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List of people legally executed in Victoria

April 17, 2024

This is a list of people executed in Victoria. It lists people who were executed by British (and from 1901, Australian) authorities within the modern-day boundaries of Victoria. For people executed in other parts of Australia, see the sidebar.

1840s edit

  • Tunnerminnerwait – Hanged at Melbourne on 20 January 1842 for the murder of two whalers at Cape Paterson[1]
  • Maulboyheenner – Hanged at Melbourne on 20 January 1842 for the murder of two whalers at Cape Paterson[1]
  • Charles Ellis – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol on 28 June 1842 for "shooting with intent to maim or disable" ("The Plenty Trio")[2][3]
  • Martin Fogarty – Bushranger. Hanged at Melbourne Gaol on 28 June 1842 for "shooting with intent to maim or disable" ("The Plenty Trio")[2][3]
  • Daniel ("Yankee Jack") Jepps – Bushranger. Hanged at Melbourne Gaol on 28 June 1842 for "shooting with intent to maim or disable" ("The Plenty Trio")[2][3][4]
  • Alkepurata ("Roger") – 5 September 1842 – From Port Fairy. Hanged at Melbourne for murder of Patrick Codd at Mount Rouse, Hamilton
  • Jeremiah Connell - 27 January 1847 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Edward Martin at Buninyong[5]
  • Bobby – 30 April 1847 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the killing by spear of Andrew Beveridge at Piangil
  • Ptolemy – 30 April 1847 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the killing by spear of Andrew Beveridge at Piangil[6]
  • John ("Pretty Boy") Healey – 29 November 1847 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Jemmy Ritchie at Tarraville, Gippsland[7][8]
  • Augustus Dancey 19 – 1 August 1848 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Matthew Luck at Stony Creek (Spotswood)[9]

1850s edit

1850 to 1854 edit

  • Patrick Kennedy – 1 October 1851 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of his wife Mary at Penshurst[10]
  • James Barlow – 22 May 1852 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for murder by stabbing William Jones at a boarding house in Flinders Street, Melbourne[11]
  • John Riches (Richie) – 3 November 1852 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Harry Webb in the Black Forest, near Macedon[12]
  • George Pinkerton – 4 April 1853 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Bridget Smith, 8 months pregnant, and her one-year-old son Charles at Brighton[13]
  • Aaron Durant – 11 July 1853 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for robbery with violence and sexual assault of Mr & Mrs John Wright at Bendigo[14]
  • John Smith – 23 August 1853 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for Robbery With Violence at Fryer's Creek[15][16]
  • Henry Turner – 23 August 1853 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for Robbery With Violence at Fryer's Creek[15][16]
  • William Atkins (or Atkyns) – 3 October 1853 – Bushranger. Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the robbery of the Private Escort, near Kalkallo[17]
  • George ("Frenchy") Melville – 3 October 1853 – Bushranger. Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the robbery of the Private Escort[17][18]
  • George Wilson – 3 October 1853 – Bushranger. Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the robbery of an Escort[17]
  • Patrick O'Connor (or Connor) – 24 October 1853 – Bushranger. Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the attempted murder of Edward Thompson near Kilmore[19]
  • Henry Bradley – 24 October 1853 – Bushranger. Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the attempted murder of Edward Thompson near Kilmore[20]
  • Michael Fennessy – 25 October 1853 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for murder of his wife Eliza Fennessy off Little Bourke Street[21][22]
  • Alexander Ram – 25 October 1853 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Kitty Finessy at Prahran[23]
  • John Smith – 25 November 1853 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for being accessory to rape of Mary-Ann Brown on the Goulburn River Diggings[24]
  • Joseph West – 27 December 1853 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for rape of eight-year-old Elizabeth Fraser near Chewton[25]
  • James Button – 28 March 1854 – Bushranger. Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for Shooting With Intent on the Goulburn River Diggings[26]
  • David Magee – 25 April 1854 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for murder of a man named McCarthy on the Avoca River[27]
  • William Thoroughgood – 23 May 1854 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the rape of seven-year-old Sarah Bishop[28]
  • John Hughes – 25 September 1854 – Hanged At Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Abraham Marcus at Yackandandah[29][30]
  • John Gunn – 9 November 1854 – Hanged at Geelong Gaol for the murder of Samuel Harris at Warrnambool[31][32]
  • George (John) Roberts – 9 November 1854 – Hanged at Geelong for attempting to poison George Kelly at Native Creek, near Inverleigh[33]
  • Luke Lucas – 24 November 1854 – Hanged for murder of his wife Mary off Little Bourke Street[34][35]

