Items in the State Library Collections
ON 4 Box 41 No 80, American & Australasian Photographic Company, 1870-1873, Court House and Gaol, (where Bushrangers Ben Hall and Johnny Dunn Were Imprisoned), Orange, N.S.W.
Ah 72 item 1, Sketch map showing track and capture of Ben Hall, the Bushranger [186-?] and Warrant, 1861
SAFE/DR 60 Colt Navy belt pistol, 1861, iron with a wooden grip, the barrel is engraved 'N.S.W. Police' 'No. 234', Col. Saml. Colt. New York - U.S. America, No.5897, accompanying the pistol is a note (now at DR 60n) stating that the pistol was used by trooper James Mansfield who assisted in the capture of Ben Hall and other bushrangers.
Ah 136, Extract from Murrurrundi Police Station letter book, March 1849, with entries relating to Benjamin Hall, the elder.
DR 199 Pocket watch, ca. 1863, E. Beckmann London & Sydney, No. 4725, bears the inscription: 'Presented to David Henry Campbell Esq by the residents of the Lachlan and surrounding Districts In token of their admiration of his courageous conduct in successfully resisting the attack of the Bushrangers Gilbert, O'Mealley and Hall upon his household at Goimbla 19th Novr 1863 on which occasion O'Mealley fell by his hand thereby breaking up one of the most desperate gangs of freebooters whoever infested the Western Districts of New South Wales', on display - The Collectors’ Gallery, Case 2, Shelf 26
References
BEN HALL. (1906, October 6). Goulburn Evening Penny Post (NSW : 1881 - 1940), p. 8. Retrieved July 30, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article104774195 McLellan LL, Benjamin Hall and Family, 1982
BEN HALL. (1865, May 24). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 6. Retrieved July 30, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5743469
BEN HALL'S GANG AT BINDA. (1865, January 4). Bendigo Advertiser (Vic. : 1855 - 1918), p. 3. Retrieved July 30, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article87929216
THE LATE ENCOUNTER, WITH BEN HALL AND HIS GANG. (1865, January 31). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 3. Retrieved July 30, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13111866
BEN HALL. (1929, June 7). The Young Chronicle (NSW : 1902 - 1910; 1913 - 1915; 1924 - 1934; 1936 - 1940), p. 3. Retrieved July 30, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article235327639
INQUEST ON BEN HALL. (1865, May 20). Ovens and Murray Advertiser (Beechworth, Vic. : 1855 - 1918), p. 4. Retrieved July 30, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article112911905
Further reading
Baglin, D., & Austin, Y. (1979). Ben Hall / photographs: Douglass Baglin ; text: Yvonne Austin. Dee Why, N.S.W.: Summit Books. https://search.sl.nsw.gov.au/permalink/f/1ocrdrt/SLNSW_ALMA2195048210002626
Bradshaw, J. (1890). The Only true account of Frank Gardiner, Ben Hall, and gang : Also Lowry Larry Cummins, the three Jacks, and others who made themselves known in the sixties as lawbreakers / by John Bradshaw. Orange, [N.S.W.]: J. Bradshaw. https://search.sl.nsw.gov.au/permalink/f/1ocrdrt/SLNSW_ALMA21108295650002626
Bleszynski, N. (2005). 'You'll never take me alive' : The life and death of bushranger Ben Hall / Nick Bleszynski. Milsons Point, N.S. W.: Random House. https://search.sl.nsw.gov.au/permalink/f/1ocrdrt/SLNSW_ALMA21132734010002626
Bradley, P. (2006). The Judas covenant : The betrayal and death of Ben Hall / Peter Bradley. Sydney: Yellow Box Books. https://search.sl.nsw.gov.au/permalink/f/1ocrdrt/SLNSW_ALMA21126713210002626
Donohoe, J. (2016). Ben Hall's last days : "the end of the road for Australia's greatest bushranger" / by John Donohoe. https://search.sl.nsw.gov.au/permalink/f/1ocrdrt/SLNSW_ALMA21182190240002626
Donohoe, J. (2014). Ben Hall's treasure : The search for bushranger loot / by John Donohoe. https://search.sl.nsw.gov.au/permalink/f/1ocrdrt/SLNSW_ALMA21128935880002626
Penzig, E. (1996). Ben Hall : The definitive illustrated history / by Edgar Penzig. Katoomba, N.S.W.: Tranter Enterprises. https://search.sl.nsw.gov.au/permalink/f/1ocrdrt/SLNSW_ALMA21120466890002626
Powell, G. (1987). Ben Hall country / [text and photographs by Greg Powell]. Bathurst, N.S.W.: Robert Brown & Associates. https://search.sl.nsw.gov.au/permalink/f/1ocrdrt/SLNSW_ALMA21156582740002626
Smith, J. (2014). Ben Hall / Jane Margaret Smith. (Australian bushrangers). Newport, N.S.W.: Big Sky Publishing. https://search.sl.nsw.gov.au/permalink/f/1ocrdrt/SLNSW_ALMA21127863390002626
White, Adamson, & Adamson, Bartlett. (1920). Ben Hall : Also Mudgee mail robbery, Daniel Morgan, Thunderbolt (Frederick Ward) / [by Charles White] ; edited by Bartlett Adamson. (White, Charles, 1845-1922. History of Australian Bushranging). Sydney: Marchant. https://search.sl.nsw.gov.au/permalink/f/1ocrdrt/SLNSW_ALMA21134644750002626
Online journals
Densley, Kevin. (2008). Ben Hall's Photograph. Quadrant, 52(11), 101. https://search.sl.nsw.gov.au/permalink/f/1bhdi4s/TN_informit061689063259786
Densley, Kevin. (2013). The wilful murder of constable Samuel nelson by Johnny Dunn of Ben hall's gang, main street, collector, New South Wales, January 26, 1865. Southerly, 73(2), 151-152. https://search.sl.nsw.gov.au/permalink/f/1bhdi4s/TN_informit181737185287090
Mabbutt, James. (2016). The legend of Ben Hall. Lamp, The, 73(10), 45. https://search.sl.nsw.gov.au/permalink/f/1bhdi4s/TN_informit528522673964440
Mcfarlane, Brian. (2017). Down under desperado: 'The Legend of Ben Hall' and the Bushranger film. Metro Magazine: Media & Education Magazine, (193), 28-31. https://search.sl.nsw.gov.au/permalink/f/1bhdi4s/TN_informit_apaft116877386738151