Breeza
Tiny township between Quirindi and Gunnedah
Breeza is a tiny and rather rundown little farming
settlement of about 25 people halfway between Quirindi and Gunnedah and
393 km north of Sydney. Surrounded by vast pasture lands it is also a
wheat-receiving rail centre.
It has often been argued that notorious bushranger Ben
Hall was born at Breeza station although there is no evidence to
support the argument. Nonetheless there is a Ben Hall wall with a mural
at the roadside rest area/picnic spot.
Another noted bushranger, 'Thunderbolt' (alias Fred Ward)
robbed a Mr Matthews on the Breeza Plain in 1865.
