List of executions at Fremantle Prison information
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 Victoria Park; at Redcliffe; at Roebourne in the Pilbara; at Derby and Mount Dockerell (near Halls Creek) in the Kimberley; and at Albany and Geraldton. All executions were by hanging except that of Midgegooroo, carried out by firing squad at the old Perth Gaol in 1833.
Forty-three men and one woman were hanged at Fremantle Prison. Condemned prisoners were vigilantly observed to prevent suicide attempts. On the day of execution, they were hanged by falling through an opening trap door with a noose around their neck, in front of witnesses. In the 19th century, the media gave comprehensive accounts of the executions, but in later years they became private matters, concealed within the prison walls. Capital punishment was abolished in Western Australia in 1984.
Included on the list below are all the executions carried out at Fremantle Prison.
and 26 Related for: List of executions at Fremantle Prison information
FremantlePrison, sometimes referred to as Fremantle Gaol or Fremantle Jail, is a former Australian prison and World Heritage Site in Fremantle, Western...
prisoners ofFremantlePrison occupied the former prison on The Terrace, Fremantle, in Western Australia, between 1855: 7 and 1991. FremantlePrison was administered...
execution site in the state, some executions were carried out at various country locations until 1900. In 1886 the FremantlePrison was handed over to the colonial...
occurred atFremantlePrison over its years of operation. Constructed in the 1850s using convict labor and modeled after Pentonville Gaol, FremantlePrison served...
The architecture ofFremantlePrison includes the six-hectare (15-acre) site of the former prison on The Terrace, Fremantle, in Western Australia. Limestone...
The following is a listof historically infamous prison escapes, and of people who escaped multiple times: There have been many infamous escapes throughout...
The history ofFremantlePrison, a former Australian prison in Fremantle, Western Australia, extends from its construction as a prison for convicts, using...
rejected an insanity defence. He was sentenced to death and hanged atFremantlePrison. Cooke was the last person to be executed in Western Australia. Eric...
Scandal LGBT people in prison Life imprisonment Listofprisons Military prison Open prisonPrison gang Prison officer Prison pose Prison sexuality, including...
private execution and the last execution for rape in the colony Margaret Cody – 15 July 1871 – for the murder of James Holditch, at North Fremantle on 4...
conviction were rejected. Rowles was hanged at FremantlePrison on 13 June 1932. Besides his novel The Sands of Windee, Upfield wrote a book about the real-life...
1980, at the Penitentiary of New Mexico (PNM) south of Santa Fe, was the most violent prison riot in U.S. history. Inmates took complete control of the...
the construction of the Perth Gaol, the Swan River Colony had only the Round House in Fremantle, the partially completed FremantlePrison (construction began...
island off the coast of Western Australia, located 18 kilometres (11 mi) west ofFremantle. A sandy, low-lying island formed on a base of aeolianite limestone...
The Oklahoma State Penitentiary, nicknamed "Big Mac", is a prisonof the Oklahoma Department of Corrections located in McAlester, Oklahoma, on 1,556 acres...
and prisons. Some old jails converted into museums are listed under the original name of the jail, especially if listed on the US National Register of Historic...
dimensions of the parallelogram-shaped prison yard are 82½ feet in length, by 352½ feet in width. The stone walls are 5 feet (1.5 m) thick at the base,...
of injunction or restraining order) Former Australian prisons which are now open to the public as museums. Old Dubbo Gaol Boggo Road Gaol Fremantle Prison...
at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary by armed convicts. Two Federal Bureau ofPrisons officers—William A. Miller and Harold Stites—were killed (Miller by inmate...
there until the prison was closed in 1991. The cell can occasionally be viewed on the True Crime Tour held daily atFremantlePrison. While incarcerated...
the final years of their terms. Most convicts in Western Australia spent very little time in prison. Those who were stationed atFremantle were housed in...
After submission of the mob, many "saboteurs" were arrested and placed in maximum security cells, but without further punitive executions. Conditions were...
notorious prison escape artist Keith Faure (born 1951), from Victoria, career criminal Victor Peirce (1958–2002), from Melbourne, member of the Pettingill...
business district and port ofFremantle are situated. Perth was founded by Captain James Stirling in 1829 as the administrative centre of the Swan River Colony...
This is a listof miscarriage of justice cases. This list includes cases where a convicted individual was later cleared of the crime and either has received...
Global Information