List of people legally executed in Tasmania

This is a list of people executed in Van Diemen's Land (1803-1856), the Colony of Tasmania (1856-1901) and since 1901, the federated island state of Tasmania, Australia. It lists people who were executed by British (and from 1901, Australian) authorities within the modern-day boundaries of Tasmania. For people executed in other parts of Australia, see the sidebar.

1800s to 1810s

Thomas England – April 1806 – Private of 102nd Regiment, hanged at York Town, Port Dalrymple for his part in theft from Government Stores there on 18 January 1806. James Keating/Keling – 14 April 1806 – Hanged at Hobart for his part in theft from Government Stores at Port Dalrymple on 18 January 1806. Terence Flynn – 14 July 1810 – Hanged in the Queenborough district (Sandy Bay) for murder Job Stokes – 14 July 1810 – Hanged in the Queenborough district for housebreaking William Stevens – 25 May 1815 – Hanged at Hobart for stealing jewellery and other articles from Arnold Frisk at Pittwater. Hung in chains Thomas Morley/Mauley – 6 June 1815 – Hanged at Hobart for the murder of Thomas Connelly Richard McGuire – 7 June 1815 – Hanged at Hobart for the murder of William Carlisle and James O'Burn at New Norfolk. Hung in chains Hugh Burn – 29 June 1815 – Hanged at Hobart for the murder of William Carlisle and James O'Burn at New Norfolk. Hung in chains Richard Collier – 26 January 1818 – Hanged on the New Town road, Hobart, for the 1815 murder of Carlisle and O'Burn at New Norfolk George Gray – 11 June 1818 – Hanged at Hobart for murder of John Evans (real name Charles Bell) at York Plains William Trimm – 11 June 1818 – Hanged at Hobart for sheep-stealing in the Richmond district

1820s

1820 to 1823

Thomas Baley/Bailey – 28 July 1820 – Hanged at Hobart for sheep stealing John Brady – 28 July 1820 – Hanged at Hobart for sheep stealing Edward Brady – 28 April 1821 – Hanged at Hobart for robbery of Alfred Thrupp's property at Restdown (Risdon) James Flinn/Flynn – 28 April 1821 – Hanged at Hobart for robbery of Alfred Thrupp's property at Restdown (Risdon) John Higgins – 28 April 1821 – Hanged at Hobart for armed robbery and firing on the King's troops. John Hill – 28 April 1821 – Hanged at Hobart for armed robbery and firing on the King's troops. Robert Hunter – 28 April 1821 – Hanged at scaffold erected at the top of Macquarie Street, Hobart Town, for robbery of Alfred Thrupp's property at Restdown (Risdon) Thomas Kenny – 28 April 1821 – Hanged at Hobart for armed robbery and firing on the King's troops. John McGennis/McGinnis – 28 April 1821 – Hanged at Hobart for sheep-stealing John Oliver – 28 April 1821 – Hanged at Hobart for cattle-stealing Joseph Potaskie – 28 April 1821 – Hanged at Hobart for robbery and rape of Sarah Thrupp at Restdown (Risdon) Michael Riley – 28 April 1821 – Hanged at Hobart for armed robbery and firing on the King's troops. Robert Gillaird/Gillard – 30 May 1821 – Hanged at Launceston for the armed robbery in the house of William Chapman Patrick Kane/Kean – 30 May 1821 – Hanged at Launceston armed robbery in the house of William Chapman William Lloyd – 30 May 1821 – Hanged at Launceston armed robbery in the house of William Chapman Daniel McCarthy – 30 May 1821 – Hanged at Launceston for armed robbery in the house of John Cummings John Morell – 30 May 1821 – Hanged at Launceston for stealing in the Norfolk Plains district William Hyder – 3 June 1821 – Hanged at George Town for armed robbery from the house of James Hill James Norris – 3 June 1821 – Hanged at George Town for armed robbery from the house of James Hill Thomas Gutteridge – 4 June 1821 – Hanged at George Town for armed robberies William Smith – 25 April 1822 – Hanged at the Cascade end of Macquarie Street, Hobart, for sheep stealing. John Williams – 25 April 1822 – Hanged at the Cascade end of Macquarie Street, Hobart, for sheep stealing. Edward Griffith - 16 August 1822 - Hanged at Hobart for armed robbery Richard Oldrey - 16 August 1822 - Hanged at Hobart for armed robbery James Parker - 16 August 1822 - Hanged at Hobart for armed robbery Michael Yorke - 16 August 1822 - Hanged at Hobart for armed robbery James Smith – 12 April 1823 – Hanged at Hobart for sheep-stealing. (Smith actually cheated the hangman by "suspending himself by a silk handkerchief from a bar...in the room in which he was confined") George Richardson – 14 April 1823 – Hanged at Hobart for sheep-stealing Robert Oldham/Holdham – 14 April 1823– Hanged at Hobart for sheep-stealing William Davis – 14 April 1823 – Hanged at Hobart for sheep-stealing Ralph Churlton – 14 April 1823 – Hanged at Hobart for sheep-stealing

