Bathurst will mark the 150th Anniversary of the Ben Hall Raid at
Bathurst in 1863. The event saw some far-reaching effects that changed people's lives and the Government of the day.
The anniversary will take the form of a weekend festival with numerous activities planned over three days. There will be a full programme of re-enactments, talks, tours, historic bushranging and colonial displays and memorabilia, book launches as
well as a special dinner with guest speaker and bushranger historian Mr. Peter Smith with his talk entitled "Heroes to Villains."
Plus much more