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Executions

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Name Year of birth Date of execution Crime
Andrew Vere 1836, Scotland August 15, 1870 Murder of Amos Cheale at St Arnaud, Victoria
Robert Francis Burns 1840, Ireland September 25, 1883 Murder of Michael Quinlivan near Wickliffe, Victoria[1]
Henry Morgan 1828, Tasmania June 6, 1884 Murder of 10 year old girl, Margaret Nolan, the daughter of John and Bridget Nolan (nee Curtis) at Panmure, Victoria [2]

These three hangings were of course at the Ararat County Gaol, which closed in 1886 (and reopened in 1887 as J Ward, the section of the Ararat Asylum used to house the criminally insane). The construction of Her Majesty's Prison Ararat post-dates the hangings by more than 80 years and I believe also the last capital punishment carried out anywhere in Australia.MrAngy (talk) 05:46, 30 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]