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- Ben Hall (born May 9, 1837, Maitland or Breeza, New South Wales, Australia—died May 5, 1865, Forbes, New South Wales) was a notorious Australian bushranger (a bandit of the Outback) who led a gang that committed hundreds of robberies in New South Wales.
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Ben Hall was born in Maitland, in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, in May 1837. He started his working life on his father’s farm on the Pages River near Murrurundi. In the 1850s his father was charged with horse-stealing but was acquitted after the principal witness did not show up for the trial.
- Ben Hall - State Library of New South Wales
One of our more recognisable bushrangers, Ben Hall, was born...
- Ben Hall - State Library of New South Wales
Ben Hall (9 May 1837 – 5 May 1865) was an Australian bushranger and leading member of the Gardiner–Hall gang. He and his associates carried out many raids across New South Wales, from Bathurst to Forbes, south to Gundagai and east to Goulburn.
Jan 1, 1972 · Ben Hall (1837-1865), bushranger, is believed to have been born on 9 May 1837 at Maitland, New South Wales, son of Benjamin Hall and his wife Elizabeth; both parents were ex-convicts. He became a stockman and with John Macguire leased a run, Sandy Creek, near Wheogo.
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One of our more recognisable bushrangers, Ben Hall, was born in Maitland, NSW, on 9 May 1837, to ex-convicts Benjamin and Elizabeth Hall. After a short career in crime, he was killed in an aggressive police ambush on 5 May 1865, just days before what would have been his 28th birthday.
- State Library of New South Wales
Ben Hall (born May 9, 1837, Maitland or Breeza, New South Wales, Australia—died May 5, 1865, Forbes, New South Wales) was a notorious Australian bushranger (a bandit of the Outback) who led a gang that committed hundreds of robberies in New South Wales.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
When this lad was about ten years old, his father, Benjamin Hall, senior, who is a native of Bedminster, Devonshire, and who has resided in New South Wales more than forty years, removed to the Lachlan district and took charge of a station belonging to Mr. Hamilton, called Uah.
Ben Hall lived at a time when gold had been discovered in New South Wales and Victoria. Thousands of people went out to the places where gold had been discovered to "seek their fortunes" and hoping to get rich.
