Ann Davis became the first woman hanged in Australia.
Sources
- How All-Female 'Juries of Matrons' Shaped Legal History (smithsonianmag.com)
- https://dictionaryofsydney.org/person/davis_ann_1759_1789 (dictionaryofsydney.org)
- https://convictrecords.com.au/convicts/ann-davis-63807 (convictrecords.com.au)
- https://www.executedtoday.com/2019/11/23/1789-ann-davis-the-first-woman-hanged-at-sydney-cove/ (executedtoday.com)
- https://www.newcastle.edu.au/hippocampus/story/2024/australias-first-civilian-jury-was-entirely-female (newcastle.edu.au)
- https://localhistories.org/a-history-of-sydney/ (localhistories.org)
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