List of people legally executed in Tasmania

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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.

  • Thomas England – April 1806 – Private of 102nd Regiment, hanged at Port Dalrymple for his part in theft from Government Stores at Port Dalrymple on 18 January 1806.[1]
  • James Keating/Keling – 14 April 1806 – Hanged at Hobart for his part in theft from Government Stores at Port Dalrymple on 18 January 1806.[1]
  • 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[2]
  • George Gray – 11 June 1818 – Hanged at Hobart for murder of John Evans (real name Charles Bell) at York Plains[3]
  • William Trimm – 11 June 1818 – Hanged at Hobart for sheep-stealing in the Richmond district[3]

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 diverse robberies in the Paterson's Plains district
  • James Norris – 3 June 1821 – Hanged at George Town
  • Thomas Gutteridge – 4 June 1821 – Hanged at George Town for stealing at Norfolk Plains
  • William Smith – 25 April 1822 – Hanged at the Cascade end of Macquarie Street, Hobart, for sheep stealing.[4]
  • John Williams – 25 April 1822 – Hanged at the Cascade end of Macquarie Street, Hobart, for sheep stealing.[4]
  • Edward Griffith - 16 August 1822 - Hanged at Hobart for armed robbery[5]
  • Richard Oldrey - 16 August 1822 - Hanged at Hobart for armed robbery[5]
  • James Parker - 16 August 1822 - Hanged at Hobart for armed robbery[5]
  • Michael Yorke - 16 August 1822 - Hanged at Hobart for armed robbery[5]
  • 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"[6])
  • George Richardson – 14 April 1823 – Hanged at Hobart for sheep-stealing[6]
  • Robert Oldham/Holdham – 14 April 1823– Hanged at Hobart for sheep-stealing[6]
  • William Davis – 14 April 1823 – Hanged at Hobart for sheep-stealing[6]
  • Ralph Churlton – 14 April 1823 – Hanged at Hobart for sheep-stealing[6]

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); Killed and cannibalised 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 robberies
  • James Tierney – 22 July 1824 – Hanged at Hobart for robberies
  • Isaac Walker – 22 July 1824 – Hanged at Hobart for robberies
  • John Thompson – 22 July 1824 – Hanged at Hobart for robberies
  • 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[7]
  • 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[7]
  • Thomas Pawley - 17 February 1826 – Hanged at Launceston for robbery and putting in fear.[7]
  • Matthew Brady – 4 May 1826 – Hanged at Hobart for stealing from the person of William Andrews[8]
  • 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.[9]
  • 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
  • John McFarlane – 15 September 1826 – Hanged at Hobart for absconding into the woods and robbing William Holdship at Sandy Bay
  • James Edwards – 15 September 1826 – Hanged at Hobart for absconding into the woods and robbing William Holdship at Sandy Bay
  • Thomas Balfour – 15 September 1826 – Hanged at Hobart for absconding into the woods and robbing William Holdship at Sandy Bay
  • John Dadd – 15 September 1826 – Hanged at Hobart for burglary at Ross
  • John Clark – 15 September 1826 – Hanged at Hobart for burglary at Ross
  • Patrick Brown – 15 September 1826 – Hanged at Hobart for sheep-stealing
  • John Pearson (Penson) – 18 September 1826 – Hanged at Hobart for burglary from Richard Worley, butcher, Elizabeth St[10]
  • James Rowles – 18 September 1826 – Hanged at Hobart for robbing his employer John Dunn's shop, Elizabeth St[10]
  • Timothy Swinscow – 18 September 1826 – Hanged at Hobart for robbing Mrs. Till at New Norfolk[10]
  • William Wickens – 18 September 1826 – Hanged at Hobart for robbing Mrs. Till at New Norfolk[10]
  • George Farquharson – 18 September 1826 – Hanged at Hobart for sheep-stealing at Jericho[10]
  • Robert Cable – 18 September 1826 – Hanged at Hobart for sheep-stealing from the Sherwin flock on the Clyde[10]
  • Thomas Savell – 18 September 1826 – Hanged at Hobart for sheep-stealing from David Lord in the Pitt Water district[10]
  • John Davis – 18 September 1826 – Hanged at Hobart for sheep-stealing from David Lord in the Pitt Water district[10]
  • John Cruitt – 18 September 1826 – Hanged at Hobart for sheep-stealing from David Lord in the Pitt Water district[10]

