AuthorHutchison, David Eric, 1927-DescriptionA work of fiction based on historical events. The first execution (hanging) of an non-Aboriginal person in the penal colony of Western Australia. It follows the arrival of the boy, 15-year-old John Gavin, as part of a juvenile convict rehabilitation scheme and him being placed to work at a remote farm, where he commits murder, is charged, tried and hanged.ImprintKent Town, S.A. : Wakefield Press , c2007.Collationavii, 179 p. ; 21 cm.LanguageEnglishISBN978-1-86254-746-9 (invalid)Dewey ClassB/GAVPublication FormatBook
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Hutchison, David Eric, 1927-, Many years a thief. City of Fremantle Local History Centre, accessed 19/03/2026, https://history.fremantle.wa.gov.au/nodes/view/23463
