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People legally executed in Australia by jurisdiction
New South Wales • Norfolk Island • Northern Territory • Queensland • South Australia • Tasmania • Victoria • Western Australia
See also: Capital punishment in Australia

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

1830s

1840s

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

References

  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.

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