1827

  • Robert Grant – 8 January 1827 – Hanged at Hobart for sheep stealing from Edmund Bryant near Jericho.[11]
  • George Bentley – 8 January 1827 – Hanged at Hobart for sheep stealing from Edmund Bryant near Jericho.[11]
  • William Crest – 8 January 1827 – Hanged at Hobart for sheep stealing from Edmund Bryant near Jericho.[11]
  • William Evans – 8 January 1827 – Hanged at Hobart for assault and robbery at New Town of John Sayers 'the broom-maker'.[11]
  • Peter Rice – 8 January 1827 – Hanged at Hobart for shooting at John Swift in Murray Street, Hobart.[11]
  • Patrick Dunne – 8 January 1827 – Hanged at Hobart for armed robbery at Kingston.[11]
  • Charles Burgh – 9 January 1827 – Hanged at Hobart for horse stealing.[11]
  • Henry Strong – 9 January 1827 – Hanged at Hobart for stealing in the dwelling of James Reid.[11]
  • Michael Brown – 9 January 1827 – Hanged at Hobart for stealing in the dwelling of James Reid.[11]
  • George Ellis – 9 January 1827 – Hanged at Hobart for stealing in the dwelling of James Reid.[11]
  • William Birt – 9 January 1827 – Hanged at Hobart for stealing in the dwelling of James Reid.[11]
  • William Hoadley – 9 January 1827 – Hanged at Hobart for stealing in the dwelling of James Reid.[11]
  • William Tuffnell – 19 February 1827 – Hanged at Launceston for the rape of nine-year-old Ellen Briggs
  • Richard Gill – 19 February 1827 – Hanged at Launceston for burglary
  • Edward Howe – 19 February 1827 – Hanged at Launceston for highway robbery near Scottsdale
  • Joseph Horsefield – 19 February 1827 – Hanged at Launceston for burglary
  • James Gurd – 19 February 1827 – Hanged at Launceston for burglary in the Norfolk Plains district
  • William Ashford – 19 February 1827 – Hanged at Launceston for burglary in the Norfolk Plains district
  • Andrew Winchester – 19 February 1827 – Hanged at Launceston for burglary in the Macquarie River district
  • William Haywood – 19 February 1827 – Hanged at Launceston for the murder of Christopher McRae at Lake River
  • Henry Oakley – 3 July 1827 - Hanged at Hobart for burglary from Mr Brodie on the Clyde
  • Thomas Bidwell Child – 3 July 1827 – Hanged at Hobart for forgery
  • John Wright – 3 July 1827 – Hanged at Hobart for robbery at Old Beach
  • John Clayton – 3 July 1827 – Hanged at Hobart for sheep-stealing
  • George Dunning (or Dunhill) – 3 July 1827 – Hanged at Hobart for sheep-stealing
  • William Longhurst – 3 July 1827 – Hanged at Hobart for sheep-stealing
  • Daniel McPherson – 3 July 1827 – Hanged at Hobart for burglary of the home of Henry Bye, North Hobart
  • Martin Higgins – 3 July 1827 – Hanged at Hobart for stealing in a dwelling house of Henry Bye at North Hobart, at noon-day[12]
  • James Horsefield – 23 August 1827 – Hanged at Hobart for armed robbery at Stanfield's, Ralph's Bay
  • George Metcalfe – 23 August 1827 – Hanged at Hobart for armed robbery at Stanfield's, Ralph's Bay
  • James Coates – 23 August 1827 – Hanged at Hobart for armed robbery at Stanfield's, Ralph's Bay
  • John Brown (the Mariner) – 23 August 1827 – Hanged at Hobart for armed robbery at Stanfield's, Ralph's Bay
  • John Lee – 23 August 1827 – Hanged at Hobart for armed robbery at Stanfield's, Ralph's Bay
  • George Braithwaite – 23 August 1827 – Hanged at Hobart for armed robbery at Stanfield's, Ralph's Bay
  • John Brown (the Bricklayer) – 23 August 1827 – Hanged at Hobart for armed robbery at Stanfield's, Ralph's Bay
  • Thomas Davis (real name Roberts) – 23 August 1827 – Hanged at Hobart for armed robbery at Stanfield's, Ralph's Bay
  • Matthew McCullum – 23 August 1827 – Hanged at Hobart for armed robbery at Stanfield's, Ralph's Bay
  • Humphrey Oulton – 15 November 1827 – Hanged at Launceston for the theft of a sheep
  • Abraham Abrahams – 15 November 1827 – Hanged at Launceston for the theft of a mare from the Gourlay property on the Clyde
  • William Shepherd – 15 November 1827 – Hanged at Launceston for burglary from the home of Ralph Compton on the Norfolk Plains (Longford)
  • George Lacey – 17 December 1827 – Hanged at Hobart for the murder of Constable George Rix at Macquarie Harbour
  • John Ward ("Flash Jack") – 17 December 1827 – Hanged at Hobart for his role in the Rix murder
  • Samuel Measures – 17 December 1827 – Hanged at Hobart for his role in the Rix murder
  • William Jenkins – 17 December 1827 – Hanged at Hobart for his role in the Rix murder
  • James Reid – 17 December 1827 – Hanged at Hobart for his role in the Rix murder
  • John Williams – 17 December 1827 – Hanged at Hobart for his role in the Rix murder
  • James Kirk – 17 December 1827 – Hanged at Hobart for his role in the Rix murder
  • John McMillan – 17 December 1827 – Hanged at Hobart for his role in the Rix murder
  • John Mcguire – 17 December 1827 – Hanged at Hobart for his role in the Rix murder
  • James Conhope – 17 December 1827 – Hanged at Hobart for the rape of a six-year-old (convict per Minerva)

1828 to 1829

  • George Driver – 30 January 1828 – Hanged at Hobart for the murder of John Onely at Macquarie Harbour
  • Samuel Higgins – 30 January 1828 – Hanged at Hobart for the murder of John Onely at Macquarie Harbour
  • William Fowler – 29 February 1828 – Hanged at Hobart for the murder of a little girl named Emma Groom
  • Henry Williams – 29 February 1828 – Hanged at Hobart for the murder of Constable Malcolm Logan, North-East of Green Ponds (Kempton)
  • Thomas Pearson – 23 May 1828 – Hanged at Hobart for armed robbery and burglary of Anthony Kemp at the Cross Marsh (Melton Mowbray)
  • Phelim Crampsey (alias Bonner) – 23 May 1828 – Hanged at Hobart for assault and robbery on James Collins
  • Edward Hangan – 23 May 1828 – Hanged at Hobart for robbery of a gun from James McLanachan
  • John Grimes – 23 May 1828 – Hanged at Hobart for shooting with intent at George Marshall near Sorell
  • Thomas Collins – 23 May 1828 – Hanged at Hobart for burglary at the home of George Cartwright
  • Edward Burke – 23 May 1828 – Hanged at Hobart for robbery
  • Abraham Aaron – 1 August 1828 – Hanged at Hobart for robbery at Maria Island[13]
  • Philip Large – 15 February 1829 – Hanged at Launceston for the rape of eleven year-old Margaret Stewart
  • John Morrison – 15 February 1829 – Hanged at Launceston for arson
  • John Gibson – 15 February 1829 – Hanged at Launceston for robbery
  • Charles Williams – 15 February 1829 – Hanged at Launceston for armed robbery
  • William Ashton – 15 February 1829 – Hanged at Launceston for robbery
  • Joseph Moulds – 15 February 1829 – Hanged at Launceston for robbery
  • William Baker – 15 February 1829 – Hanged at Launceston for robbery
  • John Baker – 17 February 1829 – Hanged at Launceston for sheep stealing
  • Bernard Shields – 17 February 1829 – Hanged at Launceston for sheep stealing (convict per Minerva)
  • Daniel Mackie – 17 February 1829 – Hanged at Launceston for sheep stealing
  • Daniel Leary – 17 February 1829 – Hanged at Launceston for bullock stealing
  • Thomas Rogers – 17 February 1829 – Hanged at Launceston for burglary
  • George Palmer – 17 February 1829 – Hanged at Launceston for armed robbery
  • Daniel Brown – 2 March 1829 – Hanged at Hobart for murder of Thomas Stopford at Macquarie Harbour
  • John Salmon – 2 March 1829 – Hanged at Hobart for murder of Thomas Stopford at Macquarie Harbour
  • John Leach – 9 March 1829 – Hanged at Hobart for the murder of Elizabeth Perkins
  • Robert Bourke – 10 July 1829 – Hanged at Hobart for being illegally at large after sentence of transportation and before the expiration of his sentence[14]
  • William Madden – 10 July 1829 – Hanged at Hobart for armed robbery
  • William Perring – 10 July 1829 – Hanged at Hobart for robbery from the person and being illegally at large after sentence of transportation and before the expiration of his sentence[15]

