Bob's Hut
The place
Bob's Hut in the Alexandra district, Mansfield/Merrijig area (Alpine National Park, Mount Buller-Stirling, Victoria, Australia), at 1,125 m elevation, on the Howqua Valley slope. Continuous Australia Victoria Alpine NP cluster (batches 200-369). Historic pastoral hut on the Howqua (named after Bob, a pioneer stockman, Irish-Scottish settler, 1850s cattlemen, alpine grazing 1830s-1958 + Howqua River, a tributary of the Goulburn River in the Murray-Darling basin, 3,400 km, Australia's 2nd longest river + Mount Buller, 1,804 m, Victoria's largest ski resort, 22 lifts + Alpine NP, 6,462 km², established 1989, Victoria's largest park + heritage of the Taungurung (Aboriginal people of the Kulin Nation, speaking the Thagungwurrung language, Central Alpine Victoria, 5,000 clan members + Djadja Wurrung/Wurundjeri/Taungurung recognized under the Treaty of Victoria, 2020, Australia's first state Voice consultation, democracy).
The setting
Alexandra Mansfield/Merrijig Alpine NP Mount Buller-Stirling Victoria AU 1,125 m Howqua Valley, continuous cluster batches 200-369, pastoral hut Bob pioneer stockman Irish-Scottish 1850s cattlemen 1830s-1958 + Howqua Goulburn Murray-Darling basin 3,400 km 2nd longest AU + Mount Buller 1,804 m largest VIC ski resort 22 lifts + Alpine NP 6,462 km² 1989 largest VIC park, Taungurung Kulin Nation Thagungwurrung Central Alpine 5,000 clan members + Djadja Wurrung/Wurundjeri/Taungurung Treaty of Victoria 2020 first AU state Voice.
