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Eric Edgar Cooke
In relation to Fremantle, serial killer Eric Cooke is known specifically for only two things: being the last person to be hanged in Fremantle [[../buildings/prison.html|Prison]], and being buried in Fremantle [[../cemeteries/carrington.html|Cemetery]], in the same grave and above the remains of Martha Rendell, who was also hanged for murder. The grave is unmarked, except for a number. However, there is a 'tour' plaque, as the Rendell/Cooke grave is no. 8 on the 'Heritage Tour'.
References and Links
Blackburn, Estelle 2001, Broken Lives, Hardie Grant Books, Melbourne, first published 1998.
Blackburn, Estelle 2007, The End of Innocence, Hardie Grant Books, Melbourne.
Christian, Bret, 2013, Presumed Guilty, Hardie Grant Books, Melbourne.
Wikipedia page.
This page incorporates material from Garry Gillard's Freotopia website, that he started in 2014 and the contents of which he donated to Wikimedia Australia in 2024. The content was originally created on 17 October, 2017 and hosted at freotopia.org/people/cookeeric.html (it was last updated on 18 February, 2024), and has been edited since it was imported here (see page history). The donated data is also preserved in the Internet Archive's collection.