List of people legally executed in Australia
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New South Wales
- Thomas Barrett - 27 February 1788 - First person hanged in the colony of New South Wales for stealing beef from the colony food stores.
- Ann Davis - 23 November 1789 - First woman hanged in Australia.
- John Albury - 6 Jul 1799
- Patrick Sullivan - 18 October 1826 - Publically hanged on gallows constructed in Bankstown for bushranging.
- James Moran - 18 October 1826 - Publically hanged on gallows constructed in Bankstown for bushranging.
- William Hawkins - 18 December 1838 - Hanged for his part in the Myall Creek MassacreMyall Creek massacreMyall Creek Massacre involved the killing of up to 30 unarmed Australian Aborigines by European settlers on 10 June 1838 at the Myall Creek near Bingara in northern New South Wales...
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- John Johnson - 18 December 1838 - Hanged for his part in the Myall Creek MassacreMyall Creek massacreMyall Creek Massacre involved the killing of up to 30 unarmed Australian Aborigines by European settlers on 10 June 1838 at the Myall Creek near Bingara in northern New South Wales...
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- Edward Foley - 18 December 1838 - Hanged for his part in the Myall Creek MassacreMyall Creek massacreMyall Creek Massacre involved the killing of up to 30 unarmed Australian Aborigines by European settlers on 10 June 1838 at the Myall Creek near Bingara in northern New South Wales...
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- Jim Oates - 18 December 1838 - Hanged for his part in the Myall Creek MassacreMyall Creek massacreMyall Creek Massacre involved the killing of up to 30 unarmed Australian Aborigines by European settlers on 10 June 1838 at the Myall Creek near Bingara in northern New South Wales...
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- James Parry - 18 December 1838 - Hanged for his part in the Myall Creek MassacreMyall Creek massacreMyall Creek Massacre involved the killing of up to 30 unarmed Australian Aborigines by European settlers on 10 June 1838 at the Myall Creek near Bingara in northern New South Wales...
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- Charlie Kilmeister - 18 December 1838 - Hanged for his part in the Myall Creek MassacreMyall Creek massacreMyall Creek Massacre involved the killing of up to 30 unarmed Australian Aborigines by European settlers on 10 June 1838 at the Myall Creek near Bingara in northern New South Wales...
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- John Russell - 18 December 1838 - Hanged for his part in the Myall Creek MassacreMyall Creek massacreMyall Creek Massacre involved the killing of up to 30 unarmed Australian Aborigines by European settlers on 10 June 1838 at the Myall Creek near Bingara in northern New South Wales...
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- Robert Hudson - 29 October 1841 - Publically hanged outside of Darlinghurst GaolDarlinghurst GaolDarlinghurst Gaol was an Australian prison located in Darlinghurst, New South Wales. The site is bordered by Victoria, Burton and Forbes streets, with entrances on Forbes and Burton Streets.-History:...
for murdering a fellow convict. He was executed with George Stroud, Hudson and Stroud were the first men executed at Darlingurst Gaol.
- George Stroud (or Stroode) - 29 October 1841 - Publically hanged outside of Darlinghurst GaolDarlinghurst GaolDarlinghurst Gaol was an Australian prison located in Darlinghurst, New South Wales. The site is bordered by Victoria, Burton and Forbes streets, with entrances on Forbes and Burton Streets.-History:...
for murdering his wife. He was executed with Robert Hudson, Stroud and Hudson were the first men executed at Darlingurst Gaol.
- John KnatchbullJohn KnatchbullJohn Knatchbull was a naval captain and convict found guilty of murder in 1844. He was one of the earliest to raise in a British court the plea of moral insanity .- Biography :...
- 13 February 1844 - Former Royal Navy captain hanged publically in front of Darlinghurst GaolDarlinghurst GaolDarlinghurst Gaol was an Australian prison located in Darlinghurst, New South Wales. The site is bordered by Victoria, Burton and Forbes streets, with entrances on Forbes and Burton Streets.-History:...
for the murder of shopkeeper Ellen Jamieson with a tomahawk in January 1844.
