The infamous bushranger Ben Hall
TRADITIONAL OWNERS
Before European settlement in the 1800s, the Traditional Owners of the Forbes region were the Wiradjuri people. A hunter-gatherer society comprising small clans or close family groups, the Wiradjuri nation is the largest in NSW, ranging in area from the Blue Mountains, Hay, Nyngan, and Albury. This region changed dramatically after European settlement, which began when John Oxley ventured
