Forest Creek Monster Meeting

In December 1851 the government announced that it intended to triple the licence fee from £1 to £3 a month, from 1 January 1852.

The meeting took place at the site of a shepherd's hut, an outstation of William Campbell's sheep run 'Strathloddon" which was built around 5 km south of Major Thomas Mitchell's line of road at the junction of Wattle and Forest Creeks in the 1840s.

Although some said it was in another place to the South behind the Mount Alexander hotel, and others had thought the site was to the North, Glenn and Ian proved that afternoon that they had found the spot.

Barbra James had drawn a map which is placed on an information board near the East entrance of Chewton depicting the site being on the East side of Golden point road, which is where she thought the meeting had taken place one of a few different sites thought to be where the meeting was held.

The site is now marked with a cairn placed below the original spot by members of the Ballarat Reform League.