Trudy Toohill - The Reporting of Ben Hall the Brave Bushranger

THE REPORTINGOF

BEN HALL

THE BRAVE

BUSHRANGER

TrudyToohill 2016

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Firstpublished 2016

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Dedication

Contents

Introduction

Biography ofBen Hall

NewspaperArticles on Ben Hall Published 1862 to 1866

Forbes AnnualRaces, The Sydney Morning Herald, 28 April 1862

Police CourtApril 25th, The Sydney Morning Herald, 1 May1862

Daring HighwayRobbery Seizure of the Escort from the Lachlan, IllawarraMercury, 20 June 1862

The LateEscort Robbery, The Farmers Journal and GardenersChronicle, 21 June 1862

OfficialReport by Sergeant Condell, Empire, 24 June 1862

Pursuit of theEscort Robbers, Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal, 28June 1862

The GoldEscort Robbery Pursuit of the Robbers Sir Frederick PottingersParty, The Sydney Morning Herald, 1 July 1862

The EscortRobbery, Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal, 13 August1862

Benjamin HallBefore the Court, Empire, 16 August 1862

Non-acceptanceof Bail, The Newcastle Chronicle and Hunter River DistrictNews, 20 August 1862

CentralCriminal Court Wednesday Adjourned Special Sessions

Before hisHonour the chief Justice Robbery Under Arms, Empire, 26February 1863

SpecialCriminal Commission [Adjourned Sittings] Before His Honour the

Chief Justiceand a Mixed Jury The Escort Robbery, The Sydney MorningHerald, 26 February 1863

The Capture ofInspector Norton by Bushrangers, The Sydney Morning

Herald,9 March 1863

The CondemnedEscort Robbers, Empire, 17 March 1863

The Capture ofPatrick Daley, Sydney Mail, 21 March 1863

TheSuppression of Bushranging, Sydney Mail, 21 March 1863

Shooting WithIntent, The Sydney Morning Herald, 28 March 1863

Young, MondayEvening, Empire, 12 May 1863

Store Robbery,Goulburn Herald, 20 May 1863

The SandhillRobbery, The Sydney Morning Herald, 1 June 1863

Gardiner andHis Gang, Bells Life in Sydney and Sporting Chronicle, 6June 1863

Sir FrederickPottinger and The Empire, The Sydney Morning Herald, 19 June1863

TelegraphicDespatches (From Our Correspondents) Young, The Sydney MorningHerald, 15 July 1863

Pursuit ofBushrangers, Queanbeyan Age and General Advertiser, 23 July1863

HowBushrangers Are Made, The Courier, 24 July 1863

Capture of BenHall and Two Other Bushrangers at Murrurundi, The

MaitlandMercury and Hunter River General Advertiser, 13 August 1863

Twelve MileRush Robbery, The Sydney Morning Herald, 25 August 1863

BushrangersChased by the Police, Bells Life in Sydney and SportingChronicle, 29 August 1863

Police HorsesFired Upon at Wombat, Empire, 1 September 1863

Great Stickingup by Bushrangers Empire, 2 September 1863

Murder byOMeally, The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River GeneralAdvertiser, 3 September 1863

Bushranging atBurrowa To The Editor of the Empire, Empire, 9 September1863

A StoreStuck-up at Burrowa by Gilbert and OMeally More Sticking-up Murder of Mr John Barnes by Bushrangers and Attack by the Police onthe Gang Inquest on the Body of Mr Barnes, Queanbeyan Age andGeneral Advertiser, 10 September 1863

Doings of theBushrangers, Geelong Advertiser, 16 September 1863

Sticking-up atthe Ten and 12 Mile Rushes, The Newcastle Chronicle and HunterRiver District News, 19 September 1863

TroopersStuck-up by Halls Gang, The Sydney Morning Herald, 24September 1863

Outrage atCooloola, Empire, 29 September 1863

PatrickOMeallys House Burnt Down by Police, The Age, 29 September1863

TelegraphicDespatches, The Sydney Morning Herald, 29 September 1863

LimestoneCreek Robbery by Five Notorious Bushrangers, The Sydney MorningHerald, 30 September 1863

LegislativeAssembly Insecurity of Life and Property, The Sydney MorningHerald, 1 October 1863

Sticking-upthe Police Again, Bells Life in Sydney and SportingChronicle, 3 October 1863

TheBushrangers in Bathurst, The Sydney Morning Herald, 5October 1863

TelegraphicIntelligence, The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River GeneralAdvertiser, 6 October 1863

Reward for theApprehension of the Bushranger, The Sydney Morning Herald, 8October 1863

CanowindraHeld by the Bushrangers for Three Days, Empire, 20 October1863

MoreBushranger Outrages, The Argus, 20 October 1863

TheBushrangers Near Eugowra, Empire, 20 October 1863

Audacity ofthe Bushrangers : The Gang in Bathurst, Maryborough ChronicleWide Bay and Burnett Advertiser, 22 October 1863

TheBushrangers 2500 Reward for the Apprehension of John Gilbert,

John OMeally,Benjamin Hall, Michael Burke and John Vane, Empire, 22October 1863

Affray withGilberts Gang Burke Shot 500 Ransom Paid to the

Bushrangers Heroic Conduct of Mr and Mrs Keightley, The Sydney MorningHerald, 26 October 1863

Four ThousandPounds Reward for the Apprehension of John Gilbert,

John OMeally,Benjamin Hall and John Vane and One Hundred Pounds

Reward forAccomplices, The Sydney Morning Herald, 27 October 1863

Burke Dead,Goulburn Herald, 28 October 1863 Carcoar, Empire, 30October 1863

Death ofBurke, Sydney Mail, 7 November 1863

Forbes, TheSydney Morning Herald, 9 November 1863

TheBushrangers at Canowindra, The Sydney Morning Herald, 10November 1863

A Good ChanceLost of Catching the Bushrangers, The Sydney Morning Herald,13 November 1863

TheBushrangers Weekly Gazette, and Police Intelligence!!! How

Bushrangersare Made, Bells Life in Sydney and Sporting Chronicle,14

November1863

TheBushrangers Near Eugowra, The Kiama Independent and

ShoalhavenAdvertiser, 17 November 1863

Surrender ofVane, The Bushranger A Bushrangers Consideration

Noble SelfSacrifice!, Bells Life in Sydney and Sporting Chronicle,21

November1863

Affray withGilbert and Party, Freemans Journal, 21 November 1863

OMeally Shot,The Argus, 23 November 1863

TheBushrangers Attack on Goimbla Station Diabolical Incendiarism

Death ofOMeally and Inquest on the Body Heroism of Mr and Mrs Campbell,The Sydney Morning Herald, 23 November 1863

TheBushrangers Breaking Up of the Gang Surrender of Vane,Empire, 24 November 1863

Forbes,Sydney Mail, 28 November 1863

The LateOMeally, the Bushranger, Empire, 1 December 1863

Examination ofVane, Empire, 4 December 1863

Young