The Death of Ben Hall

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Written1924
First published inSmith's Weekly
IllustratorStan Cross
CountryAustralia
"The Death of Ben Hall"
by Will H. Ogilvie
Written1924
First published inSmith's Weekly
IllustratorStan Cross
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
SubjectBen Hall
Lines95

"The Death of Ben Hall" (1924) is a poem by Scottish poet Will H. Ogilvie. It is also known under the title "The Betrayal of Ben Hall".[1]

It was originally published in Smith's Weekly on 27 September 1924[2] and subsequently reprinted in a number of Australian poetry anthologies.[1]

The poem relates the story of how the bushranger Ben Hall was killed by eight well-armed policemen on 5 May 1865.[3]

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