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BEN HALL’S LAST DAYS By John Donohoe. 1865 – a period of eight days with backgrou back und d tto the events, it tells of the police force led by sub-Inspector Davidson, “they left Forbes for the precinct where an informer had said the gang would be found. The end-date is the day after Hall was killed, where his body was identified by a relative and was ex amined by a physician in Forbes.”
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BEN HALL’S TREASURE By John Donohoe. Subtitled “The Search for Bushranger Loot”” this is a history of Ben Hall and his gang. Between 1862 and 1865 and nearly 600 robberies. When Ben Hall was ambushed and shot dead by police on 5 May 1865 he had 74 pounds on him – no knowl
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