6 April –
John Gavin is the first European settler to be
legally executed in Western Australia. Gavin, a fifteen-year-old apprentice, was found guilty of the murder of his employer's son, George Pollard.[1]
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abCameron, Angus, ed. (1985). "Part One: Facts and Figures: An Australian Historical Chronology". The Australian Almanac: 800 Pages Crammed with Australian and World Facts: Politics, the Arts, Geography, History and Much More.
North Ryde, NSW:
Angus & Robertson. p. 12.
ISBN0-207-15108-3.
6 April –
John Gavin is the first European settler to be
legally executed in Western Australia. Gavin, a fifteen-year-old apprentice, was found guilty of the murder of his employer's son, George Pollard.[1]
^
abCameron, Angus, ed. (1985). "Part One: Facts and Figures: An Australian Historical Chronology". The Australian Almanac: 800 Pages Crammed with Australian and World Facts: Politics, the Arts, Geography, History and Much More.
North Ryde, NSW:
Angus & Robertson. p. 12.
ISBN0-207-15108-3.