Shepherd Daughters Grave New information emerges about young girl's grave that has fascinated for more than a century ABC Ballarat By Dominic Cansdale The gravesite in bushland near Lal Lal can be found near a popular hiking path. Supplied: Greg Johns/Hiking Fiasco History researchers have uncovered new information about a six-year-old girl's lone grave in central Victorian bushland that has fascinated locals and hikers for more than 150 years. The Shepherd's Daughter's Grave, south of the Bungal Dam near Lal Lal, is believed to belong to Mary Paterson, who may have died while droving sheep with her family in July 1867. The most common story shared among locals is that Mary contracted pneumonia during wet weather, with flooding along the nearby Moorabool River blocking doctors from the area and forcing her family to bury her body in bushland. But research conducted by the Ballarat and District Genealogical Society has uncovered inconsistencies about the girl'
