The Ben Hall Sites - Ben Hall's Death Site

Item details


Name of item:	The Ben Hall Sites - Ben Hall's Death Site
Other name/s:	Blowclear Pastoral Run, Ben Hall's Place
Type of item:	Landscape
Group/Collection:	Landscape - Cultural
Category:	Other - Landscape - Cultural
Location:	Lat: -33.2211984282 Long: 147.9027633190
Primary address:	Billabong Creek, Ben Halls Road, Forbes, NSW 2871
Parish:	Yarragong
County:	Ashburnham
Local govt. area:	Forbes
Local Aboriginal Land Council:	Peak Hill

Property description

Lot/Volume Code	Lot/Volume Number	Section Number	Plan/Folio Code	Plan/Folio Number
PART LOT	11		DP	6869

All addresses

Street Address	Suburb/town	LGA	Parish	County	Type
Billabong Creek, Ben Halls Road	Forbes	Forbes	Yarragong	Ashburnham	Primary Address

Owner/s

Organisation Name	Owner Category	Date Ownership Updated
	Private

Description


Construction years:	1865-
Physical condition and/or Archaeological potential:	The site is unlikely to have archaeological potential. The Mick Coneley hut site does have archaeological potential.
	Date condition updated:12 Mar 09
Modifications and dates:	A large painted sign with the story of ben Hall's death is located near the entrance to the paddock. A dam was recently constructed nearby.
Further information:	A map of Hall's death site was drawn by Inspector Davidson as part of the police report on Hall's death, and is the basis for the site identification. A copy is reproduced in Peter Bradley's book "The Judas Covenant"


Current use:	Paddock, tourist site
Former use:	Paddock

Historic themes

Australian theme (abbrev)	New South Wales theme	Local theme
7. Governing-Governing	Law and order-Activities associated with maintaining, promoting and implementing criminal and civil law and legal processes	Scenes of criminal activities-
7. Governing-Governing	Law and order-Activities associated with maintaining, promoting and implementing criminal and civil law and legal processes	Engaging in bushranging and banditry-
8. Culture-Developing cultural institutions and ways of life	Sport-Activities associated with organised recreational and health promotional activities	Racing horses-
9. Phases of Life-Marking the phases of life	Persons-Activities of, and associations with, identifiable individuals, families and communal groups	Associations with Ben Hall, bushranger-
9. Phases of Life-Marking the phases of life	Persons-Activities of, and associations with, identifiable individuals, families and communal groups	Associations with Harry (Breaker) Morant, horsebreaker and soldier-

Assessment of significance


SHR Criteria b) [Associative significance]	Ben Hall's Death Site contributes to the State significance of the Ben Hall Sites through its intimate associations with the Ben Hall story. Hall and his gang heavily influenced the movement of people and money through regional areas between 1862 and 1865. The exploits of the bushrangers lead to increased police in rural areas and security for gold escorts and mail coaches. Ben Hall's Death Site is integral to the story of the Ben Hall gang, in that, with his death, the gang also met its demise.
SHR Criteria c) [Aesthetic significance]	Does not meet this criteria.
SHR Criteria d) [Social significance]	B
SHR Criteria e) [Research potential]	Does not meet this criteria.
SHR Criteria g) [Representativeness]	Does not meet this criteria.
Assessment criteria:	Items are assessed against the State Heritage Register (SHR) Criteria to determine the level of significance. Refer to the Listings below for the level of statutory protection.

Recommended management:


	No changes to the place should be undertaken without the guidance a CMP. This includes the planting of trees and signage.

Listings

Heritage Listing	Listing Title	Listing Number	Gazette Date	Gazette Number	Gazette Page
Heritage Act - State Heritage Register - Element		01827	08 Oct 10	119	5076

Study details

Title	Year	Number	Author	Inspected by	Guidelines used
Central West Pilot Program SHRP	2001		Heritage Office SHRP		Yes

References, internet links & images

Type	Author	Year	Title
Written		2003	Forbes Community Based Heritage Study
Written	Forbes Council	2002	Letter about sites that should be listed on the SHR - States that Nelungaloo Station is where Ben Hall was killed.
Written	Penzig, Edgar	1985	The Sandy Creek bushranger: A Definitive History of Ben Hall
Written	Peter Bradley	2006	The Judas Covenant
Written	Peter C. Smith	1985	Tracking Down the Bushrangers

Note: internet links may be to web pages, documents or images.

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Data source


The information for this entry comes from the following source:
Name:	Heritage NSW
Database number:	5052423
File number:	H03/00307

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