The Judas Covenant
...is a remarkable new book which details the life and death of Ben Hall.

The true identification of the police informant is finally revealed in The Judas Covenant, in which the exact circumstances of his betrayal and shooting death under the guns of the police are examined in considerable detail.

• Previously unknown official documents have been discovered which, for the first time, reveal how and by whom he was betrayed to the police.

• The legal implications of the shooting are considered – did the police act illegally when Ben Hall was shot dead on the morning of 5th May 1865?

• The results of an archaeological investigation along the section of the Billabong Creek reveal some startling new facts. Many previously unseen photographs are included.

• And why did Ben Hall turn from his life as a small scale squatter, with his own land, happily married with a young son, to life on the roads as a bushranger? There is an objective discussion of this vexing question where the reasons for such a dramatic change in his life are examined.

The Judas Covenant contains 15 chapters including
• Introduction
• Review of previous Ben Hall literature
• Early history of the Hall family in Australia
• The Felons Apprehension Act
• The death of Ben Hall
• Identification of the police informant
• Charges of murder?
• Epilogue

Also by the same author
Billabong Creek Study
...an archaeological survey of the Billabong Creek, near the site of the death of Ben Hall. Includes rarely seen maps of the early land holdings along the Billabong Creek and details the discovery of the remains of two very early houses which were located close to the place where Ben Hall was killed.