- Francis Thomas Green - 21 September 1852 - Publically hanged outside of Darlinghurst GaolDarlinghurst GaolDarlinghurst Gaol was an Australian prison located in Darlinghurst, New South Wales. The site is bordered by Victoria, Burton and Forbes streets, with entrances on Forbes and Burton Streets.-History:...
for the murder of John Jones at Buckley's Creek on 10 March 1852 with a pistol. This was the last public hanging in NSW.
- Henry James O'Farrell - 21 April 1868 - Hanged at Darlinghurst GaolDarlinghurst GaolDarlinghurst Gaol was an Australian prison located in Darlinghurst, New South Wales. The site is bordered by Victoria, Burton and Forbes streets, with entrances on Forbes and Burton Streets.-History:...
for the attempted assassination of Prince Alfred Duke of Edinburgh on 12 March, 1868 in the Sydney suburb of Clontarf.
- Jackie Underwood - 14 January 1901 - Hanged at Dubbo GaolOld Dubbo GaolOld Dubbo Gaol was an Australian prison located in the city of Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia. It was the second gaol in Dubbo, replacing lockups built in 1847 and 1862....
for the murders of Percival Mawbey, Helen Josephine Kerz, Mrs Grace Mawbey, Miss Grace Mawbey and Hilda Mawbey at Breelong, NSWNew South WalesNew South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
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- Jimmy GovernorJimmy GovernorJimmy Governor was one of the Governor brothers, two Indigenous Australian men who committed a series of murders in the Central West region of New South Wales around the turn of the twentieth century....
- 18 January 1901 - Hanged at Darlinghurst GaolDarlinghurst GaolDarlinghurst Gaol was an Australian prison located in Darlinghurst, New South Wales. The site is bordered by Victoria, Burton and Forbes streets, with entrances on Forbes and Burton Streets.-History:...
for the murders of Helen Josephine Kerz, Mrs. Grace Mawbey, Miss Grace Mawbey, Percival Mawbey, Hilda Mawbey at Breelong, NSW.
- Joseph Campbell - 20 December 1901 - Hanged at Darlinghurst GaolDarlinghurst GaolDarlinghurst Gaol was an Australian prison located in Darlinghurst, New South Wales. The site is bordered by Victoria, Burton and Forbes streets, with entrances on Forbes and Burton Streets.-History:...
for the rape of 9-year-old Violet Oldfield at Queanbeyan, NSW.
- Thomas Moore - 14 April 1903 - Hanged at Darlinghurst GaolDarlinghurst GaolDarlinghurst Gaol was an Australian prison located in Darlinghurst, New South Wales. The site is bordered by Victoria, Burton and Forbes streets, with entrances on Forbes and Burton Streets.-History:...
for the rape and murder of 10-year-old Janet Irene Smith at LeichhardtLeichhardtLeichhardt may refer to:* Division of Leichhardt, electoral District for the Australian House of Representatives* Leichhardt Highway, a highway of Queensland, Australia* Leichhardt, New South Wales, inner-western suburb of Sydney, Australia...
, NSW.
- Digby Grand - 7 July 1903 - Hanged at Darlinghurst GaolDarlinghurst GaolDarlinghurst Gaol was an Australian prison located in Darlinghurst, New South Wales. The site is bordered by Victoria, Burton and Forbes streets, with entrances on Forbes and Burton Streets.-History:...
for the murder of Police Constable Samuel Long at AuburnAuburn, New South WalesAuburn is a suburb in western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales Australia. Auburn is located 19 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre of the local government area of Auburn Council.-History:...
, NSW.
- Henry Jones - 7 July 1903 - Hanged at Darlinghurst GaolDarlinghurst GaolDarlinghurst Gaol was an Australian prison located in Darlinghurst, New South Wales. The site is bordered by Victoria, Burton and Forbes streets, with entrances on Forbes and Burton Streets.-History:...
for the murder of Police Constable Samuel Long at Auburn, NSW.
