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Burrangong Goldfield's Breakout Analysis

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As the opening weeks of September 1863 came to pass, it would prove to be the catalyst for the breakout of the gang's activities which ultimately established their bona fides in the eyes of the public. Their bushranger status would as well incorporate their newfound celebrity while highlighting their innumerable and much heralded destructive and heinous assaults against all comers in the troubled districts of western NSW. Moreover, up to this date, Ben Hall had been conducting irregular and indiscriminate hold-ups and harassment's surrounding the Burrangong goldfield's where even his actions in some quarters generated a certain amount of sympathy regarding his plight. Nevertheless, Hall had appeared through the press reports to have usurped

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