ('Jemmy') – 14 September 1861 – Hanged at Chiriroo (near Venus Bay) for the murder of Margaret Ann Impett at Mount Wedge.[14][15]
- Karabidne ('Willy') – 14 September 1861 – Hanged at Chiriroo (near Venus Bay) for the murder of Margaret Ann Impett at Mount Wedge.[14][15]
- John Seaver – 11 March 1862 – Hanged at Adelaide Gaol for the murder of Police Inspector Richard Pettinger at a ball at Government House, Adelaide.[16]
- Meengulta (alias Maynulte, alias Uringi) – September 1862 – Hanged at Venus Bay for the murder of a hutkeeper, William Walker, at Kongarie (near Mount Wedge).[17][2]
- Malachi Martin – 24 December 1862 – Hanged at Adelaide Gaol for the murder of Jane Macmanamin at Salt Creek.[18]
- Carl Jung – 10 November 1871 – Hanged at Mount Gambier for the murder of Assistant Bailiff Thomas Garraway at Deep Gully, near Mount Gambier.[19]
- Elizabeth Woolcock – 30 December 1873 – Hanged at Adelaide Gaol for the murder of Thomas Woolcock at North Yelta (the only woman executed in South Australia).[20]
- William Ridgeway – 1 January 1874 – Hanged at Adelaide Gaol for the murder of Frederick Burt at 'Coonatto' station.[21]
- William Page – 27 October 1875 – Hanged at Mount Gambier for the murder of Mary Julia Buchan.[22]
- Charles Streitman - 24 July 1877 - Hanged at Adelaide Gaol for the murder of Robert Woodhead at Wallaroo.[23]
- Hugh Fagan (alias James Lynch) - 15 April 1878 - Hanged at Adelaide Gaol for the murder of Patrick Bannon at Saltire.[24]
- Jonathan Prest - 16 July 1878 - Hanged at Adelaide Gaol for the murder of his wife Mary Prest near Port Adelaide.[25]
- Robert Johnson (alias William Nugent) – 18 November 1881 – Hanged at Mount Gambier for the murder of Trooper Harry Pearce.[26]
- William Burns – 18 January 1883 – Hanged at Adelaide Gaol for the murder of Henry Loton on the high seas, off the Cape Verde Islands. "While waiting his doom, he formed an attachment to a young sparrow, which he tamed perfectly. He was greatly affected by the sight of the bird flitting about the scaffold while the preparations for his execution were in progress".[27]
- Mah Poo (alias Charlie Bow) – 10 November 1883 – Hanged at Adelaide Gaol for the murder of Tommy Ah Fook in Hindley Street.[28]
- William Brown (alias Allen, alias Lane)– 24 August 1894 – Hanged at Adelaide Gaol for the murder of George Morowsky at Waukaringa.[29]
- George Lynch – 6 November 1895 – Hanged at Adelaide Gaol for the murder of Donald Ross at Balaklava.[30]
- Joshua Beard – 10 July 1897 – Hanged at Adelaide Gaol for the murder of Walter Hall at Streaky Bay.[31]
1900s to 1960s
- Lollie Kaser Singh – 17 January 1900 – Hanged at Adelaide Gaol for the murder of Sunda Singh at Denial Bay.[32]
- Thomas Horton – 12 May 1904 - Hanged at Adelaide Gaol for the murder of his wife Florence in Rundle Street.[33]
- Albert Bonfield – 5 January 1905 – Hanged at Adelaide Gaol for the murder of Caroline Hinds at Kensington Gardens.[34]
- Notalle Habibulla – 16 November 1906 – Hanged at Adelaide Gaol for the murder of his wife Edith in Bristol Street, Adelaide.[35]
- James Albert (Joe) Coleman – 2 July 1908 – Hanged at Adelaide Gaol for the murder of Constable Albert Ring at Glenelg.[36]
- John Robins – 16 March 1910 – Hanged at Adelaide Gaol for the murder of Robert Ownsworth in Moonta-street, Adelaide.[37]
- Hadji Khan – 5 April 1910 – Hanged at Adelaide Gaol for the murder of Said Mahommed at Frome Creek.[38]