- Ah Check - 28 June 1904 - Hanged at Dubbo GaolOld Dubbo GaolOld Dubbo Gaol was an Australian prison located in the city of Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia. It was the second gaol in Dubbo, replacing lockups built in 1847 and 1862....
for the murder of William Tregaskis at Peak HillPeak Hill, New South WalesPeak Hill is a town in Parkes Shire in the Central West of New South Wales, Australia. At the 2006 census, Peak Hill had a population of 946 people.It is on the Newell Highway and the Dubbo to Parkes railway line, completed to Peak Hill in 1910...
, NSW.
- John Raymond Brown - 11 December 1906 - Hanged at Grafton GaolGrafton Correctional CentreGrafton Correctional Centre is a medium security prison for both men and women in Grafton, New South Wales, Australia. As well as housing sentenced offenders, the Centre serves as a reception prison for northern NSW....
for the murders of Daniel O'Keefe, Margaret O'Keefe and Patrick Gillick at BallinaBallina, New South WalesBallina is a town on the Northern Rivers of New South Wales, Australia, and the seat of the Ballina Shire Local Government Area. It had a population of 16,477 in the 2006 Census.-Location:...
, NSW.
- Peter Sadeek - 11 June 1907 - Hanged at Broken Hill GaolBroken Hill Correctional CentreBroken Hill Correctional Centre is a medium security Australian prison housing males and females, located in Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia....
for the murder of May Cooney at White CliffsWhite Cliffs, New South WalesWhite Cliffs is a small town in outback New South Wales in Australia, in Central Darling Shire. White Cliffs is around 255 km northeast of Broken Hill, 93 km north of Wilcannia. At the 2006 census, White Cliffs had a population of 119....
, NSW.
- Nicholas Baxter - 29 October 1907 - Hanged at Darlinghurst GaolDarlinghurst GaolDarlinghurst Gaol was an Australian prison located in Darlinghurst, New South Wales. The site is bordered by Victoria, Burton and Forbes streets, with entrances on Forbes and Burton Streets.-History:...
for the murder of Mary MacNamara at EnmoreEnmore, New South WalesEnmore is a suburb in the inner-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Enmore is located 5 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district and is part of the local government area of Marrickville Council.-History:...
, NSW.
- George Toffts - 26 November 1907 - Hanged at Tamworth GaolTamworth Correctional CentreTamworth Correctional Centre is a medium security institution for males and is located in the Northern Tablelands, 397km north of Sydney. Theinstitution serves as a reception correctional centre for Tamworth and surrounding districts....
for the murder of Maud Fletcher at QuirindiQuirindi, New South WalesQuirindi is a small town on the North West Slopes region of New South Wales, Australia, in Liverpool Plains Shire Local Government Area ....
, NSW.
- William Frederick Ball - 17 June 1912 - Hanged at Armidale Gaol for the murder of Louisa Ball at BingaraBingara, New South WalesBingara is a small town on the Gwydir River in Murchison County in the New England region of New South Wales, Australia. In 2006, Bingara had a population of 1,207 people. and is currently the Administrative centre for the Gwydir Shire that was created in 2003. It has a culturally homogeneous...
, NSW.
- Frank FranzSydney TwelveThe Sydney Twelve were members of the Industrial Workers of the World arrested on 23 September 1916 in Sydney, Australia, and charged with treason under the Treason Felony Act , arson, sedition and forgery....
- 20 December 1916 - Hanged at Bathurst Gaol for the murder of Police Constable George Joss Duncan at TottenhamTottenham, New South WalesTottenham is a small town in Lachlan Shire in the Central West of New South Wales, Australia. It had a population of 343 in 2006, including 21 indigenous people and 20 foreign born people ....
, NSW.
- Roland Nicholas KennedySydney TwelveThe Sydney Twelve were members of the Industrial Workers of the World arrested on 23 September 1916 in Sydney, Australia, and charged with treason under the Treason Felony Act , arson, sedition and forgery....
- 20 December 1916 - Hanged at Bathurst Gaol for the murder of Police Constable George Joss Duncan at Tottenham, NSW.
- James Wilson - 31 May 1917 - Hanged at Long Bay Gaol for the murder of George Pappageorgi at HaymarketHaymarket, New South WalesHaymarket is a locality of Sydney's city centre, New South Wales, Australia. It is located at the southern end of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Sydney....