1824 to 1825

Alexander Pearce – 19 July 1824 – Hanged at Hobart for the murder of Thomas Cox. Cannibalised Thomas Bodenham and John Mather (both killed by Robert Greenhill); Confessed to killing and cannibalising Robert Greenhill and Thomas Cox. Thomas Butler – 22 July 1824 – Hanged at Hobart for sheep-stealing. Patrick Connell – 22 July 1824 – Hanged at Hobart for burglary of the home of HW Mason and stealing guns and powder. James Tierney – 22 July 1824 – Hanged at Hobart for robbery from the person of Patrick Brodie and Thomas Osborne of a gun and watch, and robbery from the home of HW Mason. Isaac Walker – 22 July 1824 – Hanged at Hobart for robbery from the person of Patrick Brodie and Thomas Osborne of a gun and watch, and robbery from the home of HW Mason. John Thompson – 22 July 1824 – Hanged at Hobart for robbery from the person of Patrick Brodie and Thomas Osborne of a gun and watch, and robbery from the home of HW Mason. George Gardner – 8 September 1824 – Hanged at George Town for killing a steer with intent to steal Arthur Dicker – 8 September 1824 – Hanged at George Town for killing a steer with intent to steal Thomas Taylor – 8 September 1824 – Hanged at George Town for the murder of John Street at Abbotsfield Luke Fowler – 8 September 1824 – Hanged at George Town for the murder of John Street at Abbotsfield Charles Kimberley – 8 September 1824 – Hanged at George Town for the murder of Judith Burke James Crawford – 8 September 1824 – Hanged at George Town for robbery and putting in fear John Bimms – 8 September 1824 – Hanged at George Town for robbery and putting in fear Job Corfield – 8 September 1824 – Hanged at George Town for robbery and putting in fear Matthew Stephenson – 15 September 1824 – Hanged at George Town for robbery and putting in fear John Twiggs – 15 September 1824 – Hanged at George Town for robbery and putting in fear Thomas Hudson – 28 January 1825 – Hanged at Macquarie Harbour for the murder of Robert Esk William Allen – 28 January 1825 – Hanged at Macquarie Harbour for the murder of William Saul at Birch's Bay Francis Oates – 28 January 1825 – Hanged at Macquarie Harbour for the murder of James Williamson Henry McConnell – 25 February 1825 – Hanged at Hobart for robbery Jeremiah Ryan – 25 February 1825 – Hanged at Hobart for murder and robbery Charles Ryder – 25 February 1825 – Hanged at Hobart for murder and robbery James Bryant – 25 February 1825 – Hanged at Hobart for murder Black Jack (or Jack Roberts) – 25 February 1825 – Indigenous. Hanged at Hobart for the murder of Patrick McCarthy Musquito – 25 February 1825 – Indigenous (Eora). Hanged at Hobart for a murder at Grindstone Bay Peter Thackery – 25 February 1825 – Hanged at Hobart for burglary and putting in bodily fear John Logan – 25 February 1825 – Hanged at Hobart for attempted shooting murder of William Shoobridge. The victim was saved because the bullet struck a ruler in his pocket. Samuel Fielding – 26 February 1825 – Hanged at Hobart for sheep-stealing James Chamberlain – 26 February 1825 – Hanged at Hobart for sheep-stealing Stephen Lear – 26 February 1825 – Hanged at Hobart for burglary at the Surveyor-General's Henry Fry – 26 February 1825 – Hanged at Hobart for burglary at the Surveyor-General's John Reed Riddle – 31 August 1825 – Hanged at Hobart for murder of George Fildes in Goulburn St. He confessed to the murder of both his ex-wives. Thomas Peacock – 31 August 1825 – Hanged at Hobart for murder of Constable Craggs William Buckley – 31 August 1825 – Hanged at Hobart for robbery Joseph Broadhead – 31 August 1825 – Hanged at Hobart for robbery John Everis – 31 August 1825 – Hanged at Hobart for robbery John Godliman – 7 September 1825 – Hanged at Hobart for sheep-stealing and the murder of Samuel Hunt at Fourteen-Tree Plain, near Jericho. Jonas Dobson – 12 December 1825 – Hanged at Hobart for the murder of stock-keeper William Mason at the Eastern Marshes (East of Jericho)