- Carlos Augusto Bonello – 5 May 1910 – Hanged at Adelaide Gaol for the murder of Emma Norma Plush at Siegersdorf (near Nuriootpa).[39]
- Percival William Budd – 24 April 1919 – Hanged at Adelaide Gaol for the murder of Harold Jacques at Crystal Brook.[40]
- Alexander Newland Lee – 15 July 1920 – Hanged at Adelaide Gaol for the murder of his wife and three children at Rhynie; Lee was the nephew of Martha Needle.[41]
- William Henry Francis – 22 November 1927 – Hanged at Adelaide Gaol for the murder of his wife Myra at Rosaville, Mount Gambier.[42]
- William Ephraim Haines – 16 December 1927 – Hanged at Adelaide Gaol for the murder of Devina Schmidt at Bridgewater.[43]
- Frederick Carr – 12 November 1929 – Hanged at Adelaide Gaol for the murder of his wife Maude at Birkenhead.[44]
- Thomas Blyth – 9 January 1930 – Hanged at Adelaide Gaol for the murder of his wife Sarah at Unley.[45]
- Harold James Box – 26 April 1944 – Hanged at Adelaide Gaol for the murder of Albert Edmund (Lance) Brown at Gawler Place, Adelaide.[46]
- Charles Patrick O'Leary – 14 November 1946 – Hanged at Adelaide Gaol for the murder of Walter 'Spoggy' Ballard at Nangwarry, near Penola.[47]
- Alfred Coates Griffin – 22 March 1950 – Hanged at Adelaide Gaol for the murder of Elsie Wheeler at a Hutt Street boarding house.[48]
- John Balaban – 26 August 1953 – Confessed to murdering five people, including his wife, her son and mother; hanged at Adelaide Gaol for the murder of Zora Kusic at Torrensville.[49]
- William Henry Feast – 23 March 1956 – Hanged at Adelaide Gaol for the murder of Eunice Gwynne at Wingfield.[50]
- Raymond John Bailey – 24 June 1958 – Convicted for the Sundown Murders; hanged at Adelaide Gaol for the murder of Thyra Bowman.[51]
- Glen Sabre Valance – 24 November 1964 – Hanged at Adelaide Gaol for the murder of Richard Stang at 'Kooroon' Station. Last person to be executed in South Australia.[52]
References
- ^ The Execution of Magee, South Australian Gazette and Colonial Register (Adelaide), 19 May 1838, page 8.
- ^ a b c d e f g h The Death Penalty in South Australia, The Express and Telegraph (Adelaide), 24 August 1894, page 2.
- ^ a b Execution, Adelaide Chronicle and South Australian Advertiser, 17 March 1840, page 2.
- ^ a b Major O'Halloran's Instructions and Execution of two Natives at Encounter Bay, South Australian (Adelaide), 15 September 1840, page 3.
- ^ Execution of Joseph Stagg for the Wilful Murder of John Gofton, South Australian (Adelaide), 24 November 1840, page 3.
- ^ Local News, "Southern Australian" (Adelaide, SA : 1838 - 1844), Tuesday 18 April 1843, page 2.
- ^ Local Intelligence, Adelaide Observer, 5 August 1843, page 5.
- ^ Local News, South Australian (Adelaide), 30 March 1847, page 5.
- ^ Execution of James Yates, Adelaide Times, 6 September 1850, page 3.
- ^ Execution of William Wright for Murder, Adelaide Observer, 19 March 1853, page 3.
- ^ The Execution of Bell, Adelaide Times, 28 December 1854, page 2.
- ^ a b c d Execution of the Blacks at Franklin Harbour, South Australian Register (Adelaide), 21 January 1856, page 4.
- ^ a b c d The Aborigines, South Australian Register (Adelaide), 26 March 1861, page 4.
- ^ a b c d The Execution of the Condemned Natives at Fowler's Bay, South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide), 20 September 1861, page 3.
- ^ a b The Murder of Mrs. Impett, South Australian Weekly Chronicle (Adelaide), 12 October 1861, page 2.
