<P> Ronald Joseph Ryan ( 21 February 1925 -- 3 February 1967 ) was the last person to be legally executed in Australia . Ryan was found guilty of shooting and killing warder George Hodson during an escape from Pentridge Prison , Victoria , in 1965 . Ryan 's hanging was met with some of the largest public protests in the history of Australia and led to the end of capital punishment . The death penalty was abolished in 1985 . </P>
<P> Ronald Joseph Ryan ( 21 February 1925 -- 3 February 1967 ) was the last person to be legally executed in Australia . Ryan was found guilty of shooting and killing warder George Hodson during an escape from Pentridge Prison , Victoria , in 1965 . Ryan 's hanging was met with some of the largest public protests in the history of Australia and led to the end of capital punishment . The death penalty was abolished in 1985 . </P>
who was the last man hung in australia
who was the last man hung in australia
Ronald Joseph Ryan
Ronald Joseph Ryan