List of people legally executed on Norfolk Island
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This is a list of people executed on Norfolk Island. It lists people who were executed by British (and from 1901, Australian) authorities within the modern-day boundaries of Norfolk Island. For people executed in other parts of Australia, see the sidebar.
Norfolk Island served as a penal colony 1788-1814, and again 1824-1856. It was mostly during this second period that people were executed on the island, including 12 on the same day for their involvement in the Cooking Pot Uprising.
1800s
- Peter McLean – 14 December 1800 – Irish convict and political prisoner, hanged without trial for conspiracy to mutiny.[1]
- John Houlahan – 14 December 1800 – Irish convict and political prisoner, hanged without trial for conspiracy to mutiny.[1]
1830s
- John McDonald - 13 April 1832 - Hanged for the attempted murder of fellow-convict Thomas Smith.[2]
- Thomas Reilly (or Riley) - 23 September 1833 - Hanged for the murder of fellow-convict Edward Doolan.[3]
- Matthew Connor - 23 September 1833 - Hanged for the attempted murder of constable Patrick Sullivan.[3]
- James Reynolds - 23 September 1833 - Hanged for the attempted murder of constable Patrick Sullivan.[3]
- Robert Douglas - 22 September 1834 - Hanged for mutiny.[4][5]
- Henry Drummond - 22 September 1834 - Hanged for mutiny.[4][5]
- James Bell - 22 September 1834 - Hanged for mutiny.[4][5]
- Joseph Butler - 22 September 1834 - Hanged for mutiny.[4][5]
- Robert Glennie - 22 September 1834 - Hanged for mutiny.[4][5]
- Walter Burke - 22 September 1834 - Hanged for mutiny.[4][5]
- Joseph Snell - 22 September 1834 - Hanged for mutiny.[4][5]
- William McCulloch - 23 September 1834 - Hanged for mutiny.[4][5]
- Michael Andrews - 23 September 1834 - Hanged for mutiny.[4][5]
- William Groves - 23 September 1834 - Hanged for mutiny.[4][5]
- Thomas Freshwater - 23 September 1834 - Hanged for mutiny.[4][5]
- Henry Knowles - 23 September 1834 - Hanged for mutiny.[4][5]
- Robert Ryan - 23 September 1834 - Hanged for mutiny.[4][5]
- James Burrows - 26 December 1835 - Hanged for the murder of fellow-convict John Dursley.[6][7]
- George Thompson - 26 December 1835 - Hanged for the attempted murder of fellow-convict John Fell at Longridge.[7]
1840s
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- James Cairns – 13 October 1846 - Hanged for his involvement in the 'Cooking Pot Uprising'.[8][9]
- Owen Commuskey – 13 October 1846 - Hanged for his involvement in the 'Cooking Pot Uprising'.[8]
- John Davies (or Davis) – 13 October 1846 - Hanged for his involvement in the 'Cooking Pot Uprising'.[8]
- Lawrence Kavenagh – 13 October 1846 - Hanged for his involvement in the 'Cooking Pot Uprising'.[8]
- Samuel Kenyon – 13 October 1846 - Hanged for his involvement in the 'Cooking Pot Uprising'.[8]
- Edward McGinniss – 13 October 1846 - Hanged for his involvement in the 'Cooking Pot Uprising'.[8]
- William Pearson – 13 October 1846 - Hanged for his involvement in the 'Cooking Pot Uprising'.[8]
- Dennis Pendergast – 13 October 1846 - Hanged for his involvement in the 'Cooking Pot Uprising'.[8]
- William Pickthorne – 13 October 1846 - Hanged for his involvement in the 'Cooking Pot Uprising'.[8]
- William Scrimshaw – 13 October 1846 - Hanged for his involvement in the 'Cooking Pot Uprising'.[8]
- William Westwood ('Jackey Jackey') - 13 October 1846 - Hanged for mutiny and the murder of convict constables John Morris, John Dinon, Thomas Saxton and police runner Stephen Smith, on 1 July 1846, known as the 'Cooking Pot Uprising'.[8]
- Henry Whiting – 13 October 1846 - Hanged for his involvement in the 'Cooking Pot Uprising'.[8]
- William Brown ('Doggie') - 19 October 1846 - Hanged for his involvement in the 'Cooking Pot Uprising'.[10]
- John Liddall - 3 November 1846 - Hanged for murder of Henry Clarke.
- Bernard Macartney - 3 November 1846 - Hanged for murder of Henry Clarke.
References
- ^ a b Whitaker, Anne-Maree (1994). Unfinished Revolution: United Irishmen in New South Wales, 1800–1810. Sydney: Crossing Press. pp. 57–58. ISBN 9780646179513. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
- ^ Awful State of Norfolk Island and Moreton Bay, Sydney Monitor, 22 February 1832, page 2.
- ^ a b c Norfolk Island, Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, 29 October 1833, page 2.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Ray & Richard Beckett (1980), Hangman: The Life and Times of Alexander Green, Public Executioner to the Colony of New South Wales, West Melbourne: Nelson, ISBN 0170052613, pages 108-110.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Ship News, Sydney Herald, 16 October 1834, page 3.
- ^ Domestic and Miscellaneous Intelligence, The Australian (Sydney), 9 October 1835, page 3.
- ^ a b Norfolk Island Commission Court, Sydney Monitor, 20 January 1836, page 2.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Norfolk Island – The Executions". The Australian. Sydney, NSW. 28 November 1846. p. 3. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
- ^ "Murder at Norfolk Island". Colonial Times. Hobart, Tas. 25 August 1846. p. 3. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
- ^ Chapter of Old Times No. 3, written by ‘Flying Fish’, Launceston Examiner, 7 July 1888, page 3.
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.