1855 to 1859 edit

  • James McAlister – 25 July 1855 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for murder of Jane Jones at the Exchange Hotel, Swanston Street, Melbourne[36]
  • James Condon (alias Arthur Somerville) - 24 November 1855 – Bushranger. Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for Robbery With Violence near Bacchus Marsh[37]
  • John Dixon – 24 November 1855 – Bushranger. Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for Robbery With Violence near Bacchus Marsh
  • Alfred Henry Jackson – 24 November 1855 – Bushranger. Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for Robbery With Violence near Bacchus Marsh
  • James Ross (alias Griffiths) – 22 April 1856 – Hanged at Geelong Gaol for the murder of his son and Eliza Sayer near Horsham[38][39]
  • William Twigham (or Twiggem, alias Lexton) – 11 March 1857 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Sergeant John McNally at the Cathcart Diggings, near Ararat[40]
  • Chu-Ah-Luk 30 – 2 March 1857 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Ah Pat at Campbell's Creek[41]
  • James Cornick – 16 March 1857 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for murder of Agnes McCallum (Horne) at Eaglehawk[42]
  • Frederick Turner 22 – 27 April 1857 – Bushranger. Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for Robbery Under Arms on the Flemington Road[43]
  • Thomas Williams – 28 April 1857 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for his part in the murder of Inspector-General John Giles Price[44]
  • Henry Smith (alias Brennan) – 28 April 1857 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for his part in the murder of Inspector-General John Giles Price
  • Thomas Moloney – 28 April 1857 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for his part in the murder of Inspector-General John Giles Price[45]
  • Francis Brannigan – 29 April 1857 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for his part in the murder of Inspector-General John Giles Price
  • William Brown – 29 April 1857 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for his part in the murder of Inspector-General John Giles Price
  • Richard Bryant – 29 April 1857 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for his part in the murder of Inspector-General John Giles Price
  • John Chisley – 30 April 1857 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for his part in the murder of Inspector-General John Giles Price[46]
  • James Woodlock – 1 June 1857 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for murder of Charles Vick in Castlemaine[47][48]
  • Chong Sigh – 3 September 1857 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for murder of Sophia "The Chinawoman" Lewis in a brothel in Stephen Street (Exhibition Street) Melbourne
  • Hing Tzan – 3 September 1857 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for murder of Sophia Lewis in a brothel in Stephen Street (Exhibition Street) Melbourne[49]
  • John Mason – 6 November 1857 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for murder of "Big George" Beynor at Ballan[50]
  • Edward Brown – 1 March 1858 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for Robbery With Violence at Ararat Racecourse[51]
  • William Jones – 1 March 1858 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for Robbery With Violence at Ararat Racecourse[51]
  • George Robinson – 16 March 1858 – Hanged for the murder of Margaret Brown at Maryborough[52]
  • Edward Cardana (alias John Nelson alias Michael Ferrara) – 19 March 1858 – Hanged at Bendigo for the murder of John Armstrong at Long Gully[53]
  • Owen McQueeny – 20 October 1858 – Hanged at Geelong for the murder of Elizabeth Lowe near Meredith ("The Green Tent Murder")[54]
  • Samuel Gibbs – 12 November 1858 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of his wife Anne at Ararat. This execution was botched; the rope snapped tumbling Gibbs to the floor. He had to be carried back up the scaffold and hanged again with a fresh rope.[55][56]
  • George Thompson – 12 November 1858 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Hugh Anderson at Ballarat[57]
  • Edward Hitchcock – 29 November 1858 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of his wife Ann at Strathloddon, near Campbell's Creek. This execution was also botched; Hitchcock failed to die and remained struggling on the rope. The executioner had to grab Hitchcock by the knees and use his weight to ensure death.[58]
  • Christian Von Sie (or Von See) – 29 November 1858 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Martin Loemann near Mitiamo[59]
  • Thomas Ryan – 11 April 1859 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Joe Hartwig in the Indigo Valley[60]
  • William ("Plaguey Billy") Armstrong – 12 July 1859 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for shooting with intent, Omeo
  • George ("The Butcher") Chamberlain 24 – 12 July 1859 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for shooting with intent, Omeo[61]
  • Richard Rowley – 26 July 1859 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for violent assault with intent to murder his overseers at the Pentridge Stockade[62]
  • William Siddons – 7 November 1859 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the rape of eight-year-old Mary-Anne Smith at Doctor's Creek, near Lexton[63]
  • Henry Brown – 21 November 1859 – Hanged for murder of George James Tickner at Mount Korong, near Wedderburn[64]

1860s edit

1860 to 1864 edit

  • George Waines -16 July 1860 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Mary Hunt at Casterton[65][66]
  • Edward Fenlow (alias Reynolds) – 20 August 1860 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of George Plummer (alias Gardiner) at Inglewood[67]
  • John McDonald – 30 September 1860 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for murder of his wife Sarah at Ironbark Gully, Bendigo[68][69]
  • William Smith – 22 April 1861 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of his wife Ellen near Wangaratta[70]
  • Henry Cooley – 11 July 1861 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for murder of his wife Harriet at Heathcote[71]
  • Nathaniel Horatio Ruby – 5 August 1861 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Joe Watson at the Great Western Reef, Tarnagulla[72]
  • Martin Rice – 30 September 1861 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Anthony Green off Bourke Street, Melbourne[73][74]
  • Thomas Sanders – 31 October 1861 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the rape of Mary Egan at Keilor[75]
  • Samuel Pollett – 29 December 1862 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the rape of his ten-year-old daughter Sarah at Prahran[76]
  • Thomas McGee – 19 February 1863 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Alexander Brown at Maiden Gully[77]
  • James Murphy – 6 November 1863 – Hanged at Geelong for the murder of Senior Constable Daniel O'Boyle at Warrnambool[78]
  • Julian Cross – 11 November 1863 – From Macao. Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Robert Scott in the Wappan district (near Mansfield)
  • David Gedge – 11 November 1863 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Robert Scott in the Wappan district (near Mansfield)
  • Elizabeth Scott – 11 November 1863 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of her husband in the Wappan district (near Mansfield)
  • James Barrett (also called Birmingham) – 1 December 1863 - Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Elizabeth Beckinsale at Woodstock
  • Alexander Davis – 29 February 1864 – Hanged at Ballarat Gaol for the murder of George Sims at Smythesdale[79]
  • William Carver (also called Thornby, Foster) – 3 August 1864 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for an attempted bank robbery at Fitzroy
  • Samuel Woods (also called Abraham Salmonie) – 3 August 1864 - Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for Shooting With Intent in an attempted bank robbery at Fitzroy
  • Christopher Harrison – 3 August 1864 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of James Marsh in William St.