1830s

1830 to 1831

  • John Mayo – 11 January 1830 – Hanged at Hobart for the murder of James Bailey Jones at Macquarie Harbour[16]
  • William Wilkes – 23 January 1830 – Hanged at Hobart for the murder of Dennis Alcoloret on Bruny Island in Oct 1827
  • Hugh Campbell – 3 February 1830 – Soldier of the 63rd Regiment, hanged at Hobart for the murder of Jonathan Brett[17]
  • Michael Best – 11 February 1830 – Hanged at Hobart for the murder of Richard Garner at Hamilton
  • John Oxley – 24 February 1830 – Hanged at Hobart for the murder of Susan Corfield[18]
  • John Killen – 26 February 1830 – Hanged at Hobart for sheep stealing[18]
  • Samuel Jones – 26 February 1830 – Hanged at Hobart for sheep stealing[18]
  • Joseph Fogg – 26 February 1830 – Hanged at Hobart for sodomy.[18]
  • Thomas Goodwin – 26 February 1830 – Hanged at Hobart for cutting the throat of Ann Hamilton with intent to kill[18]
  • George Appleby – 22 March 1830 – Hanged at Hobart for being illegally at large after sentence of transportation and before the expiration thereof.[19]
  • Mary McLauchlan – 17 April 1830 – Hanged at Hobart for the murder of her new born son. The first woman executed in Van Diemen's Land/Tasmania.[20]
  • Edmund Daniels – 14 May 1830 – Hanged at Hobart for armed robbery. (Convict, Asia 3rd)[21]
  • John Deighton – 14 May 1830 – Hanged at Hobart for armed robbery. (Convict - Earl St Vincent)[21]
  • James Child – 14 May 1830 – Hanged at Hobart for armed robbery. (Convict - Chapman 2nd)[21]
  • Andrew Bates – 14 May 1830 – Hanged at Hobart for armed robbery. (Convict - Phoenix)[21]
  • Edward Ladywig – 14 May 1830 – Hanged at Hobart for robbery (Convict - Phoenix)[21]
  • Joseph Ellis – 14 May 1830 – Hanged at Hobart for sheep stealing (Convict - Dromedary)[21]
  • Andrew McCue/McKew – 17 May 1830 – Hanged at Hobart for burglary of clothing and money from the house of John Robins (Convict Indefatigable/Kangaroo)[22]
  • George Thomson/Thompson – 17 May 1830 - Hanged at Hobart for burglary in the home of TG Gregson (Convict - Lady Harewood)[21]
  • Edward Sweeney – 30 June 1830 – Hanged at Launceston for the murder of his wife Mary Sweeney
  • William Thomas – 30 June 1830 – Hanged at Launceston for the murder of John Warne
  • Samuel Cowden - 7 July 1830 - Hanged at Launceston for burglary in the dwelling burglary of dwelling of Robert Pringle Stewart.[23]
  • Thomas Laughton/Lawson - 7 July 1830 - Hanged at Launceston for burglary in the dwelling burglary of dwelling of Robert Pringle Stewart.[23]
  • John Morton/Moreton - 7 July 1830 - Hanged at Launceston for burglary in the dwelling burglary of dwelling of Robert Pringle Stewart.[23]
  • William Sainter - 7 July 1830 - Hanged at Launceston for burglary in the dwelling burglary of dwelling of Robert Pringle Stewart.[23]
  • John Bradey/Brady - 10 July 1830 - Hanged at Launceston for the rape of a five-year-old child[24]
  • William Messenger – 10 July 1830 – Hanged at Launceston for the rape of a five-year-old child[23]
  • Richard Udall/Udal/Yewdle – 10 July 1830 – Hanged at Launceston for the rape of a five-year-old child[23]
  • Charles Routley – 17 September 1830 – Hanged at Hobart for the murder of John Buckley at Carlton River
  • William Nottingham – 24 December 1830 – Hanged at Hobart for burglary of the dwelling of Mrs Gould .
  • William Wilson – 24 December 1830 – Hanged at Hobart for attempted murder of William Carlow.
  • William Jones – 3 August 1831 – Hanged at Hobart for attempted murder of William Carlow.
  • Edward Broughton (28) – 5 August 1831 – Hanged at Hobart for being illegally at large while under sentence of transportation. (Absconded from Macquarie Harbour; murdered and cannibalised Richard Hutchinson and William Coventry , and cannibalised Patrick Feagan/Fagan after Matthew McAvoy killed him.)[25]
  • Matthew Macavoy – 5 August 1831 – Hanged at Hobart for being illegally at large while under sentence of transportation. (Absconded from Macquarie Harbour; cannibalised Richard Hutchinson after Edward Broughton killed him, cannibalised William Coventry and Patrick Feagan/Fagan .)[26][25]
  • John Somers – 23 December 1831 – Hanged at Hobart for rape of a child aged under ten years.