1826 John Johnson – 6 January 1826 – Hanged at Hobart for burglary at Mr. Barnes' Samuel Longman (or Longworth) – 6 January 1826 – Hanged at Hobart for burglary and putting in fear Charles Wigley – 6 January 1826 – Hanged at Hobart for house breaking James Major – 6 January 1826 – Hanged at Hobart for stealing an ox William Pollock – 6 January 1826 – Hanged at Hobart for sheep-stealing George Harden – 6 January 1826 – Hanged at Hobart for sheep-stealing William Preece – 6 January 1826 – Hanged at Hobart for robberies James McCabe – 7 January 1826 – Hanged at Hobart for murder, robberies Richard Brown – 7 January 1826 – Hanged at Hobart for sheep-stealing James Brown – 7 January 1826 – Hanged at Hobart for sheep-stealing John Green – 7 January 1826 – Hanged at Hobart for sheep-stealing Thomas Bosworth – 7 January 1826 – Hanged at Hobart for burglary and putting in fear Richard Miller – 7 January 1826 – Hanged at Hobart for burglary and putting in fear William Craven – 7 January 1826 – Hanged at Hobart for burglary and putting in fear Thomas Bell - 17 February 1826 – Hanged at Launceston for sheep-stealing James Eales – 17 February 1826 – Hanged at Launceston for sheep-stealing and robbery William Eales – 17 February 1826 – Hanged at Launceston for sheep-stealing and robbery Richard Holtham - 17 February 1826 – Hanged at Launceston for sheep-stealing Thomas Pawley - 17 February 1826 – Hanged at Launceston for robbery and putting in fear. Matthew Brady – 4 May 1826 – Hanged at Hobart for stealing from the person of William Andrews Patrick Bryant – 4 May 1826 – Hanged at Hobart for Murder, robberies John Perry – 4 May 1826 – Hanged at Hobart for stealing from the dwelling of Thomas Railton. Killed and with Thomas Jeffrey cannibalised Edward Russell. Thomas Jeffrey – 4 May 1826 – Hanged at Hobart for the murder of Magnus Baker/Bakie. With John Perry, cannibalised Edward Russell. John Thompson – 4 May 1826 – Hanged at Hobart for the murder of Margaret Smith at the Watch-House Samuel Hodgetts – 5 May 1826 – Hanged at Hobart for Murder, robberies James McKenney – 5 May 1826 – Hanged at Hobart for Murder, robberies James Goodwin – 5 May 1826 – Hanged at Hobart for Murder, robberies John Gregory – 5 May 1826 – Hanged at Hobart for Murder, robberies William Tilley – 5 May 1826 – Hanged at Hobart for Murder, robberies William Brown – 5 May 1826 – Hanged at Hobart for Murder, robberies Thomas Dunnings – 13 September 1826 – Hanged at Hobart for the murder of Alexander Simpson at Pittwater Edward Everett – 13 September 1826 – Hanged at Hobart for the murder of Alexander Simpson at Pittwater William Smith – 13 September 1826 – Hanged at Hobart for the murder of Alexander Simpson at Pittwater John Taylor – 13 September 1826 – Hanged at Hobart for absconding from Macquarie Harbour and robbing soldiers of their arms George Watters – 13 September 1826 – Hanged at Hobart for absconding from Macquarie Harbour and robbing soldiers of their arms Jack – 13 September 1826 – Indigenous. Hanged for the murder of Thomas Colley at Oyster Bay. Dick – 13 September 1826 – Indigenous. Hanged for the murder of Thomas Colley at Oyster Bay. Dick was kept apart before the execution as he was suffering from leprosy. George Brace – 15 September 1826 – Hanged at Hobart for robbery