Name: Alexander Pearce
1790 – 1824
Alexander Pearce was hung at the Hobart Town Gaol at 9am on 19 July 1824. It is reported that just before he was hung, Pearce said, "Man’s flesh is delicious. It tastes far better than fish or pork."
Hometown: County Monaghan, Ireland
Reason for coming to Australia: The theft of six pairs of shoes
Fun Fact: He led an escape from Macquarie Harbour Penal Station and became notorious for cannibalising his fellow escapees as they traversed the West Coast of Tasmania.
Fun Fact 2: There was a movie made on his life it is called The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce
Link http://www.australianhistory.org/other-bushrangers
1790 – 1824
Alexander Pearce was hung at the Hobart Town Gaol at 9am on 19 July 1824. It is reported that just before he was hung, Pearce said, "Man’s flesh is delicious. It tastes far better than fish or pork."
Hometown: County Monaghan, Ireland
Reason for coming to Australia: The theft of six pairs of shoes
Fun Fact: He led an escape from Macquarie Harbour Penal Station and became notorious for cannibalising his fellow escapees as they traversed the West Coast of Tasmania.
Fun Fact 2: There was a movie made on his life it is called The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce
Link http://www.australianhistory.org/other-bushrangers