1865 to 1869 edit

  • John Stacey (real name Casey) – 5 April 1865 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of two-year-old Danny Gleeson at South Melbourne[80]
  • Joseph ("Quiet Joe") Brown – 4 May 1865 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Emmanuel "Dodger" Jacobs at the Whittington Tavern, Bourke Street Melbourne[81]
  • Peter Dotsalaere – 6 July 1865 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Catherine Jacobs at 106 LaTrobe Street Melbourne
  • David Young – 21 August 1865 – Hanged at Castlemaine Gaol for the murder of Margaret Graham at Daylesford[82]
  • Thomas ("Yankee Tom") Menard – 28 October 1865 – Hanged at Geelong for the murder of James Sweeney at Warrnambool
  • Patrick Sheehan – 6 November 1865 – Hanged at Beechworth for the murder of James Kennedy at Rowdy Flat Yackandandah
  • Long Poy – 10 March 1866 – Hanged at Castlemaine for the murder of Ah Yong at Emu Flat[83]
  • James Jones – 19 March 1866 – Hanged at Ballarat for the murder of Dr Julius Saenger, committed at Scarsdale[84]
  • Robert Bourke (alias Cluskey) – 29 November 1866 – Bushranger. Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Harry Facey Hurst at Diamond Creek
  • Denis Murphy – 16 April 1867 – Hanged at Ballarat for the murder of Patrick O'Meara at Bullarook[85]
  • John Kelly – 4 May 1867 – Hanged at Beechworth for sodomy on eighteen-month-old James Strack at Wangaratta[86]
  • William Terry – 31 July 1867 – Hanged at Castlemaine for the murder of a man named Peter Reddick or Redyk on the Coliban near Taradale[87]
  • George Searle – 7 August 1867 – Hanged at Ballarat for the murder of Thomas Burke at Piggoreet
  • Joseph Ballan – 7 August 1867 – Hanged at Ballarat for the murder of Thomas Burke at Piggoreet[88][89]
  • Bernard Cunningham – 31 March 1868 – Confederate Army veteran. Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of John Fairweather at Green Gully, near Keilor
  • Joseph Whelan – 31 March 1868 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of farmer Tom Branley at Rokewood
  • John Hogan – 14 August 1868 – Hanged at Castlemaine for the murder of Martin Rooney, committed at Bullock Creek, outside Marong[90]
  • Michael Flannigan (Flannagan) – 31 March 1869 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Sgt Thomas Hull at Hamilton
  • James Ritson – 3 August 1869 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of the Methodist Minister William Hill, who was visiting him at A Division, Pentridge[91]
  • Peter Higgins (alias James Smith) – 11 November 1869 – Hanged at Beechworth for the murder of his wife Elizabeth Wheelahan near Springhurst

1870s edit

  • Ah Pew – 23 May 1870 – Hanged at Castlemaine for the murder of nine-year-old Elizabeth Hunt at Glenluce, near Vaughan[92]
  • Patrick Smith – 4 August 1870 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of his wife Mary at North Melbourne[93]
  • Andrew Vair (Vere) – 15 August 1870 – Hanged at Ararat for murder of Amos Cheale at St Arnaud[94]
  • James Cusack – 30 August 1870 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of his wife Anne at Woods Point[95]
  • James Seery – 14 November 1870 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of August Tepfar at Crooked River, Gippsland[96]
  • James Quinn – 10 November 1871 – Hanged at Beechworth for the murder of Ah Woo, near Myrtleford[97]
  • Patrick Geary – 4 December 1871 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of a shepherd named Thomas Brookhouse near Colac in 1854[98]
  • Edward Feeney – 14 May 1872 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Charles Marks in the Treasury Gardens[99]
  • James Wilkie – 20 May 1872 – Hanged at Castlemaine for the murder of Henry Pensom at Daylesford[100]
  • Samuel Wright – 11 March 1873 – Hanged at Castlemaine for the attempted murder of Arthur Hagan (or Hogan) at Dead Horse Flat, near Eaglehawk[101]
  • Thomas Brady – 12 May 1873 – Hanged at Beechworth for the murder of John Watt ("The Wooragee Murder")
  • James Smith – 12 May 1873 – Hanged at Beechworth for the murder of John Watt ("The Wooragee Murder")[102]
  • Pierre Borbun (Barburn, Borhuu) – 20 May 1873 – Hanged at Castlemaine for the murder of Sarah Smith, the publican's wife at the White Swan Hotel, Sunrise Gully, Kangaroo Flat[103]
  • Oscar (or Hasker) Wallace - 11 August 1873 - Hanged at Ballarat for the rape of Mary Cook at Mount Beckworth, near Clunes[104]
  • Ah Kat (Ah Cat) – 9 August 1875 – Hanged at Castlemaine for the murder of Friedrich Renzelmann at Bet Bet, near Dunolly[105]
  • An Gaa – 30 August 1875 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Pooey Waugh, committed at Vaughan[106]
  • Henry Howard – 4 October 1875 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Elizabeth Wright, licensee of the Frankston Hotel
  • John Weachurch (alias Taylor) – 6 December 1875 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for attempted murder of Warder Patrick Moran[107]
  • John Duffus – 22 May 1876 – Hanged at Castlemaine, having been handed in by his wife for the rape of his eleven-year-old daughter Mary Ann near Goornong
  • James ("Donegal Jim") Ashe – 21 August 1876 – Hanged at Ballarat for the rape of Elizabeth Reece at Burrumbeet[108]
  • Basileo Bondietto – 11 December 1876 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Carlo Comisto near Tallarook[109]
  • William Hastings – 14 March 1877 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of his wife Annie near Mount Eliza
  • Thomas Hogan – 9 June 1879 – Hanged at Beechworth for fratricide at Bundalong, near Yarrawonga

1880s edit

  • Ned Kelly – 11 November 1880 – Bushranger. Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Constable Thomas Lonigan[110]
  • Robert Rohan – 6 June 1881 – Hanged at Beechworth for the murder of John Shea at Yalca[111]
  • Robert Francis Burns – 25 September 1883 – Confessed to eight murders. Hanged at Ararat for the murder of Michael Quinliven at Wickliffe[112]
  • Henry Morgan – 6 June 1884 – Hanged at Ararat for the rape and murder of ten-year-old Margaret Nolan at Panmure[113]
  • James Hawthorn – 21 August 1884 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for fratricide at Brighton[114]
  • William O'Brien – 24 October 1884 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of farmer Peter McAinsh at Lancefield[115]
  • William Barnes – 15 May 1885 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Joe Slack at South Melbourne[116]
  • Charles Bushby (alias Baker) – 3 September 1885 – Hanged at Ballarat for attempted murder of Det Sgt Richard Hyland near Gong Gong[117]
  • Edward ("The Fiddler") Hunter – 27 November 1885 – Hanged at Bendigo Prison for the murder of Jim Power at the Golden Fleece Hotel, Charlton[118]
  • Freeland Morell – 7 January 1886 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for murder of fellow sailor John Anderson on the docks at Port Melbourne[119]
  • George Syme – 9 November 1888 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of his mother-in-law Margaret Clifford at Lilydale[120]
  • William Harrison – 18 March 1889 – Hanged at Bendigo for the murder of 'Corky Jack' Duggan at Elmore[121]
  • Filipe Castillo – 16 September 1889 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Annie Thornton at North Carlton[122][123]
  • Robert Landells – 16 October 1889 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Peter Sherlock at Chamber's Paddock, about 6 km from Ringwood[124]

