Ernest Austin (murderer)

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Ernest Austin (died 22 September 1913) was the last person executed by Queensland.

Austin was convicted of raping and murdering 12-year-old Ivy Mitchell at Cedar Creek road[1] near Samford.[2] He was hanged at Brisbane's Boggo Road Gaol and buried in South Brisbane Cemetery.[3]

In Australian folklore, the ghost of Austin is said to haunt the Boggo Road Gaol.[4]

In 1922, Queensland became the first state in Australia to abolish the death penalty.[citation needed]

Notes

  1. ↑ http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/7245699
  2. ↑ http://ndpbeta.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/5801398?searchTerm=Ernest+Austin
  3. ↑ Austin Ernest — Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search
  4. ↑ Jeff Belanger (2004). The World's Most Haunted Places (Career Press: Franklin Lakes, NJ) pp. 182–83.
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