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The Only Woman Executed in South Australia – Elizabeth Woolcock

30 April 2025 lockedup 0 Comments

Elizabeth Woolcock’s life ended on the portable gallows inside the Adelaide Gaol in December 1873. She was only 25 years old. Elizabeth’s life was one of lifelong trauma that touched on one of the biggest episodes in Australian history, witnessing the Eureka Stockade in Ballarat, Victoria. On top of this she had to deal with…

Execution at Gallows Flat

2 May 2021 lockedup 0 Comments

In this episode, we look at the first and only public execution in Geelong. Before the passing of the Act for the Execution of Criminals which took executions behind the Gaol walls, the judicial death of criminals were a public event seen to be a deterrent to those following a similar path. John Gunn and…