Dandongdale Hut
The place
Dandongdale Hut in the state of Victoria, Wangaratta/Mount Buffalo sector (Mount Buffalo National Park Australian Alps, Australia), at 371 m elevation, north slope of Mount Buffalo. Continuous Australia Victoria Alps cluster (batches 260-411). Historic mountain cattlemen hut in the Dandongadale valley (Mount Buffalo NP 310 km² 1898 3rd oldest NP in AU iconic + Mount Buffalo Chalet 1910 alpine iconic + Wangaratta 30,000 inhabitants regional centre + iconic mountain cattlemen heritage tradition 19th-20th c. + Buffalo plateau 1000 km² 1300 m granite iconic + heritage of the Taungurung/Jaitmatang (Aboriginal peoples: Taungurung 2000 Taungurung language extinct today + Jaitmatang Alps 300 Jaitmatang language extinct + iconic British invasion heritage 1770 Cook + Convict Colony 1788 First Fleet + Gold Rush 1851 Ballarat/Bendigo/Beechworth 20 M ounces over 40 years + iconic Ned Kelly heritage 1854-1880 bushranger Glenrowan siege 27 June 1880 executed Melbourne 11 Nov 1880 iconic + iconic Man from Snowy River heritage Banjo Paterson 1890 iconic national poem + Black Saturday bushfires 7 February 2009 173 dead Victoria worst fire in history iconic + Black Summer 2019-2020 33 dead 24 M hectares 3 billion animals killed iconic + iconic Mabo v Queensland heritage 3 June 1992 native title terra nullius rejected iconic + Kevin Rudd apology 13 February 2008 Stolen Generations iconic + iconic Buffalo fires heritage 2003 25% of NP burnt iconic + iconic WWII ANZAC heritage iconic + Vietnam War 1962-1972 conscription iconic).
The setting
Victoria Wangaratta/Mount Buffalo Mount Buffalo NP Australian Alps Australia 371 m N slope Mount Buffalo, continuous cluster batches 260-411, historic mountain cattlemen hut Dandongadale valley + Mount Buffalo NP 310 km² 1898 3rd oldest NP AU iconic + Buffalo Chalet 1910 alpine iconic + Wangaratta 30,000 + mountain cattlemen 19th-20th c + Buffalo plateau 1000 km² 1300 m granite iconic, Taungurung/Jaitmatang Taungurung 2000 Taungurung extinct + Jaitmatang Alps 300 Jaitmatang extinct + UK invasion 1770 Cook + Convict 1788 First Fleet + Gold Rush 1851 Ballarat/Bendigo/Beechworth 20 M ounces + Ned Kelly 1854-1880 bushranger Glenrowan 27 June 1880 executed 11 Nov 1880 iconic + Man from Snowy River Paterson 1890 iconic + Black Saturday 7 Feb 2009 173 dead VIC worst fire iconic + Black Summer 2019-2020 33 dead 24 M ha 3 billion animals iconic + Mabo 3 June 1992 native title rejected iconic + Rudd apology 13 Feb 2008 Stolen Generations iconic + Buffalo fires 2003 25% of NP burnt iconic + WWII ANZAC iconic + Vietnam 1962-1972 conscription iconic.