, NSW.
- Christian William Benzing - 16 June 1917 - Hanged at Long Bay Gaol for the rape and murder of 11-year-old Dorothy Myra Small at RockdaleRockdale, New South WalesRockdale is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Rockdale is located 13 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district and is part of the St George area...
, NSW.
- Edward Williams - 29 April 1924 - Hanged at Long Bay Gaol for the murder of his three children, 5-year-old Rosalie Williams, 3-year-old Mary Williams and 2-year-old Cecillia Williams at PaddingtonPaddington, New South WalesPaddington is an inner-city, eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Paddington is located 3 kilometres east of the Sydney central business district and lies across the local government areas of the City of Sydney and the Municipality of Woollahra...
, NSW.
- William George Gordon Simpson - 10 December 1924 - Hanged at Long Bay Gaol for the murders of Guy Chalmers Clift and Police Constable James Flynn at AppinAppin, New South WalesAppin is a town in the Macarthur Region of New South Wales, Australia in Wollondilly Shire. It is situated about 16 kilometres south of Campbelltown and 35 kilometres north west of Wollongong.-Early history:...
, NSW.
- William Cyril Moxley - 17 August 1932 - Hanged at Long Bay Gaol for the murders of Dorothy Ruth Denzel and Frank Barnby Wilkinson at MoorebankMoorebank, New South WalesMoorebank is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Moorebank is located 27 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Liverpool....
, NSW.
- Edwin John Hickey - 14 May 1936 - Hanged at Long Bay Gaol for the murder of Montague Henwood at LindenLinden, New South WalesLinden is a village in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia. It is in the City of Blue Mountains, 81 km west of Sydney and 19 kms east of Katoomba. The village is on the Great Western Highway and has a railway station on the Main Western railway line served by CityRail's Blue...
, NSW.
- James Leighton Massey - 15 June 1936 - Hanged at Long Bay Gaol for the murder of Norman Samuel McLaren Stead at DarlinghurstDarlinghurst, New South WalesDarlinghurst is an inner-city, eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Darlinghurst is located immediately east of the Sydney central business district and Hyde Park, within the local government area of the City of Sydney...
, NSW.
- Alfred Spicer - 26 May 1938 - Hanged at Long Bay Gaol for the rape and murder of 6-year-old Marcia Hayes at WindsorWindsor, New South WalesWindsor is a town in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Windsor is located in the local government area of the City of Hawkesbury. It sits on the Hawkesbury River, on the north-western outskirts of the Sydney metropolitan area. At the 2006 census, Windsor had a population of...
, NSW.
- John Trevor Kelly - 24 August 1939 - Hanged at Long Bay Gaol for the murder of Marjorie Constance Sommerlad at TenterfieldTenterfield, New South WalesTenterfield is a town in New South Wales, Australia. It is located in the New England region at the intersection of the New England and Bruxner Highways. Tenterfield is a three-hour drive from Brisbane, 2.5 hours from Byron Bay, two hours from Armidale, New South Wales and 10 hours from Sydney....
, NSW. He was the last person to be judicially executed in the state of New South Wales.
Northern Territory
- Charles Flannagan - 15 July 1893 - Hanged at Fannie Bay Gaol for the murder of Samuel Croker at Auvergne Station, NT.
- Wandy Wandy - 25 July 1893 - Hanged on gallows constructed at the scene of the crime at Malay Bay, NT for his part in the murder of six unnamed Malays.
- Moolooloorun (Aboriginal male, no given surname) - 17 January 1895 - Hanged on gallows constructed at Crescent Lagoon, NT in the presence of other members of his aboriginal community for the murder of an unnamed Chinese man near the Roper River.
- Chung Yeung - 10 August 1899 - Hanged at Fannie Bay Gaol for the murder of Chee Hang at Yam Creek, NT.
- Lem Kai - 10 August 1899 - Hanged at Fannie Bay Gaol for the murder of Chee Hang at Yam Creek, NT.
- Jimmie (Aboriginal male, no given surname) - 8 April 1901 - Hanged on gallows constructed at Shaw's Creek, Victoria River, NT for the murder of John Larsen at Daly River.
