What reward was offered for Ben Hall?
There were various rewards posted during the Gilbert/Hall gang’s activities. Each time the amount was increased. When Hall was finally shot the reward for him, Gilbert and Dunn was posted at one thousand pounds each, plus another one hundred pounds posted for information which led to the prosecution of a harbourer, a total of three thousand, one hundred pounds. For information payment of the rewards was as follows. For Hall. The informant, Strickland (NOT THE MYTHICAL HALF-CAST GOOBANG MICK CONNOLLY to whom you may have seen references), received five hundred pounds, Sub-Inspector Davidson received 175 pounds and was promoted, Sergeant Condell (who had been wounded during the Eugowra Escort Robbery by the gang which included both Hall and Gilbert)75 pounds, Constables Hipkiss, Caban, Buckley and Bohan 50 pounds each and the brave blacktracker William (Billy) Dargin 50 pounds. You should be aware that Billy Dargin did not shoot Ben Hall as he slept as some of your text books may tell yo
