death_place death_date conviction birth_place birth_date article_title name
norfolk island 13 october 1846 13 october 1846 robbery waterford , ireland 1805 lawrence kavenagh
 lawrence kavanagh
lawrence kavenagh

lawrence kavanagh -lrb- c. 1805 -- 13 october 1846 -rrb- was a convict bushranger known for escaping from port arthur , van diemen 's land -lrb- the so-called escape proof colony -rrb- , with martin cash and george jones .
born in waterford , ireland , he was convicted for burglary and sentenced to penal transportation for life .
he arrived on the `` ferguson '' in 1829 at sydney .
after committing many offences he was sent to norfolk island where he received a total of 180 lashes for insolence and attempted escape .
in 1842 he escaped and returned to sydney .
there kavanagh fired on two men who recognized him while on the run .
he was captured and sentenced to port arthur for attempted murder .
on boxing day 1842 lawrence kavanagh , martin cash and george jones absconded from a work party .
hiding in dense scrubland and with little food they made their way 15 km to the neck .
swimming with their clothes tied in bundles above their heads , they made it to the other side but all three of them lost their bundles .
now naked , the trio robbed a road gang 's hut for clothing , and began a twenty-month spree of bushranging and robbing mail coaches , homesteads and inns .
in july 1843 , the government offered ` one hundred acres of land or one hundred sovereigns , in addition to the reward of fifty sovereigns , free pardon , and passage from the colony , for the apprehension of ' cash , jones and kavenagh .
kavanagh tripped over one day and the charge in his gun exploded .
he said he had to give himself up or he would bleed to death in the bush .
he was tried on 4 september 1843 , before justice montagu , found guilty , and sentenced to death .
but the sentence was commuted by the lieutenant-governor sir john eardley-wilmot , and kavanagh was sent to norfolk island .
he soon returned to crime , joining several others in a mutiny which led to the deaths of two men .
lawrence kavanagh was finally hanged on 13 october 1846 .
he was buried on norfolk island and is discussed on the islands tours .