- Tommy (Aboriginal male, no given surname) - 21 December 1905 - Hanged at Fannie Bay Gaol for the murders of Henry Edwards, Richard Frost and Nowra at Victoria River district, NT.
- Koppio (Aboriginal male, no given surname) - 15 July 1913 - Hanged at Fannie Bay Gaol for the Murders of Ching Loy and Lo Sin at the old Howley Mine, NT.
- Jaroslav Koci - 8 August 1952 - Hanged at Fannie Bay Gaol for the murder of George Thomas Grantham in Darwin, NT.
- Jan Novotny - 8 August 1952 - Hanged at Fannie Bay Gaol for the murder of George Thomas Grantham in Darwin, NT.
Queensland
- Ernest AustinErnest Austin (murderer)Ernest Austin was the last person executed by Queensland.Austin was convicted of raping and murdering 12-year-old Ivy Mitchell at Cedar Creek road near Samford...
- last person executed in Queensland - 22 September 1913 - George David SilvaGeorge David SilvaGeorge David Silva who was of Cingalese descent, worked as a farmhand on a property owned by Charles Ching at Alligator Creek, about 20 miles from Mackay, Queensland....
- 10 June 1912 - Ellen Thompson - The last woman to be hanged in Queensland - 13 June 1887
South Australia
- Raymond John Bailey - convicted of the Sundown MurdersSundown MurdersThe Sundown Murders refer to the murder of Sally Bowman , her daughter Wendy Bowman , and family friend Thomas Whelan on Sundown Station in northern South Australia outback in December 1957...
- 24 June 1958 - Thomas Blythe - murdered his wife - 9 January 1930
- Robert Johnson - murdered a trooper - 18 November 1881
- Glen Sabre ValanceGlen Sabre ValanceGlen Sabre Valance, age 21, was hanged in Adelaide Gaol for the murder of Richard Strang. He was the last man executed in South Australia on 24 November 1964....
- last man to be hanged in South Australia - 24 November 1964 - Elizabeth WoolcockElizabeth WoolcockElizabeth Woolcock was born Elizabeth Lillian Oliver in Burra Burra and was hanged in Adelaide Gaol for the murder of her husband Thomas Woolcock by mercury poisoning. She remains the only woman ever executed in South Australia and is buried between the outer and inner prison walls...
- the only woman hanged in South Australia - 30 December 1873
This list for SA is incomplete - Glen Sabre Valance was the last person hanged in South Australia Glen S Valence
24/11/1964. Complete list can be found at http://www.adelaidegaol.org.au/Adelaide_Gaol_Characters.htm
Victoria
- Alfred Bye - 22 December 1941
- Frederick Bailey DeemingFrederick Bailey DeemingFrederick Bailey Deeming was an English-born Australian gasfitter and murderer.Deeming was born in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, England, son of Thomas Deeming, brazier, and his wife Ann, née Bailey. He was a "difficult child" according to writers Maurice Gurvich and Christopher Wray...
- 23 May 1892 - Ned KellyNed KellyEdward "Ned" Kelly was an Irish Australian bushranger. He is considered by some to be merely a cold-blooded cop killer — others, however, consider him to be a folk hero and symbol of Irish Australian resistance against the Anglo-Australian ruling class.Kelly was born in Victoria to an Irish...
- 11 November 1880 - Frances Lydia Alice KnorrFrances Lydia Alice KnorrFrances Lydia Alice Knorr was known as the baby farming Murderess. She was found guilty of strangling two infants and hanged on Monday 15 January 1894....
- 15 January 1894 - Jean LeeJean Lee (murderer)Jean Lee was an Australian woman, convicted of murder, and notable as the last woman to be executed in Australia.- Life :...
- the last woman hanged in Australia - 19 February 1951 - Eddie LeonskiEddie LeonskiEdward Joseph Leonski was an American spree killer who committed his crimes in Australia. Leonski is known as the "Brownout Strangler", given Melbourne's wartime status of keeping low lighting .-Early life:Born in New York, Leonski grew up in an abusive, alcoholic family, and one of his brothers...
