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...
The list below represents the women who were hanged between 1789 and 1951.
Nineteen in all.
Click on their names to find out more...
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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
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