Forbes (pop. 8500), originally a gold-digging settlement founded in 1860, lies on the Lachlan River. At the height of the gold rush the town had a population of over 30,000; its economy now depends mainly on a slaughterhouse and a grain mill and to some extent also on tourism.

Forbes became notorious for the bushranger Ben Hall, who was shot by
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