List of people legally executed in Queensland explained

This is a list of people executed in Queensland. It lists people who were executed by British (and from 1901, Australian) authorities within the modern-day boundaries of Queensland. For people executed in other parts of Australia, see the sidebar.

1830s to 1850s

1860s

1870s

1880s

1890s

1900s to 1910s

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. O'Keefe. Mamie. 1976. The runaway convicts of Moreton Bay. Journal of the Royal Historical Society of Queensland. 0085-5804. Brisbane. Royal Historical Society of Queensland. 10. 1. 57. 902781413.
  2. Web site: 01 Dec 1830 – Domestic Intelligence. – Trove . Trove.nla.gov.au . 2016-12-07.
  3. Web site: Inside Boggo Road: Hangings in Brisbane 1830–82 . Boggoroadgaol.com.au . 2016-12-07.
  4. Web site: 08 Jul 1850 – Execution – Trove . Moreton Bay Courier . 8 July 1850 . Trove.nla.gov.au . 2016-12-07.
  5. Web site: 05 Apr 1850 – WIDE BAY. – Trove . Sydney Morning Herald . 5 April 1850 . Trove.nla.gov.au . 2016-12-07.
  6. Web site: 06 Jan 1852 – AUDI ALTERAM PARTEM. – Trove . Trove.nla.gov.au . 2016-12-07.
  7. Web site: 26 Aug 1854 – IPSWICH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. – Trove . Moreton Bay Courier . 26 August 1854 . Trove.nla.gov.au . 2016-12-07.
  8. Web site: 06 Jan 1855 – DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE. – Trove . Moreton Bay Courier . 6 January 1855 . Trove.nla.gov.au . 2016-12-07.
  9. News: 25 January 1859. Local Intelligence . 3. The North Australian, Ipswich And General Advertiser. Queensland, Australia. 25 June 2020. Trove.
  10. Web site: 18 Dec 1861 – EVENTS OF THE MONTH. – Trove . Nla.gov.au . 2016-12-07.
  11. Web site: 29 Aug 1914 – EXECUTION IN TOOWOOMBA. – Trove . Darling Downs Gazette . Trove.nla.gov.au . 1914-08-29 . 2016-12-07.
  12. News: 1868-06-17 . THE EXECUTION OF GRIFFIN. . Argus . 2022-03-31.
  13. News: Execution of Palmer and Williams . 5 February 2016. Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser. 30 November 1869. 2.
  14. News: 1869-12-23 . EXECUTION OF ARCHIBALD. . Rockhampton Bulletin and Central Queensland Advertiser . 2022-03-31.
  15. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1312805 Execution of an Aboriginal and a Chinaman
  16. News: 1870-03-10 . EXECUTION OF JACKY WHITTON AND GEE LEE. . 2024-07-23 . Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser.
  17. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1313577 Execution of Prendergast
  18. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article148038045 The Execution of Brown at Toowoomba
  19. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article148037119 Execution of Ross
  20. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article148038144 Execution of "George," the Aboriginal
  21. News: 1872-05-30 . EXECUTION OF PATRICK COLLINS. . 2024-07-23 . Brisbane Courier.
  22. News: 1872-06-13 . EXECUTION OF COLLINS AT BRISBANE. . 2024-07-23 . Queanbeyan Age.
  23. News: 1874-03-25 . DRAYTON. . 2024-07-23 . Darling Downs Gazette and General Advertiser.
  24. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article148506718 The Northern Argus of the 20th instant
  25. News: 1876-08-30 . THE ABORIGINES AT CORANDERRK. . 2024-07-23 . Age.