- 9 November 1942 - Colin Campbell RossColin Campbell RossColin Campbell Eadie Ross was an Australian wine-bar owner executed for the rape and murder of a child which became known as The Gun Alley Murder, despite there being evidence that he was innocent...
- executed for the Gun Alley Murder - 24 April 1922 - Ronald RyanRonald RyanRonald Joseph Ryan was the last person to be legally executed in Australia. Ryan was found guilty of shooting and killing prison officer George Hodson during a prison escape from Pentridge Prison, Victoria in 1965...
- the last person hanged in Australia. - 3 February 1967
Western Australia
Round HouseRound House
The Round House is the oldest building still standing in Western Australia. It is located at Arthur Head in Fremantle, and recent heritage assessments and appraisals of the precinct of the Round House incorporate Arthur Head....
- John GavinJohn Gavin (convict)John Gavin was the first European settler to be legally executed in Western Australia. He was executed for murder at the age of fifteen....
- 6 April 1844
Perth (reference: The Argus 27 June 1876
- Kenneth Brown (pastoralist)Kenneth Brown (pastoralist)Kenneth Brown was an explorer and pastoralist in Western Australia. He was hanged for murdering his wife.Kenneth Brown was born in England in 1837. The eldest son of Thomas Brown, he later became the older brother of Maitland Brown. In 1840, The Brown family emigrated to Western Australia,...
- 10 June 1876
Fremantle Prison
Fremantle Prison
Fremantle Prison is a former Australian prison located in The Terrace, Fremantle, in Western Australia. The site includes the prison, gatehouse, perimeter walls, cottages, tunnels, and prisoner art...
- Long Jimmy - 2 March 1889
- Arle Pres - 8 November 1889
- Ah Chi - 16 April 1891
- Chew Fang - 29 April 1892
- Lyee Nyee - 29 April 1892
- Sin Cho Chi - 29 April 1892
- Quong Young - 29 April 1892
- Mahomet Goulam - 2 May 1896
- Khan Jumna - 31 March 1897
- Pedro De La Cruz - 19 July 1900
- Peter Perez - 19 July 1900
- Samuel Peters - 9 September 1902
- Stelios Psichitas - 15 April 1903
- Fredrick Mailliat - 21 April 1903
- Rocca(Rokka) Sebaro - 7 July 1903
- Ah Hook - 11 January 1904
- Mohomet Mianoor - 4 May 1904
- Lawrence Cook - 2 March 1904
- Simeon Espada - 14 December 1905
- Charles Hagen - 14 December 1905
- Pablo Marquez - 14 December 1905
- Antonio Sala - 19 November 1906
- Augustin DeKitchilan - 23 October 1907
- Harry G. Smith - 23 March 1908
- Iwakichi Oki - 22 October 1908
- Martha RendellMartha RendellMartha Rendell was the last of three women to be hanged in Western Australia. She was convicted of murdering her de facto husband's son, Arthur Morris, in 1908. She was also suspected of killing his two daughters, Annie and Olive by swabbing their throats with hydrochloric acid...
-6 October 1909 - Peter Robustelli - 9 February 1910
- Alexander Smart - 7 March 1911
- David H Smithson - 25 July 1911
- Charles Spargo - 1 July 1913
- Charles H.Odgers - 14 January 1914
- Andrea Sacheri - 12 April 1915
- Frank Rosland - 12 March 1923
- Roystan Rennie - 2 August 1926
- William Coulter - 25 October 1926
- Phillip J.Trefene - 25 October 1926
- John Sumpter Milner - 21 May 1928
- Clifford Hulme - 3 September 1928
- Antonio Fanto - 18 May 1931
- John T Smith - 13 June 1932
- Karol Tapci - 23 June 1952
- Robert J.Thomas - 18 June 1960
- Mervyn Fallows - 6 June 1961
- Brian W Robinson - 20 January 1964
- Eric Edgar CookeEric Edgar CookeEric Edgar Cooke nicknamed The Night Caller was an Australian serial killer. From 1959 to 1963, he terrorised the city of Perth, Western Australia, by committing 22 violent crimes, eight of which resulted in deaths....
- 26 October 1964