Ben Hall 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
Ben Hall in 1863
Hall, John Gilbert and John Dunn attack policemen guarding the Gundagai Mail, 1865
Bushrangers were armed robbers and outlaws who resided in the Australian bush between the 1780s and the early 20th century. The original use of the term dates back to the early years of the British co
Ben Hall (bushranger)
…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…
William Strutt's Bushrangers on the St Kilda Road, painted in 1887, depicts what Strutt described as "one of the most daring robberies attempted in Victoria" in 1852.
A bushranger on horseback being chased by the police in Hard-pressed (Flight of a Bushranger), painted by S. T. Gill, c. 1853
Convict artist Joseph Lycett's 1825 painting of the Nepean River shows a gang of bushrangers with guns.
Vandemonian bushrangers plundering and burning a homestead