Bullocks Hut
The place
Bullocks Hut in Snowy Mountains Council, Jindabyne/Perisher area (Kosciuszko National Park, New South Wales, Australia), at 1123 m elevation, on the Thredbo Valley side of the Australian Alps. Continuous Australian NSW Kosciuszko cluster (batches 200-380). Historic Bullocks pastoral hut (named after the Bullock family, settlers in the 1830s, Alpine Grazing era) + Kosciuszko NP, 6900 km², established 1944 + Mount Kosciuszko, 2228 m, Australia's highest peak, named after Strzelecki, a Polish explorer, in 1840 + Thredbo village, iconic ski resort since 1957 + Snowy Hydro Scheme 1949-1974, 16 dams, 145 km of tunnels, largest in the southern hemisphere + heritage of the Ngarigo (Aboriginal people of the Southern Highlands, Ngarigu language, Alpine Country) + bogong moth Agrotis infusa migration Nov-Feb, 5000 million moths, 2000 km from Queensland to the Alps + 2019 crash, 99.5% biomass collapse, climate-driven biodiversity loss.
The setting
Snowy Mountains, Jindabyne/Perisher, Kosciuszko NP, NSW, Australia, 1123 m, Thredbo Valley, Australian Alps, continuous cluster batches 200-380, Bullocks pastoral hut, Bullock family settlers 1830s, Alpine Grazing era + Kosciuszko NP 6900 km², established 1944 + Mount Kosciuszko 2228 m, named after Strzelecki, 1840 + Thredbo village ski resort since 1957 + Snowy Hydro 1949-1974, 16 dams, 145 km, Ngarigo people of the Southern Highlands, Ngarigu language, Alpine Country + bogong moth Agrotis infusa, Nov-Feb, 5000 million, 2000 km from Queensland to the Alps + 2019 crash, 99.5% collapse.