  26. News: 1877-05-24 . EXECUTION OF TWO SOUTH SEA ISLANDERS. . Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser . 2022-03-31.
  27. News: An Execution. . The Week (Brisbane, Qld. : 1876 - 1934) . 14 June 1879 . 11.
  28. News: 1880-03-15 . The Convict Joseph Wells. . 2024-07-23 . Brisbane Courier.
  29. News: 1880-08-16 . EXECUTION. . 2024-07-23 . Telegraph.
  30. News: 1880-08-16 . EXECUTION. . 2024-07-23 . Telegraph.
  31. News: 1881-12-12 . EXECUTION. . 2024-07-23 . Telegraph.
  32. News: 1882-05-26 . COLONIAL AND INTERCOLONIAL. . 2024-07-23 . Western Champion.
  33. News: 1883-10-16 . THE TRIPLE EXECUTION. . Brisbane Courier . 2022-03-31.
  34. News: 1883-10-20 . Three Men Hanged. . 2024-07-23 . Queensland Figaro.
  35. News: 1885-10-31 . Gordon's Execution. . Week . 2022-03-31.
  36. News: 1886-04-06 . EXECUTION AT THE GAOL. . Brisbane Courier . 2022-03-31.
  37. Web site: Tim Tie – Harry Gentle Resource Centre . 2024-07-23 . harrygentle.griffith.edu.au.
  38. News: 1887-06-04 . Execution of Pickford. . Queenslander . 2022-03-31.
  39. News: 1887-06-14 . THE DOUBLE EXECUTION. . Brisbane Courier . 2022-03-31.
  40. News: Kyriacou. Kate. December 17, 2014. Crime read: The story of Ellen Thompson, the only woman ever hanged in Queensland. The Courier-Mail. Herald Sun.
  41. News: 1890-06-07 . The Barry Murder. . Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser . 2022-03-31.
  42. News: Electric Telegraph. 26 April 1892. Execution in Brisbane. The Daily Northern Argus. Brisbane. 5. Trove.
  43. The Brisbane Courier, Tuesday, 27 September 1892
  44. The Brisbane Courier, Tuesday, 25 October 1892
  45. The Brisbane Courier Tuesday, 25 October 1892
  46. The Brisbane Courier, Tuesday, 24 October 1893
  47. News: Execution in Brisbane Gaol. Warwick Argus. 29 May 1894. 2. Trove.
  48. News: Electric Telegraph. 20 May 1895. Double Execution. The Daily Northern Argus. Brisbane. 3. Trove.
  49. News: Execution in the Brisbane Gaol. The Brisbane Courier. 23 July 1895. 2. Trove.
  50. News: Double Execution. The Brisbane Courier. 5 November 1895. 3. Trove.
  51. The Age, 5 November 1895, p. 5
  52. The Brisbane Courier, 12 June 1900, p. 2
  53. The Brisbane Courier, 14 May 1901, p. 2
  54. The Brisbane Courier, 28 May 1901, p. 7
  55. The Brisbane Courier, 1 October 1901, p. 7
  56. The Brisbane Courier, 4 December 1901, p 7
  57. The Brisbane Courier, 13 January 1903, p. 6
  58. The Brisbane Courier, 23 June 1903, p. 6
  59. The Brisbane Courier, 18 April 1905, p. 2
  60. The Brisbane Courier, 18 July 1905, p. 2
  61. The Brisbane Courier, 15 May 1906, p. 6
  62. Dawson, A Pit of Shame – Boggo Road's Executed Prisoners, pp. 73–4
  63. The Brisbane Courier, 1 January 1907, p. 2
  64. The Brisbane Courier, 17 December 1907, p. 6
  65. News: 1909-04-20 . THE JUNDAH MURDER. . Brisbane Courier . 2022-03-31.
  66. News: Bismarck Executed . 5 February 2017. The Telegraph. 19 April 1909. Brisbane. 6.
  67. News: Execution of Ross. 5 February 2017. The Week. 11 June 1909. Brisbane, Qld.
  68. News: 1910-06-14 . EXECUTION OF BRADSHAW. THE CARRON RIVER MURDERER . Brisbane Courier . 2022-03-31.
  69. News: 1912-06-11 . Alligator Creek Murder. . Gympie Times and Mary River Mining Gazette . 2022-03-31.
  70. News: 1913-09-23 . THE SAMFORD MURDER. AUSTIN EXECUTED. . Brisbane Courier . 2022-03-31.