- ^ The Execution of John Seaver, for Murder, Adelaide Observer, 15 March 1862, page 4.
- ^ We understand the Sheriff..., South Australian Weekly Chronicle (Adelaide), 6 September 1862, page 1.
- ^ Execution of Malachi Martin, South Australian Weekly Chronicle (Adelaide), 27 December 1862, page 7.
- ^ Execution of Carl Jung, the Murderer, Border Watch (Mount Gambier), 11 November 1871, page 2.
- ^ Execution of Elizabeth Woolcock, South Australian Chronicle and Weekly Mail (Adelaide), 3 January 1874, page 11.
- ^ Execution of Ridgeway, Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney), 17 January 1874, page 34.
- ^ Execution and Confession of William Page, Adelaide Observer, 30 October 1875, page 12.
- ^ Execution of Charles Streitman, Evening Journal (Adelaide), 24 July 1877, page 2.
- ^ The Execution of Hugh Fagan, South Australian Chronicle and Weekly Mail (Adelaide), 20 April 1878, page 8.
- ^ The Execution of Jonathan Prest, Adelaide Observer, 20 July 1878, page 12.
- ^ The Execution of Johnson, Border Watch (Mount Gambier), 19 November 1881, page 2.
- ^ The Douglas Murder: Execution of William Burns, South Australian Register (Adelaide), 19 January 1883, page 6.
- ^ Execution of Mah Poo, Evening Journal (Adelaide), 10 November 1883, page 2.
- ^ Lovely Gully Murder: Execution of the Murderer, The Area's Express (Booyoolee, SA), 24 August 1894, page 3.
- ^ Execution of Lynch, The Express and Telegraph (Adelaide), 6 November 1895, page 2.
- ^ Execution of Joshua Beard, Evening Journal (Adelaide), 10 July 1897, page 4.
- ^ The Denial Bay Murder, Chronicle (Adelaide), 20 January 1900, page 18.
- ^ Execution of Horton, The Register (Adelaide), 13 May 1904, page 4.
- ^ The Kensington Murder, Observer (Adelaide), 7 January 1905, page 39.
- ^ Habibulla Executed, Observer (Adelaide), 24 November 1906, page 42.
- ^ Execution of Coleman, The Advertiser (Adelaide), 3 July 1908, page 7.
- ^ Moonta-street Murder, The Express and Telegraph (Adelaide), 16 March 1910, page 1.
- ^ Execution of Hadji Khan, Chronicle (Adelaide), 9 April 1910, page 46.
- ^ The Nuriootpa Murder, The Advertiser (Adelaide), 6 May 1910, page 7.
- ^ The Execution of Budd, The Advertiser (Adelaide), 25 April 1919, page 7.
- ^ Lee Hanged, The Register (Adelaide), 16 July 1920, page 6.
- ^ South-East Murder: Execution of Francis, The Register (Adelaide), 23 November 1927, page 9.
- ^ The Penalty Paid: William Haines Hanged, Recorder (Port Pirie), 17 December 1927, page 1.
- ^ Frederick Carr Hanged, Chronicle (Adelaide), 14 November 1929, page 48.
- ^ Blyth Hanged, The Advertiser (Adelaide), 10 January 1930, page 19.
- ^ Execution of Box, The Advertiser (Adelaide), 27 April 1944, page 5.
- ^ Murderer Meets Death Calmly, The Advertiser (Adelaide), 15 November 1946, page 1.
- ^ Griffin Hanged, News (Adelaide), 22 March 1950, page 1.
- ^ Balaban Hanged, News (Adelaide), 26 August 1953, page 1.
- ^ Swamp Killer Gets Death, The Argus (Melbourne), 25 February 1956, page 7.
- ^ Bailey Hanged for Murder of Mrs. Bowman, Canberra Times, 25 June 1958, page 12.
- ^ Murderer Hanged in Gaol, Canberra Times, 25 November 1964, page 8.
Further reading
- Heaton, J.H. Australian Dictionary of Dates and Men of the Time, S.W. Silver & Son, London, 1879. Part 2, pages 90–94.