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[edit]

  • 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[edit]

  • 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[edit]

'Murderers' Mound', the last resting place of the ringleaders of the 1 July 1846 'Cooking Pot' mutiny (photographed in about 1900).
  • 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[edit]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Awful State of Norfolk Island and Moreton Bay, Sydney Monitor, 22 February 1832, page 2.
  3. ^ a b c Norfolk Island, Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, 29 October 1833, page 2.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Ship News, Sydney Herald, 16 October 1834, page 3.
  6. ^ Domestic and Miscellaneous Intelligence, The Australian (Sydney), 9 October 1835, page 3.
  7. ^ a b Norfolk Island Commission Court, Sydney Monitor, 20 January 1836, page 2.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ "Murder at Norfolk Island". Colonial Times. Hobart, Tas. 25 August 1846. p. 3. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  10. ^ Chapter of Old Times No. 3, written by ‘Flying Fish’, Launceston Examiner, 7 July 1888, page 3.

Further reading[edit]

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