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Women executed by hanging in Australia

A calculation of executions in Australia between 1820 and 1984 (complete national abolition), was 1646.

​The list below represents the women who were hanged between 1789 and 1951. 

Nineteen in all.

​Click on their names to find out more...

NAME
Anne Davis 
​Elizabeth Jones
​Mary Grady
Elizabeth Anderson
Ellen Monks
Louisa Collins
Ellen Thompson
Elizabeth Woolcock
Mary McLauchlan
Eliza Benwell
Margaret Coghlan
Elizabeth Scott
Frances Knorr
Martha Needle
Emma Williams
Jean Lee
Bridget Hurford
Margaret Cody
Martha Rendell​
CRIME
Stealing
Murder
Stealing
Murder
Murder
Murder
Murder
Murder
Murder
Aiding & Abetting Murder
Murder
Murder
Murder
Murder
Murder
Murder
Murder
Murder
​Murder
EXECUTION
23 November 1789
​16 July 1799
​18 June 1808
19 July 1816
8 May 1860
​22 January 1889
​13 June 1887
30 December 1873
19 April 1830
30 September 1845
​18 February 1862
​11 November 1863
15 January 1894
22 October 1894
4 November 1895
19 February 1951
15 October 1855
15 July 1871
6 October 1909​
STATE
NSW
​NSW
​NSW
NSW
NSW
​NSW
​QLD
SA
TAS
TAS
TAS
VIC
VIC
VIC
VIC
​VIC
WA
WA
WA​

References:
​https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_legally_executed_in_Australia
http://www.convictrecords.com.au/convicts/davis/ann/63807
​http://www.historyaustralia.org.au/twconvic/tiki-index_p.php?page=Neptune+1790+List+6
​http://mv.ancestry.com.au/viewer/6c36294d-8474-48af-9660-2bdde624ac7e/27825934/26094387348
​http://www.law.mq.edu.au/research/colonial_case_law/nsw/cases/case_index/1789/r_v_davis/
http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/207409688
​​http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/6428
​http://www.mq.edu.au/macquarie-archive/lema/1816/1816july.html
http://www.law.mq.edu.au/research/colonial_case_law/nsw/cases/case_index/1816/r_v_anderson/
​​http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/85902980
http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/13033267
​​https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisa_Collins
​http://www.smh.com.au/good-weekend/last-woman-hanged-in-nsw-but-was-louisa-collins-innocent-20141016-117300.html
​​http://dictionaryofsydney.org/item/54510
http://www.southaustralianhistory.com.au/woolcock.htm
http://adelaidia.sa.gov.au/people/elizabeth-woolcock
http://www.law.mq.edu.au/research/colonial_case_law/tas/cases/case_index/1830/r_v_mclauchlan/
​http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/UTasLawRw/2014/5.html#fnB271
​http://www.cv.vic.gov.au/stories/a-diverse-state/felon-families/emma-williams/
​http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/219351334
​http://blog.wabisabigreen.com/hp_wordpress/?p=3726
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Lee_(murderer)
http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/48632563
​http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/bad-executions-when-the-death-penalty-doesnt-bring-swift-justice/news-story/ca3c2a859079d1bf59ae943fe9a8920d
​http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/33295351
http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/4331415
​​https://www.baen.com/Chapters/9781925000702/9781925000702___8.htm
​https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_John_Hurford
http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/723763
​​http://aic.gov.au/media_library/publications/tandi_pdf/tandi003.pdf

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