Elizabeth Woolcock

Elizabeth Woolcock

Infobox Criminal
subject_name = Elizabeth Woolcock


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date_of_birth = birth date|1848|4|20|df=y
place_of_birth =
date_of_death = death date and age|1873|12|30|1848|4|20|df=y
place_of_death = Adelaide Gaol, Thebarton, South Australia
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charge =
conviction = Murder
penalty =
status = Executed by hanging
occupation =
spouse = Thomas Woolcock
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children =

Elizabeth Woolcock (20 April 1848 - 30 December 1873) was born Elizabeth Lillian Oliver in Burra and was hanged in Adelaide Gaol for the murder of her husband Thomas Woolcock by mercury poisoning. She remains the only woman ever executed in South Australia and is buried between the outer and inner prison walls. It is believed that she may have been a victim of domestic violence and suffered from battered spouse syndrome.

References

* [http://www.adelaidegaol.org.au/working.htm Adelaide Gaol website]


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