Charlie Flannigan (stockman)
Charlie Flannigan (c. 1893 - 15 July 1893) was an Aboriginal Australian stockman from the then colony of Queensland who was the first person to be executed in the Northern Territory in 1893.
Biography[edit]
Flannigan came to the Northern Territory in 1883,[1] where he became a skilled stockman and jockey.[2]
He shot dead the acting manager "Greenhide Sam" Croker of Auvergne Station, a remote Northern Territory cattle station on 20 September 1892, after Croker had shot dead an Aboriginal man.[2]
He escaped to Western Australia, later turning himself in. He was transported to Darwin, where he was incarcerated in Darwin's Fannie Bay Gaol in 1893, and sentenced to death.[2]
While waiting to be executed, over 10 months Flannigan did over 80 drawings, now held at the South Australian Museum.[2]
He was executed just after 9:00am on 15 July 1893.[3]
Exhibition and book[edit]
An exhibition of Flannigan's drawings titled A Little Bit of Justice: The Drawings of Charlie Flannigan was displayed at the Northern Territory Library in Parliament House in Darwin in 2021.[4] An exhibition of the same name was mounted at the South Australian Museum from May to September 2023, with an accompanying book by Darwin researcher, curator and author, Donald Nawurlany Christophersen.[2][5]
References[edit]
- ^ "The very late Charlie Flannigan". News Aboriginal Art Directory. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
- ^ a b c d e Dichiera, Claudia (1 June 2023). "Remembering Charlie Flannigan". CityMag. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
- ^ "130-year-old drawings of mysterious death-row artist on show". ABC News. 10 March 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
- ^ "A Little Bit of Justice - The Drawings of Charlie Flannigan". Library & Archives NT. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
- ^ Christophersen, Donald; Christophersen, Donald J. (Donald James), 1961-, (researcher,) (2023), A little bit of justice : the story of Charlie Flannigan - the first man to be executed in the Northern Territory of South Australia, [Donald J. Christophersen], ISBN 978-0-646-87375-6
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