Christie O'Rourkes Hut
The place
Christie O'Rourkes Hut in Kosciuszko National Park, Jindabyne/Berridale area (Snowy Mountains, New South Wales, Australia), at 862 m elevation, Snowy alpine plateau. Continuous Kosciuszko cluster (batches 240-356). Historic cattlemen's hut 1830s-1940s (surname "Christie O'Rourke" typically Irish, post-Great Famine 1845-49 diaspora, 1 M Irish immigrants to Australia pre-federation 1901), area of Eucalyptus pauciflora snow gum + Poa costiniana snowgrass alpine + Kosciuszko 2228 m continent's highest point + Snowy Hydro Scheme 1949-1974 (16 dams, 7 power stations, 4000 MW, post-war, 100,000 builders, European DPs, transformation of NSW industrialisation), heritage of the Yuin-Ngarigo (Aboriginal people of the Snowy Mountains, 40,000 years of occupation, Bogong moth summer harvest Agrotis infusa migration).
The setting
Kosciuszko NP Jindabyne/Berridale Snowy NSW AU 862 m alpine plateau, continuous cluster batches 240-356, cattlemen 1830s-1940s Christie O'Rourke Irish post-Great Famine 1845-49 1 M diaspora AU pre-federation 1901, Eucalyptus pauciflora + Poa costiniana + Kosciuszko 2228 m continent's highest + Snowy Hydro 1949-1974 16 dams 4000 MW 100,000 European DPs NSW industrialisation, Yuin-Ngarigo 40,000 years Bogong summer harvest Agrotis infusa migration.