1832 to 1834

  • Elijah Alder – 19 March 1832 – Hanged at Hobart for the murder of Benjamin Horne, near Ross
  • John Cockshott – 16 April 1832 – Hanged at Hobart for murdering Richard Crozier his fellow absconder from Macquarie Harbour.
  • James Camm – 30 April 1832 – Hanged at Hobart for piracy ; he was involved in the Cyprus mutiny in 1829
  • Robert Gordon – 30 April 1832 – Hanged at Hobart for burglary in the dwelling of Lachlan Reynolds
  • James Medcalf – 30 April 1832 – Hanged at Hobart for assault and robbery from the person of John Nunn
  • Joseph Colvin – 14 May 1832 – Hanged at Hobart for aiding and abetting John Gow in shooting John Corrigan
  • John Gow – 14 May 1832 – Hanged at Hobart for shooting and wounding John Corrigan
  • John Towers – 5 June 1832 – Hanged at Hobart for the murder of John Kellerman at Avoca
  • James Fletcher – 5 June 1832 – Hanged at Hobart for the murder of John Kellerman at Avoca[27]
  • Daniel Cann – 22 June 1832 – Hanged at Hobart for being illegally at large.
  • John Chadwick – 22 June 1832 – Hanged at Hobart for robbery in the dwelling of George Briscoe
  • Thomas Fleet – 17 October 1832 – Hanged at Hobart for the attempted murder of William Waring Saxton at Port Arthur
  • William Evans – 17 October 1832 – Hanged at Hobart for the attempted murder of George S. Edwards at the New Bridge, at Hestercombe (Austin's Ferry)
  • John Clements ('Jack the Lagger') – 4 January 1833 – Hanged at Hobart for being illegally at large.
  • Robert Dutchess/Duchess – 4 January 1833 – Hanged at Hobart for bestiality with a mare
  • John Glover – 4 January 1833 – Hanged at Hobart for the rape of 3 girls aged 8, 10 and 12
  • Simon Gowan – 4 January 1833 – Hanged at Hobart for the rape of 3 girls aged 8, 10 and 12
  • William Higham – 4 January 1833 – Hanged at Hobart for being illegally at large .[28]
  • John Jones - 16 April 1833 - Hanged at Hobart for bestiality
  • Thomas Ansell – 1 November 1833 – Hanged at Hobart for robbery
  • Jonathan Dark - 1 November 1833 - Hanged at Hobart for burglary in Argyle St
  • John Berry - 4 December 1833 - Hanged at Launceston for shooting with intent to kill.[29]
  • Robert Hutton - 4 December 1833 - hanged at Launceston for wounding with intent to kill.[29]
  • John Long - 24 Dec 1833 - Hanged at Hobart for assault and robbery of John Langford
  • George Robinson – 24 December 1833 – Hanged for assault and robbery of John Langford.
  • Samuel Dyke (per Roslyn Castle) – 21 January 1834 – Hanged at Hobart for burglary of the dwelling of Mrs. McTavish
  • Thomas Dawson – 10 March 1834 – Hanged at Launceston for burglary of the dwelling of James Weavers
  • Samuel Newman – 10 March 1834 – Hanged at Launceston for burglary of the dwelling of James Weavers
  • William Ward – 10 March 1834 – Hanged at Launceston for burglary of the dwelling of James Weavers
  • Joseph Deane/Dean – 26 March 1834 – Hanged at Hobart for assault and robbery of Charles Paster and William Owen
  • Henry Rutland – 26 March 1834 – Hanged at Hobart for assault and robbery of Charles Paster and William Owen
  • Samuel, a native of Mozambique (a 'man of colour') – 26 March 1834 – Hanged at Hobart for wounding with intent Richard Newman, Chief Constable at Port Arthur.
  • Joseph Greenwood – 16 April 1834 – Hanged at Hobart for wounding with intent Constable Thomas Terry
  • Benjamin Davidson – 16 June 1834 – Hanged at Hobart for the murder of Hannah Howell
  • William Harlock – 16 June 1834 – Hanged at Hobart for aiding and abetting the murder of Hannah Howell
  • Henry Street – 16 June 1834 – Hanged at Hobart for aiding and abetting the murder of Hannah Howell
  • Henry Boucher – 24 October 1834 – Hanged at Hobart for stealing in the dwelling.
  • Hugh Graham – 24 October 1834 – Hanged at Hobart for stealing in the dwelling.

1835 to 1839

  • John Ashton – 13 February 1835 – Hanged at Hobart for burglary of the dwelling of James Hamilton
  • John Burke – 13 February 1835 – Hanged at Hobart for burglary of the dwelling of James Hamilton
  • Thomas Kirkham – 13 February 1835 – Hanged at Hobart for burglary of the dwelling of James Hamilton
  • William Weston – 13 February 1835 – Hanged at Hobart for burglary of the dwelling of James Hamilton
  • William Cole – 6 July 1835 – Hanged at Hobart for the murder of William Lowe at Tea Tree Brush
  • John Dunn – 11 August 1835 – Hanged at Hobart for armed robbery of William Evans.
  • George Clarke – 11 August 1835 – Hanged at Hobart for armed robbery of William Evans.
  • John Burnett/Bennett – 2 November 1835 – Hanged at Hobart for murder of James Stevens/Stephens.[30]
  • Thomas Bell – 17 November 1835 – Hanged at Hobart for attempted murder of overseer, John Davis, at Port Arthur.
  • Robert Melson/Melrose Ayton - 26 November 1835 - Hanged at Launceston for the rape of a child.[31]
  • John Dunn - 26 November 1835 - Hanged at Launceston break & enter the dwelling of William Mitchell .[31]
  • Richard Kitto - 26 November 1835 - Hanged at Launceston for the murder of his wife Frances Kitto nee Robinson/Robertson .[31]
  • William Riley – 11 January 1836 – Hanged at Hobart for the murder of Joseph Shuttleworth at Port Arthur .
  • Samuel Hibbell – 12 February 1836 – Hanged at Hobart for the murder of Capt. Sibson Bragg
  • Thomas Harris – 12 February 1836 – Hanged at Hobart for the murder of Capt. Sibson Bragg
  • Robert Smith – 12 February 1836 – Hanged at Hobart for the murder of Capt. Sibson Bragg
  • William Johnson - 18 February 1836 - Hanged at Hobart for wounding with intent Constable Miles Holmes
  • Samuel Guillem/Gwillym – 16 March 1837 – Hanged at Hobart for the murder of Mary Mills at New Norfolk
  • John McKay – 1 May 1837 – Hanged at Hobart for the murder of Joseph Edward Wilson near Perth. His corpse was later gibbeted at Perth.
  • William Cook – 19 May 1837 – Hanged at Hobart for rape of Marianne Lewis, 5 years age .
  • John Gardiner – 10 November 1837 – Hanged at Launceston Gaol for the murder of George Mogg on the Tamar[32]
  • James Hawes – 10 November 1837 - Hanged at Launceston for burglary and assault on Valentine Soper
  • John Hudson – 10 November 1837 – Hanged at Launceston for wounding with intent overseer Isaac Schofield,[33]
  • Henry Stewart – 10 November 1837 - Hanged at Launceston for burglary and assault on Valentine Soper
  • James Atterall – 21 June 1838 – Hanged at Hobart for accessory before the fact - murder of Robert Morley
  • Anthony Banks – 21 June 1838 – Hanged at Hobart for burglary of the dwelling of John Vincent. Banks was the first native-born Vandemonian executed in the colony
  • James Regan – 21 June 1838 – Hanged at Hobart for accessory before the fact - murder of Robert Morley

