Death
O'Connor took his own life on 10 March 1902 by shooting himself, while riding his horse into the water at a beach south of Fremantle. He took his own life because he was accused of many crimes, such as foolhardiness and waste of public money.
It is also claimed that local Noongar Aboriginal people, unhappy with his destruction of the limestone bar at the mouth of the Swan River, placed a curse on O'Connor. It is claimed "...they sang him to make him crazy" and that his suicide was the end result of this.
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