Ironstone Hut
The place
Ironstone Hut in the state of Tasmania, Central Highlands/Great Lake sector (Central Plateau Conservation Area, Tasmania, Australia), at 1,208 m elevation, alpine central plateau. Continuous Australia Tasmania cluster (batches 260-408). A historic hut of the Central Plateau highland cattlemen (Central Plateau, 3,000 km², alpine, 1,000-1,400 m + Great Lake, 176 km², Australia's 2nd-largest natural lake + Central Highlands, hydroelectric development, HES (Hydro Electric Corporation), 1911 onward, iconic + iconic heritage of the Overland Track, 65 km, Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair, iconic + heritage of the Palawa/Tasmanian Aboriginal people (the Palawa Aboriginal people, 8,000, reconstructed Palawa kani language + iconic heritage of the Tasmanian Aboriginal genocide, 1803-1876, Truganini, 1812-1876, the iconic last survivor, from a pre-invasion population of around 4,000 to about 200 deaths in the 19th-century massacres, iconic Black War, 1824-1832 + iconic heritage of Robinson's exile to Flinders Island in the 1830s + iconic heritage of the British invasion of 1803, Sydney, NSW, Van Diemen's Land + Convict colony, Port Arthur, 1830-1877, iconic, 12,500 convicts, UNESCO 2010 + iconic heritage of Van Diemen's Land being renamed Tasmania in 1856 + iconic heritage of the Franklin Dam controversy, 1978-1983, High Court, iconic, Bob Brown, Greens, 1979 environmental movement + iconic heritage of Franklin/Gordon, UNESCO 1982, Tasmanian Wilderness, 21% of Tasmania, iconic + iconic heritage of the Port Arthur massacre, 28 April 1996, Martin Bryant, 35 deaths, iconic Australian gun law reform).
The setting
Tasmania, Central Highlands/Great Lake, Central Plateau Conservation Area, Tasmania, Australia, 1,208 m, alpine central plateau, continuous cluster batches 260-408, historic hut of the Central Plateau highland cattlemen + Central Plateau 3,000 km² alpine 1,000-1,400 m + Great Lake 176 km² Australia's 2nd-largest natural lake + HES hydroelectric development 1911 onward iconic + Overland Track 65 km Cradle-St Clair iconic, Palawa/Tasmanian Aboriginal people Palawa 8,000 reconstructed Palawa kani + genocide 1803-1876 Truganini 1812-1876 iconic last survivor, pre-invasion population ~4,000, ~200 deaths in 19th-century massacres, iconic Black War 1824-1832 + Robinson exile Flinders Island 1830s + British invasion 1803 Sydney NSW Van Diemen's Land + Convict colony Port Arthur 1830-1877 iconic 12,500 convicts UNESCO 2010 + Van Diemen's Land renamed Tasmania 1856 + Franklin Dam controversy 1978-1983 High Court iconic Bob Brown Greens 1979 + Franklin/Gordon UNESCO 1982 Tasmanian Wilderness 21% iconic + Port Arthur massacre 28 April 1996 Bryant 35 deaths iconic Australian gun law reform.