1840s

1840 to 1844

  • William Reid - 30 January 1840 - Hanged at Launceston for rape of Sarah Brown 6 years old
  • John Davis - 17 February 1840 - Hanged at Hobart for the murder of James Matthews
  • Edward Martin (Wade) - 17 February 1840 - Hanged at Hobart for wounding with intent to kill Sergeant George Newman
  • George Pettit - 17 February 1840 - Hanged at Hobart for the murder of John Paul
  • John Riley - 17 February 1840 - Hanged at Hobart for the murder of James Matthews
  • Patrick Wallace - 30 January 1841 - Hanged at Launceston for burglary in the dwelling of John Holding. (Wallace and Watson were hangman Solomon Blay's first executions.)
  • William Watson - 30 January 1841 - Hanged at Launceston for burglary in the dwelling of John Holding
  • Joseph Brown - 19 February 1841 - Hanged at Hobart for burglary in the dwelling of Joseph Bailey and Mary Tickner.
  • James McKay - 6 May 1841 - Hanged at Hobart for the murder of William Trusson
  • William Hill - 6 May 1841 - Hanged at Hobart for the murder of William Trusson
  • Patrick Minahan/Milligan - 18 June 1841 - Hanged at Hobart for the murder of James Travis
  • Edward Allen - 31 July 1841 - Hanged at Launceston for the murder of Samuel Brewell
  • Thomas Dooner - 6 August 1841 - Hanged at Hobart for stealing from the person of Joseph Walker
  • James Bromfield/Broomfield - 25 October 1841 - Hanged at Launceston for burglary of the dwelling of Thomas Bates
  • James Williamson - 4 January 1842 - Hanged at Hobart for the murder of Thomas Lord
  • George Bailey - 4 January 1842 - Hanged at Hobart for accessory to the murder of Thomas Lord
  • Henry Belfield - 1 February 1842 - Hanged at Hobart for the murder of Thomas Broadman
  • Thomas Turner - 2 June 1842 - Hanged at Hobart for the murder of his wife Hannah
  • Elijah Ainsworth - 6 June 1842 - Hanged at Launceston for the rape of five-year-old Mary Jeffery
  • William Langham - 10 August 1842 - Hanged at Hobart for the attempted murder of T.C. Brownell, the Assistant Surgeon at Port Arthur, and the stabbing of a boy named Thomas Cook
  • Samuel Williams - 27 December 1842 - Hanged at Hobart for the murder of James Harkness at Port Arthur
  • James Littleton - 27 December 1842 - Hanged at Hobart for the attempted murder of Henry Seton at Broadmarsh
  • Henry Smith - 11 May 1843 - Hanged at Hobart for the murder of Henry Childe at Sandy Bay
  • James Bowtell - 16 May 1843 - Hanged at Hobart for the armed robbery of William Marks on the highway at Dysart
  • Riley Jeffs – 26 July 1843 – Publicly hanged at Launceston for the murder of District Constable William Ward at Campbell Town
  • John Conway – 26 July 1843 – Publicly hanged at Launceston for the murder of District Constable William Ward at Campbell Town
  • John Woolley – 2 April 1844 – Hanged at Hobart for robbery and attempting to kill Special Constable William Hobart Wells
  • William Thomas – 2 April 1844 – Hanged at Hobart for robbery and attempting to kill Special Constable William Hobart Wells
  • George Churchwood – 2 April 1844 – Hanged at Hobart for robbery at Thomas John Harrison's, at the Sandspit (Rheban)
  • George Bristol – 2 April 1844 – Hanged at Hobart for robbery at Thomas John Harrison's, at the Sandspit (Rheban)
  • John Walker – 2 April 1844 – Hanged at Hobart for robbery at Thomas John Harrison's, at the Sandspit (Rheban)
  • Alexander Reid - 24 April 1844 – Hanged at Oatlands for shooting and wounding Constable Murray
  • Thomas Marshall – 24 April 1844 – Hanged At Oatlands for the murder of Ben Smith[34]
  • George Jones – 30 April 1844 – Hanged at Hobart for shooting at William Jackson with intent to kill.[35]
  • James Platt – 30 April 1844 – Hanged at Hobart for shooting at Benjamin Cutler with intent to kill.[36]
  • Isaac Tidburrow - 2 July 1844 - Hanged at Hobart for the rape of seven-year-old Mary-Ann Gangell
  • Thomas Whitsett - 2 July 1844 - Hanged at Hobart for the murder of John Hare at Port Arthur
  • James Gannon - 7 August 1844 - Hanged at Hobart for the rape of Catherine Murphy, at Hollow Tree (Cambridge)
  • Thomas Smith - 7 August 1844 - Hanged at Hobart for the attempted murder of William Perry at Port Arthur
  • James Boyle - 7 August 1844 - Hanged at Hobart for the attempted murder of William Perry at Port Arthur
  • John Childs - 31 December 1844 - Hanged at Hobart for the attempted murder of Timothy Troy at Prosser's Plains (Buckland)
  • Hugh McClean - 31 December 1844 - Hanged at Hobart for cutting and wounding Clement Doughty Young with intent to murder.[37]

