King Hut
The place
King Hut in the Alexandra district, King River/Wonnangatta area (Alpine National Park Victoria, Victoria, Australia), at 793 m elevation, King Valley side. Continuous Australia Victoria Alpine NP cluster (batches 200-366). Historic pastoral cabin, King River (King Valley cattle/wine farming, Italian Tuscan immigration after WWII + King River, tributary of the Ovens River + Alpine NP 6462 km², 1989, Victoria's largest park + Mansfield, gateway to Mount Buller and Falls Creek skiing + Ned Kelly heritage, Irish-Australian bushranger 1854-1880, hanged in Melbourne 11 November 1880 aged 26, national folklore + King Valley, area of Kelly Gang operations, Glenrowan 1880 + Taungurung heritage (Aboriginal Kulin Nation people, thagunwurrung language, Alpine Central Victoria, 5000 people, Djadja Wurrung/Wurundjeri/Taungurung clans, recognized under the Treaty of Victoria 2020, the first Australian state Voice consultation for democracy).
The setting
Alexandra King River/Wonnangatta Alpine NP Victoria AU 793 m King Valley, continuous cluster batches 200-366, King Valley pastoral cabin cattle/wine Tuscan Italian post-WWII + King River tributary Ovens + Alpine NP 6462 km² 1989 largest in VIC + Mansfield skiing Mount Buller Falls Creek + Ned Kelly 1854-1880 hanged 11 Nov 1880 aged 26 folklore + Glenrowan 1880 Kelly Gang, Taungurung Kulin Nation thagunwurrung Alpine Central 5000 Djadja Wurrung/Wurundjeri/Taungurung clans Treaty of Victoria 2020 1st AU state Voice.
