John Gavin (convict)

For other people named John Gavin, see John Gavin (disambiguation).

John Gavin (or John Gaven) (1829 – 6 April 1844) was the first European settler to be legally executed in Western Australia.[1] He was executed for murder at the age of fifteen.[2]

  1. ^ "A Very Old Resident - The Late Mr George Pollard". The South-Western Advertiser and Murray Wellington Times. 5 April 1929. p. 8. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Fremantle Prison Timeline". Archived from the original on 25 September 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2014.