1890s edit

  • John Thomas Phelan – 16 March 1891 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of his de facto wife Ada Hatton at St.James' Place (now Ellis St) South Yarra[125]
  • John Wilson – 23 March 1891 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of his fiancée Estella Marks at Darling Gardens, Clifton Hill[126]
  • Cornelius Bourke – 20 April 1891 – Hanged at Ballarat for the murder of an elderly prisoner named Peter Stewart in the gaol at Hamilton[127]
  • Fatta Chand – 27 April 1891 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Juggo Mull at Healesville[128]
  • Frank Spearin (also called John Wilson) – 11 May 1891 – Hanged at Ballarat for the rape of six-year-old Adeline Shepherd at Eastern Oval, Ballarat[129]
  • James Johnston – 18 May 1891 – Hanged at Ballarat Gaol for murdering his wife Mary and their four children in Drummond Street North, Ballarat[130]
  • William Coulston (Colston) – 21 August 1891 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Mary & William Davis at Narbethong[131][132]
  • Frederick Bailey Deeming – Murdered at least six people. Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Emily Mather at Windsor – 23 May 1892
  • John Conder – 28 August 1893 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Karamjit Singh near Buchan[133]
  • Frances Knorr – 15 January 1894 – "The Brunswick Baby Farmer" – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of two infants[134]
  • Ernest Knox – 19 March 1894 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Isaac Crawcour while in the act of burglary at Williamstown[135]
  • Frederick Jordan – 20 August 1894 – African American immigrant, hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of his girlfriend Minnie Crabtree at Port Melbourne[136]
  • Martha Needle – 22 October 1894 – Murdered five people by poison. Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Louis Juncken at 137 Bridge Road Richmond[137]
  • Elijah Cockroft – 12 November 1894 – Hanged at Ballarat for the murder of Fanny Mutt at Noradjuha, near Natimuk[138]
  • Arthur Buck – 1 July 1895 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Catherine Norton at South Melbourne[139]
  • Emma Williams – 4 November 1895 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of her two-year-old son John at Port Melbourne[140]
  • Charles Henry Strange – 13 January 1896 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Fred Dowse at Lakes Entrance[141]
  • Charles John Hall – 13 September 1897 – Hanged at Bendigo for the murder of his wife Minnie at Eaglehawk[142]
  • Alfred Archer – 21 November 1898 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of William Matthews at Strathmerton[143]

1900s to 1920s edit

  • William Robert Jones – 26 March 1900 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for murdering eight-year-old Rita Jones at Broadford[144]
  • Albert Edward McNamara – 14 April 1902 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for arson causing death of his four-year-old son Bert at Carlton[145]
  • August Tisler (Sippol) – 20 October 1902 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Edward Sangal at Dandenong[146][147][148]
  • James Coleman Williams – 8 September 1904 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of his employer's wife Mary Veitch at O'Grady Street Clifton Hill[149]
  • Charles Deutschmann – 29 June 1908 – Hanged at Ballarat for the murder of his wife Isabella Deutschmann at Dobie, near Ararat[150]
  • Joseph Pfeiffer – 29 April 1912 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for shooting his sister-in-law Florence Whitely at 102 Mills Street, Middle Park[151]
  • John Jackson – 24 January 1916 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Constable David McGrath while in the act of robbing the Trades Hall[152]
  • Antonio Picone – 18 September 1916 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Giuseppe Lauricella at Queen Victoria Market[153]
  • Albert Edward Budd (39) – 29 January 1918 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of his foster-sister Annie Samson at Port Melbourne[154]
  • George Farrow Blunderfield – 15 April 1918 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of mother and daughter Margaret & Rose Taylor at Trawool
  • Colin Campbell Ross – 24 April 1922 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the Gun Alley Murder.[155] Posthumously pardoned in 2007, the only instance of a pardon for a judicially executed person in Australia
  • Angus Murray (real name Henry Donnelly) – 14 April 1924 – Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Thomas Berriman at Glenferrie Station, frequent accomplice of Robert David Bennett[156]

1930s to 1960s edit

  • David Bennett – 26 September 1932 – Hanged at Pentridge Prison for the rape of a four-year-old girl at North Carlton; he had been sentenced to death, commuted to life imprisonment, for a similar offence in Western Australia in 1911. This was the first execution at Pentridge, [157] and Bennett was the last person to be executed in Australia for a crime other than murder.
  • Arnold Sodeman – 1 June 1936 – "The Schoolgirl Strangler" – Confessed to the murder of four girls. Hanged at Pentridge.[158]
  • Edward Cornelius – 22 June 1936 – Hanged at Pentridge for the murder of the Reverend Laceby Cecil at St. Saviour's Collingwood ("The Vicarage Murder").[159]
  • Thomas William ('Nugget') Johnson – 23 January 1939 – Hanged at Pentridge for the murder of Charles Bunney and Robert Gray at the former Windsor Castle Hotel, Dunolly.[160]
  • George Green – 17 April 1939 – Hanged at Pentridge for the murder of Phyllis and Annie Wiseman at Glenroy.[161]
  • Alfred Bye – 22 December 1941 – Hanged at Pentridge for stabbing to death Thomas Walker off Treasury Place.[162] Bye took over twenty-two minutes to die.
  • Eddie Leonski – 9 November 1942 – "The Brownout Strangler" – Hanged at Pentridge for the murders of Ivy McLeod (at Victoria Avenue, Albert Park), Pauline Thompson (at Spring Street, Melbourne) and Gladys Hosking (at Gatehouse Street, Parkville). Leonski was executed under the jurisdiction of the U.S. military.[163]
  • Jean Lee – 19 February 1951 – Hanged at Pentridge for the murder of 'Pop' Kent in Dorrit Street, Carlton; Lee was the last woman executed in Australia.[164]
  • Norman Andrews – 19 February 1951 – Hanged at Pentridge for the murder of 'Pop' Kent.[165]
  • Robert David Clayton – 19 February 1951 – Hanged at Pentridge for the murder of 'Pop' Kent.[166]
  • Ronald Ryan – 3 February 1967 – Hanged at Pentridge for the murder of Prison Officer George Hodson during an escape from lawful custody; Ryan was the last person to be executed in Australia.

