The Bushranger Hotel in Collector was the site of the shooting of policeman , Constable Samuel Nelson on 26 Jan 1865 , by John Dunn . Dunn was a bushranger and a member of Ben Hall 's gang . The Bushranger Hotel in Collector was the site of a shooting of a Constable Samuel Nelson on 26 Jan 1865 , by John Dunn , a member of Ben Hall 's gang .