 It was claimed at the time that between 12 and 20 thousand people attended the meeting that day, a far greater number than any meeting of gold diggers before or since.The site of the shepherd's hut was rediscovered after research by Glenn Braybrook and his father Ian Braybrook local historians in 2002.Asked by the late Doug Ralph to find the site so to end any argument in the community about the exact site as there were several sites various people thought where the meeting had taken place.-Doug himself believed the Monster Meeting took place at the top of old Post office hill, near where the old Chewton tip was located and says that in his 1995 re enactment booklet-if anybody knew where the site was they surely would have told Doug and Glenn on their quest to find the correct location, they didn't despite articles written in the local papers and newsletters asking for help in locating the site.. Glenn had an article printed on the front page of the Chewton Chat, a local newsletter asking for information from the community about the correct site.