1845 to 1849

  • Peter Mullaly - 4 Feb 1845 - Hanged at Launceston for the murder of Joseph Turner.
  • Richard Jackson - 1 May 1845 - Hanged at Oatlands for the rape of Elizabeth Davis
  • Joseph Gardener - 24 June 1845 – Hanged at Hobart for the willful murder at Port Arthur of John Mead (Court Record) or William Mead (Convict Record)
  • Anthony Kedge - 8 August 1845 - Hanged at Launceston for the murder of Charles Shepherd at George Town
  • Francis Maxfield - 9 August 1845 - Hanged at Hobart for the attempted murder of Joseph Ellis at Port Arthur
  • Thomas Gomm – 16 September 1845 – Hanged at Hobart for his part in the murder of Jane Saunders at New Norfolk
  • William Taylor - 16 September 1845 – Hanged at Hobart for his part in the murder of Jane Saunders at New Norfolk
  • Isaac Lockwood – 16 September 1845 – Hanged at Hobart for his part in the murder of Jane Saunders at New Norfolk
  • Eliza Benwell – 30 September 1845 – Hanged at Hobart for aiding and abetting the murder of Jane Saunders at New Norfolk
  • Thomas Gillan - 1 November 1845 - Hanged at Launceston for armed robbery at Breadalbane
  • Michael Keegan - 31 December 1845 - Hanged at Hobart for attempted murder of Joseph Ellis at Port Arthur
  • Job Harris - 31 December 1845 - Hanged at Hobart for sodomy of David Boyd at the Coal Mines, Port Arthur
  • William Collier - 31 December 1845 - Hanged at Hobart aiding and abetting the sodomy of David Boyd at the Coal Mines, Port Arthur
  • John Phillips – 4 February 1846 – Hanged at Oatlands for setting fire to the magistrate's oatstacks following a conviction for sly grog selling[38]
  • William Davis - 20 February 1846 – Hanged at Hobart for the assault and highway robbery of Thomas Miller, near the Jerusalem Probation Station (Colebrook)
  • Daniel McCabe - 24 March 1846 - Hanged at Hobart for cutting and wounding, with intent to kill, Francis Scott at Impression Bay[39]
  • Charles Woodman - 24 March 1846 - Hanged at Hobart for assault and attempted murder of Elizabeth Jones, at Dobson's house, in Davey Street[39]
  • Henry Food - 28 April 1846 - Hanged at Launceston for the armed robbery of Revd Dr Browne
  • Henry Cooper - 12 May 1846 - Hanged at Hobart for inflicting grievous bodily harm with an axe upon overseer Richard Beech at Impression Bay
  • Michael Roach - 24 September 1846 - Hanged at Hobart for highway robbery with violence of catechist Roger Boyle at Port Arthur[40]
  • Michael Lyons - 11 November 1846 - Hanged at Hobart for committing an 'unnatural crime' with a goat at Huon Island, Port Cygnet.[41]
  • Peter Kenny - 23 March 1847 - Hanged at Hobart for the attempted murder of James Goodall Francis at Battery Point. Kenny, a former Point Puer boy, attacked Francis with a tomahawk while attempting burglary. Francis went on to become Premier of Victoria twenty-five years later[42]
  • William Bennett - 23 March 1847 - Hanged at Hobart for the murder of fellow-prisoner Thomas Shard at Port Arthur
  • George Wood - 22 June 1847 - Hanged at Hobart for the murder of William Taylor at Port Arthur
  • Charles Benwell (AKA William Powell) – 14 September 1847 – Hanged at Hobart for murder of George Lowe near Green Ponds (Kempton). He was the brother of Eliza Benwell, hanged in 1845.[43] Hanged at Hobart[44]
  • Laban Gower - 23 November 1847 - Hanged at Hobart for the attempted murder of Ann Mayfield at Old Beach
  • Hugh Glacken – 25 November 1847 – Hanged at Launceston for assault and robbery of Charles Crabtree[45]
  • James Hill - 4 January 1848 - Hanged at Hobart for the murder of an elderly lady named Alice Martin at Brighton
  • Michael Whelan - 4 January 1848 - Hanged at Hobart for the murder of Robert Mann at Berriedale
  • James Kennedy - 4 January 1848 - Hanged at Hobart for the attempted murder of William Miller at Port Arthur
  • Denis Dwyer - 8 February 1848 - Hanged at Launceston for shooting with intent at John Turner[46][47]
  • John Hogan - 8 February 1848 - Hanged at Launceston for shooting with intent at John Turner[46][47]
  • James Connell - 28 February 1848 - Publicly hanged at Hobart for arson (setting a barn on fire) at Impression Bay.[48]
  • Nathan Westerman - 4 April 1848 - Hanged at Hobart for the murder of fellow-prisoner Joseph Blundell at Port Arthur
  • James Sullivan – 9 May 1848 – Hanged at Oatlands for the attempted murder of Constable James Kelly at Swanston, near Andover[49]
  • Patrick Shea – 9 May 1848 – Hanged at Oatlands for the attempted murder of Constable James Kelly at Swanston[49]
  • James McGough – 9 May 1848 – Hanged at Oatlands for the attempted murder of Constable James Kelly at Swanston[49][50]
  • John Shale – 9 May 1848 - Hanged at Oatlands for wounding John Connell with intent to murder[49]
  • Thomas Smith – 4 August 1848 – Hanged at Oatlands for stabbing with intent to murder Constable Clough at Jericho[51]
  • Jeremiah Maher – 4 August 1848 – Hanged at Oatlands for stabbing with intent to murder Constable Clough at Jericho[51][50]
  • Thomas Linen – 8 August 1848 - Hanged at Hobart for the stabbing murder of Hugh Gilmore in Kelly St[51][52]
  • John Jordan – 7 November 1848 – Hanged at Launceston for the murder of Zimran Youram at Norfolk Plains (Longford)
  • Matthew Mahide – 7 November 1848 – Hanged at Launceston for armed robbery at Snake Banks (Powranna)[53]
  • Michael Rogers- 3 January 1849 - Hanged at Hobart for the murder of Constable Joseph Howard at Port Sorell
  • William Stamford - 3 January 1849 - Hanged at Hobart for the armed robbery of Thomas Lovell at Brushy Plains (Runnymede)
  • John Russell Dicker - 20 March 1849 - Hanged at Hobart for attempted murder of Constable Samuel Withers on the corner of Fitzroy Crescent and Antill St, South Hobart
  • James Holloway - 26 June 1849 - Hanged at Hobart for unlawfully and maliciously shooting at Edwin Beckett at Prosser's Plains (Buckland)
  • John Stevens – 24 July 1849 – Hanged at Launceston for the murder of Margaret Buttery at Longford
  • James McKechnie - 31 December 1849 - Hanged at Hobart for the murder of Francis Sockett in Davey St, Hobart[54][55]

