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Ronald Ryan was the last man executed at Pentridge Prison and in Australia. He was hanged on 3 February 1967 after being convicted of shooting dead a prison officer during an escape from Pentridge Prison, Coburg, Victoria in 1965. [27] Victoria was also the state of the last woman executed in Australia: Jean Lee was hanged in 1951. She was ...
It lists people who were executed by Dutch East India Company (VOC), British and, from 1901, Australian authorities within the modern-day boundaries of Western Australia. For people executed in other parts of Australia, see the sidebar. Uniquely among Australian states, Western Australia is the site of several executions carried out by ...
Pencil on paper sketch of the execution of Michael Magee, the first man executed in South Australia, for shooting at Sheriff Smart. The artwork is inscribed, "Sketched on the ground by J. M. Skipper" (suggesting the artist witnessed the execution). Held at the State Library of South Australia, call no. B 7797.
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]
For people executed in other parts of Australia, see the sidebar. Within weeks of the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788 and the establishment of Sydney, New South Wales as the first permanent European settlement, Thomas Barrett became the first person to be executed in Australia under British law.
Punishment in Australia arises when an individual has been accused or convicted of breaking the law through the Australian criminal justice system. Australia uses prisons , as well as community corrections (various non-custodial punishments such as parole , probation , community service etc.). [ 1 ]
The gallows, last used in 1964. Executions at Fremantle Prison in Fremantle, Western Australia, were carried out between 1889 and 1964.Other places of execution in Western Australia included the Roundhouse at Fremantle; the old and new Perth Gaols; on the island of Rottnest; at the sites of the capital offence, such as at Maddington and Norrilong, York; on the eastern end of The Causeway at ...
List of people legally executed in Queensland; List of people legally executed in South Australia; List of people legally executed in Tasmania; List of people legally executed in the Northern Territory; List of people legally executed in Victoria; List of people legally executed in Western Australia; List of people legally executed on Norfolk ...