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Execution at Darlinghurst

Name: Execution at Darlinghurst
Start: 1838-12-18
Location: Darlinghurst Gaol

When: 18 December 1838
Where: Darlinghurst Gaol
Part of: Myall Creek massacre of Aboriginal Australians

Seven convicted men were executed at Darlinghurst Gaol on 18 December 1838.

Charles Kilmeister, James Oates, Edward Foley, John Russell, John Johnstone, William Hawkins, and James Parry were hanged early in the morning. This was one of the few proven massacres in colonial Australia.

Sources

Myall Creek massacre Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-13

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