List of people legally executed in Australia

Before the arrival of Europeans, death sentences were carried out in Australia under Aboriginal customary law, either directly or through sorcery. The first executions under European law occurred on 2 October 1629 on Long Island in the Houtman Abrolhos of Western Australia, where members of the Dutch East India Company were hanged for the mutiny on the Batavia and subsequent massacre. Within weeks of the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788 and the establishment of Sydney, New South Wales as the first permanent European settlement, Thomas Barrett became the first person to be executed in Australia under British law.

State boundaries have changed during Australia's history. For the purpose of this article, the executions listed below are divided geographically according to state and territory boundaries as they have existed since 1989.

Aboriginal executed convicts' names are in bold text

Aboriginal executed convicts' names are in bold text

Hanged at the Perth Gaol:

Hanged at the Round House:

Hanged at Fremantle Prison:

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