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Doon Doo Case Study

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There is a common belief perpetuated through the sands of time that Ben Hall was born on a property named Breeza, situated on the Liverpool Plains, NSW, (the name of the current town) this is definitely not the case. The vast Breeza station was situated on the Mooki River (Mokai), and covered an area of 72 sq.m., Breeza would eventually be owned by Samuel Clift, but not until 1848. Most historical accounts comment that Benjamin Hall senior obtained worked as an overseer for Samuel Clift, the owner of Doona station through an advertisement prior to 1837. Unfortunately Doona was not purchased by Samuel Clift until 1837, from a Mr Joseph Merrick for £5 and a fat bullock. Research indicates that in 1841, there were a number of trespass cases where it was evidenced that Samuel Clift's aquisition of Doona was aquired from Joseph Merrick; "...it appeared from the evidence that the plaintiff had purchased the right of the run from a person named Merrick, in the year 1837, for £5 and a fat bullock...". …show more content…

In 1837, it was stated that a Mr McLaughlan was the owner of Breeza, and it was recorded that;"... Mr McLaughlan had cattle of his own, and in 1830 and 1837, McLaughlan or his wife was always at Breeza and McLaughlin and his wife kept a store at Breeza in 1830 to 1837...". Recent evidence has revealed that in 1835, Benjamin Hall was in the employ of one John Gaggin, and drove cattle from Windsor to the Liverpool Plains for a charitable organisation called the 'Hawksbury Benevolent Society', (of which John Gaggin was a member) in late 1835, and Benjamin drove their cattle to the Plains in the company of Edward and William

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