1850s

1850 to 1854

  • John King - 21 March 1850 - Hanged at Hobart for cutting and wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm upon overseer Alexander Smith at Port Arthur[56]
  • James Howarth - 21 March 1850 - Hanged at Hobart for the assaulting and striking, with an offensive weapon, and stealing from the person, of Joshua Jennings at New Town
  • James Mullay - 26 July 1850 - Hanged at Launceston for the murder of fellow-constable John McNamara at Perth[57][58]
  • Joseph Squires - 26 July 1850 - Hanged at Launceston sodomy of Horatio James, 4 years old [57]
  • Christopher Hollis - 24 September 1850 - Hanged at Hobart for the murder of Thomas Couchman at Bridgewater
  • John Woods - 6 November 1850 - Hanged at Hobart for the murder of Constable Bernard Mulholland at Franklin
  • Thomas Wilkinson - ('Black Tom') – 21 December 1850 – Hanged at Hobart for the murder of John Fawk near O'Brien's Bridge (Glenorchy)
  • Joseph Brewer - 11 February 1851 - Hanged at Hobart for the murder of Ann Hefford at Campbell Town
  • Thomas Burrows - 13 February 1851 - Hanged at Launceston for the armed robbery of Thomas Parsons at Nile
  • William Parker - 13 February 1851 - Hanged at Launceston for the armed robbery of Thomas Parsons at Nile
  • Henry Hart - 13 February 1851 - Hanged at Launceston for the attempted murder of Harriet Grubb at Cressy
  • Thomas Dalton - 21 March 1851 - Hanged at Hobart for highway robbery of William Corrigan at Constitution Hill
  • Henry William Stephens - 25 April 1851 - Convict. Hanged at Oatlands for Assaulting James Moore, being armed with a gun on the high road between Antill Ponds and Tunbridge[59]
  • Buchanan Wilson - 8 May 1851 - Hanged at Hobart for the armed robbery of Patrick Cooney on the Huon Road, near the Stoney-Steps
  • George Mackie – 21 July 1851 – Hanged at Oatlands for the murder of Thomas Gilbert at Waters Meeting, near Cranbrook
  • Thomas Cahalen - 19 September 1851 - Hanged at Hobart for the rape of Ann Curtis at Grasstree Hill, between Richmond and Risdon
  • John Crisp – 27 October 1851 – Hanged at Oatlands for Wounding with Intent Constable William Donohoo at Swansea
  • Francis Duke/Duigne/Duge – 31 October 1851 – A Spaniard; Hanged at Launceston for the murder of William Smith at Fern Tree Hill, near Deloraine
  • James Yardley – 31 October 1851 – Hanged at Launceston for attempted murder of Robert Hudson at Deloraine
  • Michael Conlan - 22 December 1851 - Hanged at Hobart for the murder of Francis Burt at Franklin
  • Patrick Callahan - 22 December 1851 - Hanged at Hobart for the murder of Francis Burt at Franklin
  • William Porter - 29 December 1851 - Hanged at Hobart for the felonious assault, and robbery upon the highway, of William Andrews near St. George's Alms Houses (Battery Point)[60]
  • Charles Lockwood - 28 January 1852 - Hanged at Launceston for the attempted murder of William Gaffney at Longford
  • Fisher, John -16 March 1852 – Hanged at Hobart for feloniously assaulting and robbing William Lafayette Rowley on Bathurst St.
  • Samuel Haines - 30 April 1852 - Hanged at Launceston for the rape of Helen McNamara
  • William Gout - 30 April 1852 - Hanged at Launceston for the attempted murder by stabbing of Robert Roebuck.[61]
  • John Castle - 22 June 1852 - Hanged at Hobart for the murder of William Hibbert at Kangaroo Point
  • Mary Sullivan - 5 August 1852 - Hanged at Hobart for the murder of two-year-old Clara Adeline Blackburn Fraser in Campbell St. Sullivan was seventeen when she went to the gallows.[62]
  • John Warburton - 14 September 1852 - Hanged at Hobart for the rape of 12-year-old Sarah Ann Palmer, at North-West Bay
  • Patrick McMahon – 28 October 1852 – Hanged at Oatlands for rape of a child[63]
  • John Kilburn - 11 February 1853 - Hanged at Hobart for attempted murder of overseer Charles Weatherall at Pittwater[64]
  • John Wood - 11 February 1853 - Hanged at Hobart for the murder of Catherine Toole in Goulburn St
  • James Dalton – 26 April 1853 – Hanged at Launceston for the murder of Constable Tom Buckmaster at Avoca
  • Andrew Kelly – 26 April 1853 – Hanged at Launceston for the murder of Constable Tom Buckmaster at Avoca[64]
  • Samuel Jacobs - 29 April 1853 - Hanged at Launceston for sodomy of Nathaniel Poole aged 7 .
  • Samuel Mabberly - 4 May 1853 - Hanged at Hobart for assaulting with violence and robbing Stephen Aldhouse in Church St[65]
  • Francis McManus - 21 June 1853 - Hanged at Hobart for the rape of Elizabeth Roscoe on Bruny Island[65]
  • Levi Allestree - 21 June 1853 - Hanged at Hobart for the rape of seven-year-old Jane Hughes at Bridgewater
  • John Drake - 16 September 1853 - Hanged at Hobart for the murder of Richard Hyder on the Kangaroo Point Rd. (between Bellerive and Richmond)
  • George Bardsley - 16 September 1853 - Hanged at Hobart for attempted murder of William Etherington, at the Saltwater River Station
  • William Brown (alias Stockton) – 25 October 1853 – Hanged at Launceston for stabbing with intent to murder James Stephens
  • Ezra Cox - 27 June 1854 - Hanged at Hobart for the murder of Isaac Moles at New Norfolk
  • Edward Shaw - 27 June 1854 - Hanged at Hobart for the wilful murder of William ('Blind Billy') Hafner
  • Thomas Kenney – 31 July 1854 – Hanged at Launceston for setting fire to a haystack at Kings Meadows[66]
  • Thomas Hall - 31 July 1854 - Hanged at Launceston for the attempted murder of his wife Jane Hall at Table Cape[67]
  • George Willey/Whiley – 3 November 1854 – Hanged at Launceston for the robbery and assault of James Smith near Westbury[68]
  • Joseph Spears – 7 November 1854 – Hanged at Hobart for the attempted murder of Constable William Crawford at O'Brien's Bridge (Glenorchy).
  • John Connell - 7 November 1854 – Hanged at Hobart for the murder of Abraham Woodfield at New Town.