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Further reading edit

  • Heaton, J.H. , S.W. Silver & Son, London, 1879. Part 2, pages 90–94.

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This is a list of people executed in Victoria It lists people who were executed by British and from 1901 Australian authorities within the modern day boundaries of Victoria For people executed in other parts of Australia see the sidebar Contents 1 1840s 2 1850s 2 1 1850 to 1854 2 2 1855 to 1859 3 1860s 3 1 1860 to 1864 3 2 1865 to 1869 4 1870s 5 1880s 6 1890s 7 1900s to 1920s 8 1930s to 1960s 9 References 10 Further reading1840s editTunnerminnerwait Hanged at Melbourne on 20 January 1842 for the murder of two whalers at Cape Paterson 1 Maulboyheenner Hanged at Melbourne on 20 January 1842 for the murder of two whalers at Cape Paterson 1 Charles Ellis Hanged at Melbourne Gaol on 28 June 1842 for shooting with intent to maim or disable The Plenty Trio 2 3 Martin Fogarty Bushranger Hanged at Melbourne Gaol on 28 June 1842 for shooting with intent to maim or disable The Plenty Trio 2 3 Daniel Yankee Jack Jepps Bushranger Hanged at Melbourne Gaol on 28 June 1842 for shooting with intent to maim or disable The Plenty Trio 2 3 4 Alkepurata Roger 5 September 1842 From Port Fairy Hanged at Melbourne for murder of Patrick Codd at Mount Rouse Hamilton Jeremiah Connell 27 January 1847 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Edward Martin at Buninyong 5 Bobby 30 April 1847 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the killing by spear of Andrew Beveridge at Piangil Ptolemy 30 April 1847 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the killing by spear of Andrew Beveridge at Piangil 6 John Pretty Boy Healey 29 November 1847 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Jemmy Ritchie at Tarraville Gippsland 7 8 Augustus Dancey 19 1 August 1848 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Matthew Luck at Stony Creek Spotswood 9 1850s edit1850 to 1854 edit Patrick Kennedy 1 October 1851 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of his wife Mary at Penshurst 10 James Barlow 22 May 1852 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for murder by stabbing William Jones at a boarding house in Flinders Street Melbourne 11 John Riches Richie 3 November 1852 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Harry Webb in the Black Forest near Macedon 12 George Pinkerton 4 April 1853 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Bridget Smith 8 months pregnant and her one year old son Charles at Brighton 13 Aaron Durant 11 July 1853 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for robbery with violence and sexual assault of Mr amp Mrs John Wright at Bendigo 14 John Smith 23 August 1853 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for Robbery With Violence at Fryer s Creek 15 16 Henry Turner 23 August 1853 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for Robbery With Violence at Fryer s Creek 15 16 William Atkins or Atkyns 3 October 1853 Bushranger Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the robbery of the Private Escort near Kalkallo 17 George Frenchy Melville 3 October 1853 Bushranger Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the robbery of the Private Escort 17 18 George Wilson 3 October 1853 Bushranger Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the robbery of an Escort 17 Patrick O Connor or Connor 24 October 1853 Bushranger Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the attempted murder of Edward Thompson near Kilmore 19 Henry Bradley 24 October 1853 Bushranger Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the attempted murder of Edward Thompson near Kilmore 20 Michael Fennessy 25 October 1853 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for murder of his wife Eliza Fennessy off Little Bourke Street 21 22 Alexander Ram 25 October 1853 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Kitty Finessy at Prahran 23 John Smith 25 November 1853 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for being accessory to rape of Mary Ann Brown on the Goulburn River Diggings 24 Joseph West 27 December 1853 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for rape of eight year old Elizabeth Fraser near Chewton 25 James Button 28 March 1854 Bushranger Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for Shooting With Intent on the Goulburn River Diggings 26 David Magee 25 April 1854 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for murder of a man named McCarthy on the Avoca River 27 William Thoroughgood 23 May 1854 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the rape of seven year old Sarah Bishop 28 John Hughes 25 September 1854 Hanged At Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Abraham Marcus at Yackandandah 29 30 John Gunn 9 November 1854 Hanged at Geelong Gaol for the murder of Samuel Harris at Warrnambool 31 32 George John Roberts 9 November 1854 Hanged at Geelong for attempting to poison George Kelly at Native Creek near Inverleigh 33 Luke Lucas 24 November 1854 Hanged for murder of his wife Mary off Little Bourke Street 34 35 1855 to 1859 edit James McAlister 25 July 1855 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for murder of Jane Jones at the Exchange Hotel Swanston Street Melbourne 36 James Condon alias Arthur Somerville 24 November 1855 Bushranger Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for Robbery With Violence near Bacchus Marsh 37 John Dixon 24 November 1855 Bushranger Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for Robbery With Violence near Bacchus Marsh Alfred Henry Jackson 24 November 1855 Bushranger Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for Robbery With Violence near Bacchus Marsh James Ross alias Griffiths 22 April 1856 Hanged at Geelong Gaol for the murder of his son and Eliza Sayer near Horsham 38 39 William Twigham or Twiggem alias Lexton 11 March 1857 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Sergeant John McNally at the Cathcart Diggings near Ararat 40 Chu Ah Luk 30 2 March 1857 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Ah Pat at Campbell s Creek 41 James Cornick 16 March 1857 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for murder of Agnes McCallum Horne at Eaglehawk 42 Frederick Turner 22 27 April 1857 Bushranger Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for Robbery Under Arms on the Flemington Road 43 Thomas Williams 28 April 1857 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for his part in the murder of Inspector General John Giles Price 44 Henry Smith alias Brennan 28 April 1857 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for his part in the murder of Inspector General John Giles Price Thomas Moloney 28 April 1857 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for