Ernest Austin (murderer)
Ernest Austin (also known as Ernest Johnston) (1890 – 22 September 1913) was the last person executed by Queensland.
Austin was born in Victoria. He 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.
He was also known as Ernest Johnston.[5]
Notes
- ^ http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article7245699
- ^ http://ndpbeta.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/5801398?searchTerm=Ernest+Austin
- ^ Austin Ernest — Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search
- ^ Jeff Belanger (2004). The World's Most Haunted Places (Career Press: Franklin Lakes, NJ) pp. 182–83.
- ^ 100th Anniversary of the last Queensland hanging in Boggo Road Gaol — Queensland Police. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
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