Grave of Ben Hall, Heritage grave in Forbes Cemetery, Australia

The grave of Ben Hall is located in Forbes Cemetery and marked with a white picket fence surrounding a Gothic Revival headstone. The inscription records his death on 5 May 1865 at age 27.

Ben Hall was shot by police on 5 May 1865 and buried in Forbes Cemetery on 7 May; his hearse was followed by about 50 people and three buggies. The grave was probably unmarked at first, enclosed by a picket fence before 1900. In 1957 author Edgar Penzig and a local erected the present stone marker.

Ben Hall is remembered as a "gentleman bushranger" or Robin Hood figure, a reputation that draws visitors to his grave. The cemetery also holds the unmarked graves of gang members John O'Meally and Warrigal Walsh, and Aboriginal tracker Billy Dargin, who helped capture Hall. Mary Kelly, sister of Ned Kelly, is buried here too.

The grave stands on the central eastern boundary of Forbes Cemetery, on the corner of an access track running west, with the headstone gate facing it. The cemetery closed in 1994, so there are no new burials; the ground is a heritage site rather than a working burial ground. The grave was recorded in good condition in 2009.

The memorial was not erected until 1957, nearly a century after the burial, showing how long it took for this chapter of local history to receive public recognition. The delayed marking reflects shifting attitudes toward how communities commemorate their past.