his part in the murder of Inspector General John Giles Price 45 Francis Brannigan 29 April 1857 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for his part in the murder of Inspector General John Giles Price William Brown 29 April 1857 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for his part in the murder of Inspector General John Giles Price Richard Bryant 29 April 1857 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for his part in the murder of Inspector General John Giles Price John Chisley 30 April 1857 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for his part in the murder of Inspector General John Giles Price 46 James Woodlock 1 June 1857 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for murder of Charles Vick in Castlemaine 47 48 Chong Sigh 3 September 1857 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for murder of Sophia The Chinawoman Lewis in a brothel in Stephen Street Exhibition Street Melbourne Hing Tzan 3 September 1857 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for murder of Sophia Lewis in a brothel in Stephen Street Exhibition Street Melbourne 49 John Mason 6 November 1857 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for murder of Big George Beynor at Ballan 50 Edward Brown 1 March 1858 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for Robbery With Violence at Ararat Racecourse 51 William Jones 1 March 1858 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for Robbery With Violence at Ararat Racecourse 51 George Robinson 16 March 1858 Hanged for the murder of Margaret Brown at Maryborough 52 Edward Cardana alias John Nelson alias Michael Ferrara 19 March 1858 Hanged at Bendigo for the murder of John Armstrong at Long Gully 53 Owen McQueeny 20 October 1858 Hanged at Geelong for the murder of Elizabeth Lowe near Meredith The Green Tent Murder 54 Samuel Gibbs 12 November 1858 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of his wife Anne at Ararat This execution was botched the rope snapped tumbling Gibbs to the floor He had to be carried back up the scaffold and hanged again with a fresh rope 55 56 George Thompson 12 November 1858 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Hugh Anderson at Ballarat 57 Edward Hitchcock 29 November 1858 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of his wife Ann at Strathloddon near Campbell s Creek This execution was also botched Hitchcock failed to die and remained struggling on the rope The executioner had to grab Hitchcock by the knees and use his weight to ensure death 58 Christian Von Sie or Von See 29 November 1858 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Martin Loemann near Mitiamo 59 Thomas Ryan 11 April 1859 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Joe Hartwig in the Indigo Valley 60 William Plaguey Billy Armstrong 12 July 1859 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for shooting with intent Omeo George The Butcher Chamberlain 24 12 July 1859 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for shooting with intent Omeo 61 Richard Rowley 26 July 1859 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for violent assault with intent to murder his overseers at the Pentridge Stockade 62 William Siddons 7 November 1859 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the rape of eight year old Mary Anne Smith at Doctor s Creek near Lexton 63 Henry Brown 21 November 1859 Hanged for murder of George James Tickner at Mount Korong near Wedderburn 64 1860s edit1860 to 1864 edit George Waines 16 July 1860 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Mary Hunt at Casterton 65 66 Edward Fenlow alias Reynolds 20 August 1860 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of George Plummer alias Gardiner at Inglewood 67 John McDonald 30 September 1860 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for murder of his wife Sarah at Ironbark Gully Bendigo 68 69 William Smith 22 April 1861 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of his wife Ellen near Wangaratta 70 Henry Cooley 11 July 1861 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for murder of his wife Harriet at Heathcote 71 Nathaniel Horatio Ruby 5 August 1861 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Joe Watson at the Great Western Reef Tarnagulla 72 Martin Rice 30 September 1861 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Anthony Green off Bourke Street Melbourne 73 74 Thomas Sanders 31 October 1861 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the rape of Mary Egan at Keilor 75 Samuel Pollett 29 December 1862 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the rape of his ten year old daughter Sarah at Prahran 76 Thomas McGee 19 February 1863 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Alexander Brown at Maiden Gully 77 James Murphy 6 November 1863 Hanged at Geelong for the murder of Senior Constable Daniel O Boyle at Warrnambool 78 Julian Cross 11 November 1863 From Macao Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Robert Scott in the Wappan district near Mansfield David Gedge 11 November 1863 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Robert Scott in the Wappan district near Mansfield Elizabeth Scott 11 November 1863 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of her husband in the Wappan district near Mansfield James Barrett also called Birmingham 1 December 1863 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Elizabeth Beckinsale at Woodstock Alexander Davis 29 February 1864 Hanged at Ballarat Gaol for the murder of George Sims at Smythesdale 79 William Carver also called Thornby Foster 3 August 1864 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for an attempted bank robbery at Fitzroy Samuel Woods also called Abraham Salmonie 3 August 1864 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for Shooting With Intent in an attempted bank robbery at Fitzroy Christopher Harrison 3 August 1864 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of James Marsh in William St 1865 to 1869 edit John Stacey real name Casey 5 April 1865 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of two year old Danny Gleeson at South Melbourne 80 Joseph Quiet Joe Brown 4 May 1865 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Emmanuel Dodger Jacobs at the Whittington Tavern Bourke Street Melbourne 81 Peter Dotsalaere 6 July 1865 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Catherine Jacobs at 106 LaTrobe Street Melbourne David Young 21 August 1865 Hanged at Castlemaine Gaol for the murder of Margaret Graham at Daylesford 82 Thomas Yankee Tom Menard 28 October 1865 Hanged at Geelong for the murder of James Sweeney at Warrnambool Patrick Sheehan 6 November 1865 Hanged at Beechworth for the murder of James Kennedy at Rowdy Flat Yackandandah Long Poy 10 March 1866 Hanged at