1855 to 1859

  • Charles Marshall – 21 June 1855 – Hanged at Hobart for the wilful murder of George New at Bagdad
  • Peter Connolly – 26 June 1855 – Hanged at Hobart for assault and robbery of William Kearney
  • John "Rocky" Whelan – 26 June 1855 – Hanged at Hobart. Confessed to five murders
  • Edward Heylin – 26 June 1855 – Hanged at Hobart for shooting with intent at Constable Robert Allison in Victoria St, Hobart
  • John Parsons Knights – 26 June 1855 – Hanged at Hobart for burglary of the house of Thomas Nicholson in Victoria St, Hobart[66]
  • John Mellor - 19 February 1856 - Hanged at Hobart for shooting with intent at Thomas Hume Simpson at Antill Ponds[69][70]
  • Thomas Rushton - 19 Feb1856 - Hanged at Hobart for shooting with intent at Thomas Hume Simpson at Antill Ponds[69]
  • Richard Rowley - 25 June 1856 - Hanged at Hobart for the rape of nine-year-old Isabella Johnson in Brisbane St[71]
  • Michael Casey – 5 August 1856 – Hanged at Oatlands for the attempted murder of John Hewitt at Falmouth
  • George Langridge - 19 September 1856 - Hanged at Hobart for the murder of his wife Jane Langridge at Richmond[72][73]
  • John O'Neill - 19 September 1856 - Hanged at Hobart for assault and robbery of James Rowland at Constitution Dock[72][74]
  • Anthony Clarke - 12 November 1856 - Hanged at Launceston for murder of John Kendall near Deloraine[75]
  • Michael Barry (alias Barns) - 25 November 1856 - Hanged at Hobart for the assault and robbery of Edward Adams at Old Beach
  • William Woolford - 25 November 1856 - Hanged at Hobart for the attempted murder of Constable William Burton at Port Arthur
  • George Nixon – 3 March 1857 - Hanged at Hobart for the murder of fourteen-year-old Henry Chamberlain at Kingston[76][77][78]
  • John Higgins - 12 August 1857 - Hanged at Launceston for the armed robbery of Henry Dales on the Evandale Road near Clairville
  • James Waldron - 12 August 1857 - Hanged at Launceston for the armed robbery of Henry Dales on the Evandale Road near Clairville
  • Alexander Cullen – 18 August 1857 – Hanged at Hobart for the murder of Elizabeth Ross in a house behind the Red Lion, Liverpool St
  • Abraham Munday – 27 October 1857 – Hanged at Oatlands for attempted murder by poison of George White at Courland Bay
  • Richard "Long Mick" Ennis – 27 October 1857 – Hanged at Oatlands for the murder of George Sturgeon at Kitty's Corner, near Antill Ponds
  • James Kelly – 28 November 1857 – Hanged at Hobart for the murder of Coleman O'Loughlin at Avoca
  • Timothy Kelly - 28 November 1857 - Hanged at Hobart for the murder of Coleman O'Loughlin at Avoca
  • William Maher – 28 November 1857 – Hanged at Hobart for the murder of his wife Catherine Maher at Brown's River, Kingborough
  • Thomas Callinan - 20 April 1858 - Hanged at Hobart for the murder of Amelia Murray at Three Hut Point
  • Henry Madigan – 5 May 1858 – Hanged at Launceston for the murder of his brother John Madigan at Prosser's Forest, Ravenswood
  • Matthew Burns (Breen) – 5 August 1858 – Hanged at Launceston for the rape of three-year-old Eliza MacDonald at Avoca
  • George Young – 5 August 1858 – Hanged at Launceston for the murder of Esther Scott in High Street Windmill Hill
  • Thomas Gault – 21 December 1858 – Hanged at Hobart for Felonious Assault and Robbery of John Duffy, Isabella Brown and Archibald Stacey at the Mount Nelson Signal Station
  • William Anderson - 31 January 1859 - Hanged at Launceston for the armed robbery of James Chapman at Distillery Creek
  • John McLaughlin - 31 January 1859 - Hanged at Launceston for the armed robbery of George Cooper on Westbury Road
  • William Gibson - 31 January 1859 - Hanged at Launceston for sodomy of Tom Gilligan, aged 10 years.
  • John King – 16 February 1859 – Hanged at Hobart for the murder of Rebecca Hall at the Bull's Head, Goulburn Street
  • Peter Haley ("Black Peter") – 16 February 1859 – Hanged at Hobart for Shooting with Intent at Richard Propsting on the road between Ross and Tunbridge
  • Daniel ("Wingy") Stewart – 16 February 1859 – Hanged at Hobart for Shooting with Intent at Richard Propsting on the road between Ross and Tunbridge
  • William Ferns (alias Flowers) – 16 February 1859 – Hanged at Hobart for Shooting with Intent at Richard Propsting on the road between Ross and Tunbridge.
  • William Davis – 16 February 1859 – Hanged at Hobart for the murder of Andre Cassavant at Black River
  • Robert Brown – 4 May 1859 – Hanged at Hobart for the rape of a three-year-old at Triabunna
  • David Robinson – 17 May 1859 – Hanged at Launceston[79] for the stabbing murder of John Ritchie at Westbury.
  • Bernard Donahue – 12 July 1859 – Hanged at Hobart for the murder of James Burton near Kingston
  • Henry Ryan - 2 August 1859 - hanged at Launceston[80] for the assault and robbery of John Brydie.

1860s

  • John Vigors – 31 January 1860 – Hanged at Oatlands for Shooting with Intent at John Baker at Ellerslie[81]
  • Henry Baker - 7 February 1860 - Hanged at Launceston for the murder of Ellen Gibson at Sandhill[82]
  • John Nash – 4 May 1860 – Hanged at Hobart for the murder of William Iles near Cleveland[83][84]
  • Julius Baker – 10 May 1860 – Hanged at Hobart for shooting with intent at Port Arthur. Baker was a constable who took money from two prisoners Stretton and Donohue to assist their escape, he then shot them in their attempt[85]
  • Michael Walsh - 29 May 1860 - Hanged at Launceston for the assault and rape of Eleanor Ward at Longford[86]
  • Martin Lydon – 25 September 1860 – Hanged at Hobart for sodomy of Hannah Norah Handley aged 9 years [87]
  • Thomas Ross - 30 January 1861 - Hanged at Launceston for sodomy of a child named William Saunders [88]
  • John Hailey – 23 May 1861 – Hanged at Launceston (horribly botched)[89] for the murder of William Wilson at Cullenswood.
  • John Chapman – 23 May 1861 – Hanged at Launceston[89] for assault with intent to murder Daniel Webb at Avoca
  • Patrick Maloney – 23 May 1861 – Hanged at Launceston[89] for the murder of Richard Furlong at Evandale[89][70]
  • Margaret Coghlan – 18 February 1862 – Hanged at Hobart[90] for the murder of her husband John Coghlan in Goulburn St, Hobart, near the corner of Harrington St
  • Charles Flanders - 24 June 1862 – Hanged at Hobart for the murder of ten-year-old Mary Ann Riley at Bagdad
  • William Mulligan – 18 November 1862 – Hanged at Hobart for the rape and robbery of Johanna Harrbach at Bagdad[91]
  • Hendrick Whitnalder – 20 February 1863 – Hanged at Hobart for sodomy of Cornwall Collins age 14 years. (Collard)[92]
  • Dennis Collins - 11 August 1863 - Hanged at Launceston for sodomy of Joseph Palmer aged 7 years .
  • Robert McKavor/Mcivor – 16 February 1864 – Hanged at Hobart for armed robbery and wounding of Edward Coningsby
  • James Lynch – 23 May 1865 – Hanged at Launceston for the rape of his ten-year-old step-daughter Cathy Nichols at Port Sorell[93]
  • William Griffiths – 2 December 1865 – Hanged at Hobart for the murder of eight-year-old George and six-year-old Sarah Johnson at Glenorchy[94]
  • Daniel Connors – 17 March 1868 – Hanged at Launceston for the murder of Ellen Moriarty at Longford
  • Patrick Kiely - 17 November 1869 - Hanged at Launceston for the murder of his wife Bridget at Paddy's Scrub, Deloraine

1870s to 1940s

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