List of people legally executed on Norfolk Island

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

Norfolk Island served as a penal colony 1788-1814, and again 1824-1856. It was mostly during this second period that people were executed on the island, including 12 on the same day for their involvement in the Cooking Pot Uprising.

1800s

 * Peter McLean – 14 December 1800 – Irish convict and political prisoner, hanged without trial for conspiracy to mutiny.
 * John Houlahan – 14 December 1800 – Irish convict and political prisoner, hanged without trial for conspiracy to mutiny.

1830s

 * John McDonald - 13 April 1832 - Hanged for the attempted murder of fellow-convict Thomas Smith.
 * Thomas Reilly (or Riley) - 23 September 1833 - Hanged for the murder of fellow-convict Edward Doolan.
 * Matthew Connor - 23 September 1833 - Hanged for the attempted murder of constable Patrick Sullivan.
 * James Reynolds - 23 September 1833 - Hanged for the attempted murder of constable Patrick Sullivan.
 * Robert Douglas - 22 September 1834 - Hanged for mutiny.
 * Henry Drummond - 22 September 1834 - Hanged for mutiny.
 * James Bell - 22 September 1834 - Hanged for mutiny.
 * Joseph Butler - 22 September 1834 - Hanged for mutiny.
 * Robert Glennie - 22 September 1834 - Hanged for mutiny.
 * Walter Burke - 22 September 1834 - Hanged for mutiny.
 * Joseph Snell - 22 September 1834 - Hanged for mutiny.
 * William McCulloch - 23 September 1834 - Hanged for mutiny.
 * Michael Andrews - 23 September 1834 - Hanged for mutiny.
 * William Groves - 23 September 1834 - Hanged for mutiny.
 * Thomas Freshwater - 23 September 1834 - Hanged for mutiny.
 * Henry Knowles - 23 September 1834 - Hanged for mutiny.
 * Robert Ryan - 23 September 1834 - Hanged for mutiny.
 * James Burrows - 26 December 1835 - Hanged for the murder of fellow-convict John Dursley.
 * George Thompson - 26 December 1835 - Hanged for the attempted murder of fellow-convict John Fell at Longridge.

1840s



 * James Cairns – 13 October 1846 - Hanged for his involvement in the 'Cooking Pot Uprising'.
 * Owen Commuskey – 13 October 1846 - Hanged for his involvement in the 'Cooking Pot Uprising'.
 * John Davies (or Davis) – 13 October 1846 - Hanged for his involvement in the 'Cooking Pot Uprising'.
 * Lawrence Kavenagh – 13 October 1846 - Hanged for his involvement in the 'Cooking Pot Uprising'.
 * Samuel Kenyon – 13 October 1846 - Hanged for his involvement in the 'Cooking Pot Uprising'.
 * Edward McGinniss – 13 October 1846 - Hanged for his involvement in the 'Cooking Pot Uprising'.
 * William Pearson – 13 October 1846 - Hanged for his involvement in the 'Cooking Pot Uprising'.
 * Dennis Pendergast – 13 October 1846 - Hanged for his involvement in the 'Cooking Pot Uprising'.
 * William Pickthorne – 13 October 1846 - Hanged for his involvement in the 'Cooking Pot Uprising'.
 * William Scrimshaw – 13 October 1846 - Hanged for his involvement in the 'Cooking Pot Uprising'.
 * William Westwood ('Jackey Jackey') - 13 October 1846 - Hanged for mutiny and the murder of convict constables John Morris, John Dinon, Thomas Saxton and police runner Stephen Smith, on 1 July 1846, known as the 'Cooking Pot Uprising'.
 * Henry Whiting – 13 October 1846 - Hanged for his involvement in the 'Cooking Pot Uprising'.
 * William Brown ('Doggie') - 19 October 1846 - Hanged for his involvement in the 'Cooking Pot Uprising'.
 * John Liddall - 3 November 1846 - Hanged for murder of Henry Clarke.
 * Bernard Macartney - 3 November 1846 - Hanged for murder of Henry Clarke.