Castlemaine for the murder of Ah Yong at Emu Flat 83 James Jones 19 March 1866 Hanged at Ballarat for the murder of Dr Julius Saenger committed at Scarsdale 84 Robert Bourke alias Cluskey 29 November 1866 Bushranger Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Harry Facey Hurst at Diamond Creek Denis Murphy 16 April 1867 Hanged at Ballarat for the murder of Patrick O Meara at Bullarook 85 John Kelly 4 May 1867 Hanged at Beechworth for sodomy on eighteen month old James Strack at Wangaratta 86 William Terry 31 July 1867 Hanged at Castlemaine for the murder of a man named Peter Reddick or Redyk on the Coliban near Taradale 87 George Searle 7 August 1867 Hanged at Ballarat for the murder of Thomas Burke at Piggoreet Joseph Ballan 7 August 1867 Hanged at Ballarat for the murder of Thomas Burke at Piggoreet 88 89 Bernard Cunningham 31 March 1868 Confederate Army veteran Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of John Fairweather at Green Gully near Keilor Joseph Whelan 31 March 1868 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of farmer Tom Branley at Rokewood John Hogan 14 August 1868 Hanged at Castlemaine for the murder of Martin Rooney committed at Bullock Creek outside Marong 90 Michael Flannigan Flannagan 31 March 1869 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Sgt Thomas Hull at Hamilton James Ritson 3 August 1869 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of the Methodist Minister William Hill who was visiting him at A Division Pentridge 91 Peter Higgins alias James Smith 11 November 1869 Hanged at Beechworth for the murder of his wife Elizabeth Wheelahan near Springhurst1870s editAh Pew 23 May 1870 Hanged at Castlemaine for the murder of nine year old Elizabeth Hunt at Glenluce near Vaughan 92 Patrick Smith 4 August 1870 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of his wife Mary at North Melbourne 93 Andrew Vair Vere 15 August 1870 Hanged at Ararat for murder of Amos Cheale at St Arnaud 94 James Cusack 30 August 1870 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of his wife Anne at Woods Point 95 James Seery 14 November 1870 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of August Tepfar at Crooked River Gippsland 96 James Quinn 10 November 1871 Hanged at Beechworth for the murder of Ah Woo near Myrtleford 97 Patrick Geary 4 December 1871 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of a shepherd named Thomas Brookhouse near Colac in 1854 98 Edward Feeney 14 May 1872 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Charles Marks in the Treasury Gardens 99 James Wilkie 20 May 1872 Hanged at Castlemaine for the murder of Henry Pensom at Daylesford 100 Samuel Wright 11 March 1873 Hanged at Castlemaine for the attempted murder of Arthur Hagan or Hogan at Dead Horse Flat near Eaglehawk 101 Thomas Brady 12 May 1873 Hanged at Beechworth for the murder of John Watt The Wooragee Murder James Smith 12 May 1873 Hanged at Beechworth for the murder of John Watt The Wooragee Murder 102 Pierre Borbun Barburn Borhuu 20 May 1873 Hanged at Castlemaine for the murder of Sarah Smith the publican s wife at the White Swan Hotel Sunrise Gully Kangaroo Flat 103 Oscar or Hasker Wallace 11 August 1873 Hanged at Ballarat for the rape of Mary Cook at Mount Beckworth near Clunes 104 Ah Kat Ah Cat 9 August 1875 Hanged at Castlemaine for the murder of Friedrich Renzelmann at Bet Bet near Dunolly 105 An Gaa 30 August 1875 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Pooey Waugh committed at Vaughan 106 Henry Howard 4 October 1875 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Elizabeth Wright licensee of the Frankston Hotel John Weachurch alias Taylor 6 December 1875 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for attempted murder of Warder Patrick Moran 107 John Duffus 22 May 1876 Hanged at Castlemaine having been handed in by his wife for the rape of his eleven year old daughter Mary Ann near Goornong James Donegal Jim Ashe 21 August 1876 Hanged at Ballarat for the rape of Elizabeth Reece at Burrumbeet 108 Basileo Bondietto 11 December 1876 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Carlo Comisto near Tallarook 109 William Hastings 14 March 1877 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of his wife Annie near Mount Eliza Thomas Hogan 9 June 1879 Hanged at Beechworth for fratricide at Bundalong near Yarrawonga1880s editNed Kelly 11 November 1880 Bushranger Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Constable Thomas Lonigan 110 Robert Rohan 6 June 1881 Hanged at Beechworth for the murder of John Shea at Yalca 111 Robert Francis Burns 25 September 1883 Confessed to eight murders Hanged at Ararat for the murder of Michael Quinliven at Wickliffe 112 Henry Morgan 6 June 1884 Hanged at Ararat for the rape and murder of ten year old Margaret Nolan at Panmure 113 James Hawthorn 21 August 1884 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for fratricide at Brighton 114 William O Brien 24 October 1884 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of farmer Peter McAinsh at Lancefield 115 William Barnes 15 May 1885 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Joe Slack at South Melbourne 116 Charles Bushby alias Baker 3 September 1885 Hanged at Ballarat for attempted murder of Det Sgt Richard Hyland near Gong Gong 117 Edward The Fiddler Hunter 27 November 1885 Hanged at Bendigo Prison for the murder of Jim Power at the Golden Fleece Hotel Charlton 118 Freeland Morell 7 January 1886 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for murder of fellow sailor John Anderson on the docks at Port Melbourne 119 George Syme 9 November 1888 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of his mother in law Margaret Clifford at Lilydale 120 William Harrison 18 March 1889 Hanged at Bendigo for the murder of Corky Jack Duggan at Elmore 121 Filipe Castillo 16 September 1889 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Annie Thornton at North Carlton 122 123 Robert Landells 16 October 1889 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Peter Sherlock at Chamber s Paddock about 6 km from Ringwood 124 1890s editJohn Thomas Phelan 16 March 1891 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of his de facto wife Ada Hatton at St James Place now Ellis St South Yarra 125 John Wilson 23 March 1891 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of his fiancee Estella Marks at Darling Gardens Clifton Hill 126 Cornelius Bourke 20 April 1891 Hanged at Ballarat for the murder of an elderly prisoner named Peter Stewart in the gaol at Hamilton 127 Fatta Chand 27 April 1891 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Juggo Mull at Healesville 128 Frank Spearin also called John Wilson 11 May 1891 Hanged at Ballarat for the rape of six year old Adeline Shepherd at Eastern Oval Ballarat 129 James Johnston 18 May 