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Based on an actual event: bushranger Ben Hall's raid on the Keightley household near Bathurst in 1863, in which Keightley was held hostage while his friend and wife were given a matter of hours to obtain a sum of money from nearby Bathurst.
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According to contemporary newspaper reports, A Bushranger's Ransom was 'arranged' by Mrs E.J. Cole. It is not clear what role that equates to in the production.
Source: 'Amusements', Advertiser, 6 April 1911, p.8.
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- Bathurst, Bathurst area, Bathurst - Orange area, Central West NSW, New South Wales,
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