G'day All,

John: Some years back now I visited Forbes and Rob Willis - very active song and folklore collector - took me out to the paddock where Ben Hall died. At the time there was a dead sheep in almost the exact spot!

Gaz: Martin Carthy's word's are not too bad, but there are some subtle points that are substantially correct in Alan's posted words and misleading in Martin Carthy's. The characters are real and the names and events are important. Billy Dargin was a black tracker with the police - the troopers didn't want to risk there own necks ... just in case Ben woke and fired back.

Regards,

Bob Bolton