- Source: List of people legally executed on Norfolk Island
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
Peter McLean – 14 December 1800 – Irish convict and political prisoner, hanged without trial for conspiracy to mutiny.
John Houlahan – 14 December 1800 – Irish convict and political prisoner, hanged without trial for conspiracy to mutiny.
1830s
John McDonald - 13 April 1832 - Hanged for the attempted murder of fellow-convict Thomas Smith.
Thomas Reilly (or Riley) - 23 September 1833 - Hanged for the murder of fellow-convict Edward Doolan.
Matthew Connor - 23 September 1833 - Hanged for the attempted murder of constable Patrick Sullivan.
James Reynolds - 23 September 1833 - Hanged for the attempted murder of constable Patrick Sullivan.
Robert Douglas - 22 September 1834 - Hanged for mutiny.
Henry Drummond - 22 September 1834 - Hanged for mutiny.
James Bell - 22 September 1834 - Hanged for mutiny.
Joseph Butler - 22 September 1834 - Hanged for mutiny.
Robert Glennie - 22 September 1834 - Hanged for mutiny.
Walter Burke - 22 September 1834 - Hanged for mutiny.
Joseph Snell - 22 September 1834 - Hanged for mutiny.
William McCulloch - 23 September 1834 - Hanged for mutiny.
Michael Andrews - 23 September 1834 - Hanged for mutiny.
William Groves - 23 September 1834 - Hanged for mutiny.
Thomas Freshwater - 23 September 1834 - Hanged for mutiny.
Henry Knowles - 23 September 1834 - Hanged for mutiny.
Robert Ryan - 23 September 1834 - Hanged for mutiny.
James Burrows - 26 December 1835 - Hanged for the murder of fellow-convict John Dursley.
George Thompson - 26 December 1835 - Hanged for the attempted murder of fellow-convict John Fell at Longridge.
1840s
James Cairns – 13 October 1846 - Hanged for his involvement in the 'Cooking Pot Uprising'.
Owen Commuskey – 13 October 1846 - Hanged for his involvement in the 'Cooking Pot Uprising'.
John Davies (or Davis) – 13 October 1846 - Hanged for his involvement in the 'Cooking Pot Uprising'.
Lawrence Kavenagh – 13 October 1846 - Hanged for his involvement in the 'Cooking Pot Uprising'.
Samuel Kenyon – 13 October 1846 - Hanged for his involvement in the 'Cooking Pot Uprising'.
Edward McGinniss – 13 October 1846 - Hanged for his involvement in the 'Cooking Pot Uprising'.
William Pearson – 13 October 1846 - Hanged for his involvement in the 'Cooking Pot Uprising'.
Dennis Pendergast – 13 October 1846 - Hanged for his involvement in the 'Cooking Pot Uprising'.
William Pickthorne – 13 October 1846 - Hanged for his involvement in the 'Cooking Pot Uprising'.
William Scrimshaw – 13 October 1846 - Hanged for his involvement in the 'Cooking Pot Uprising'.
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'.
Henry Whiting – 13 October 1846 - Hanged for his involvement in the 'Cooking Pot Uprising'.
William Brown ('Doggie') - 19 October 1846 - Hanged for his involvement in the 'Cooking Pot Uprising'.
John Liddall - 3 November 1846 - Hanged for murder of Henry Clarke.
Bernard Macartney - 3 November 1846 - Hanged for murder of Henry Clarke.
References
Further reading
Heaton, J.H. Australian Dictionary of Dates and Men of the Time, S.W. Silver & Son, London, 1879. Part 2, pages 90–94.
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