Lake Ball Hut
The place
Lake Ball Hut in Central Highlands Council, Bothwell/Miena area (Central Plateau Ben Lomond Reserve, Tasmania, Australia), at 1160 m elevation, on the Ben Lomond plateau. Continuous Australia Tasmania cluster (batches 240-385). Pastoral/mountaineering hut (Lake Ball toponym, a 5-acre iconic ball-shaped lake + Ben Lomond NP 165 km² 1947 + Ben Lomond 1572 m Tasmania's highest central peak, ski area + Cradle Mountain 1545 m iconic + Overland Track 65 km 5-6 days iconic Great Walk + heritage of the Palawa/Pakana (Tasmanian Aboriginal peoples, palawa language, 4-5,000 before 1803 colonization + Black War 1824-1832 genocide, near total extermination of the continent's people + Truganini 1812-1876, iconic last "full-blood Tasmanian Aboriginal" + Fanny Cochrane Smith 1899 recorded songs + Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre 1972 recognition, 15,000 identified in 2016).
The setting
Central Highlands Bothwell/Miena Central Plateau Ben Lomond Reserve Tasmania AU 1160 m Ben Lomond plateau, continuous cluster batches 240-385, pastoral/mountaineering hut Lake Ball 5-acre ball-shaped lake + Ben Lomond NP 165 km² 1947 + Ben Lomond 1572 m highest central TAS ski + Cradle 1545 m + Overland Track 65 km 5-6 days Great Walk, Palawa/Pakana palawa 4-5,000 before 1803 + Black War 1824-1832 genocide + Truganini 1812-1876 full-blood + Fanny Cochrane Smith 1899 + Aboriginal Centre 1972 15,000 identified 2016.