1891 Hanged at Ballarat Gaol for murdering his wife Mary and their four children in Drummond Street North Ballarat 130 William Coulston Colston 21 August 1891 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Mary amp William Davis at Narbethong 131 132 Frederick Bailey Deeming Murdered at least six people Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Emily Mather at Windsor 23 May 1892 John Conder 28 August 1893 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Karamjit Singh near Buchan 133 Frances Knorr 15 January 1894 The Brunswick Baby Farmer Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of two infants 134 Ernest Knox 19 March 1894 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Isaac Crawcour while in the act of burglary at Williamstown 135 Frederick Jordan 20 August 1894 African American immigrant hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of his girlfriend Minnie Crabtree at Port Melbourne 136 Martha Needle 22 October 1894 Murdered five people by poison Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Louis Juncken at 137 Bridge Road Richmond 137 Elijah Cockroft 12 November 1894 Hanged at Ballarat for the murder of Fanny Mutt at Noradjuha near Natimuk 138 Arthur Buck 1 July 1895 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Catherine Norton at South Melbourne 139 Emma Williams 4 November 1895 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of her two year old son John at Port Melbourne 140 Charles Henry Strange 13 January 1896 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Fred Dowse at Lakes Entrance 141 Charles John Hall 13 September 1897 Hanged at Bendigo for the murder of his wife Minnie at Eaglehawk 142 Alfred Archer 21 November 1898 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of William Matthews at Strathmerton 143 1900s to 1920s editWilliam Robert Jones 26 March 1900 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for murdering eight year old Rita Jones at Broadford 144 Albert Edward McNamara 14 April 1902 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for arson causing death of his four year old son Bert at Carlton 145 August Tisler Sippol 20 October 1902 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Edward Sangal at Dandenong 146 147 148 James Coleman Williams 8 September 1904 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of his employer s wife Mary Veitch at O Grady Street Clifton Hill 149 Charles Deutschmann 29 June 1908 Hanged at Ballarat for the murder of his wife Isabella Deutschmann at Dobie near Ararat 150 Joseph Pfeiffer 29 April 1912 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for shooting his sister in law Florence Whitely at 102 Mills Street Middle Park 151 John Jackson 24 January 1916 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Constable David McGrath while in the act of robbing the Trades Hall 152 Antonio Picone 18 September 1916 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Giuseppe Lauricella at Queen Victoria Market 153 Albert Edward Budd 39 29 January 1918 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of his foster sister Annie Samson at Port Melbourne 154 George Farrow Blunderfield 15 April 1918 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of mother and daughter Margaret amp Rose Taylor at Trawool Colin Campbell Ross 24 April 1922 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the Gun Alley Murder 155 Posthumously pardoned in 2007 the only instance of a pardon for a judicially executed person in Australia Angus Murray real name Henry Donnelly 14 April 1924 Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the murder of Thomas Berriman at Glenferrie Station frequent accomplice of Robert David Bennett 156 1930s to 1960s editDavid Bennett 26 September 1932 Hanged at Pentridge Prison for the rape of a four year old girl at North Carlton he had been sentenced to death commuted to life imprisonment for a similar offence in Western Australia in 1911 This was the first execution at Pentridge 157 and Bennett was the last person to be executed in Australia for a crime other than murder Arnold Sodeman 1 June 1936 The Schoolgirl Strangler Confessed to the murder of four girls Hanged at Pentridge 158 Edward Cornelius 22 June 1936 Hanged at Pentridge for the murder of the Reverend Laceby Cecil at St Saviour s Collingwood The Vicarage Murder 159 Thomas William Nugget Johnson 23 January 1939 Hanged at Pentridge for the murder of Charles Bunney and Robert Gray at the former Windsor Castle Hotel Dunolly 160 George Green 17 April 1939 Hanged at Pentridge for the murder of Phyllis and Annie Wiseman at Glenroy 161 Alfred Bye 22 December 1941 Hanged at Pentridge for stabbing to death Thomas Walker off Treasury Place 162 Bye took over twenty two minutes to die Eddie Leonski 9 November 1942 The Brownout Strangler Hanged at Pentridge for the murders of Ivy McLeod at Victoria Avenue Albert Park Pauline Thompson at Spring Street Melbourne and Gladys Hosking at Gatehouse Street Parkville Leonski was executed under the jurisdiction of the U S military 163 Jean Lee 19 February 1951 Hanged at Pentridge for the murder of Pop Kent in Dorrit Street Carlton Lee was the last woman executed in Australia 164 Norman Andrews 19 February 1951 Hanged at Pentridge for the murder of Pop Kent 165 Robert David Clayton 19 February 1951 Hanged at Pentridge for the murder of Pop Kent 166 Ronald Ryan 3 February 1967 Hanged at Pentridge for the murder of Prison Officer George Hodson during an escape from lawful custody Ryan was the last person to be executed in Australia References edit a b Melbourne The Execution Geelong Advertiser 24 January 1842 p 3 Retrieved 3 February 2016 a b c Melbourne Execution Geelong Advertiser 4 July 1842 p 3 Retrieved 3 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January 1918 Colin Ross Hanged The Australasian 29 April 1922 Angus Murray Hanged Ballarat Star 15 April 1924 Execution of David Bennett The Age Melbourne 27 September 1932 p 8 Retrieved 15 March 2017 Sodeman Hanged Slept Well And Met Death Calmly The Courier Mail 2 June 1936 Cornelius Executed The Age 23 June 1936 Johnson Hanged The Argus 24 January 1939 Glenroy Murders Execution Of Green The Age 18 April 1939 Alfred Bye Executed The Argus 23 December 1941 Leonski Hanged Murder Of Three Women The Mercury 10 November 1942 Jean Lee Carried To Scaffold Unconscious Illawarra Daily Mercury 20 February 1951 Retrieved 23 January 2016 Three Hanged At Pentridge The Age 20 February 1951 Retrieved 23 January 2016 Three Hang For Murder The Argus 20 February 1951 Retrieved 23 January 2016 Further reading editHeaton J H Australian Dictionary of Dates and Men of the Time S W Silver amp Son London 1879 Part 2 pages 90 94 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of people legally 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