Lees Paddock Hut
The place
Lees Paddock Hut in the state of Tasmania, Central Plateau/Walls of Jerusalem area (Walls of Jerusalem NP, Central Highlands, Australia), at 616 m elevation, on the central alpine plateau. Continuous Australia Tasmania Central Plateau cluster (batches 260-411). TRIPLET of Walls of Jerusalem NP huts (Lees Paddock + Meston + Reg Wadley, batch 411, 3 historic huts). Historic hut of the highland cattlemen of the Central Plateau (Walls of Jerusalem NP 517 km², 1978, UNESCO Tasmanian Wilderness 1982, 21% + Central Plateau 3000 km² alpine 1000-1400 m + Central Highlands, HES Hydro Electric compression 1911+, iconic + Overland Track 65 km Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair, iconic + heritage of the Palawa/Tasmanian Aborigines (Palawa Aboriginal people, 8000, reconstructed palawa kani language + iconic and tragic legacy of the Tasmanian Aboriginal genocide 1803-1876, Truganini 1812-1876 the iconic last, 4,000 pre-invasion + Black War 1824-1832 + Robinson's exile to Flinders Island in the 1830s + iconic legacy of the 1803 British invasion, Sydney NSW, Van Diemen's Land + Port Arthur Convict Colony 1830-1877, iconic, 12,500 convicts, UNESCO 2010 + Van Diemen's Land renamed Tasmania in 1856 + iconic legacy of the HES Franklin Dam controversy 1978-1983, High Court, Bob Brown, the Greens 1979, iconic + Franklin/Gordon UNESCO 1982 Tasmanian Wilderness 21%, iconic + Port Arthur massacre 28 April 1996, Martin Bryant, 35 dead, iconic, AU gun laws + iconic legacy of the thylacine Thylacinus cynocephalus, the Tasmanian tiger, extinct 7 September 1936, Beaumaris Zoo, iconic last + iconic legacy of Cataract Gorge, Launceston).
The setting
Tasmania Central Plateau/Walls of Jerusalem Walls of Jerusalem NP Central Highlands Australia 616 m central alpine plateau, continuous cluster batches 260-411, TRIPLET Walls of Jerusalem 3 huts Lees Paddock + Meston + Reg Wadley, historic hut of highland cattlemen + Walls NP 517 km² 1978 UNESCO Tasmanian Wilderness 1982 21% + Central Plateau 3000 km² 1000-1400 m + HES 1911+ iconic + Overland Track 65 km Cradle-St Clair iconic, Palawa/Tasmanian Aborigines Palawa 8000 reconstructed palawa kani + genocide 1803-1876 Truganini 1812-1876 iconic last 4,000 pre-invasion + Black War 1824-1832 + Robinson exile Flinders 1830s + UK invasion 1803 Sydney NSW Van Diemen's + Convict Port Arthur 1830-1877 iconic 12,500 UNESCO 2010 + Van Diemen's renamed Tasmania 1856 + HES Franklin Dam 1978-1983 High Court Brown Greens 1979 iconic + Franklin/Gordon UNESCO 1982 Wilderness 21% iconic + Port Arthur 28 April 1996 Bryant 35 dead iconic AU gun laws + thylacine Thylacinus cynocephalus extinct 7 Sept 1936 Beaumaris Zoo iconic last + Cataract Gorge Launceston iconic.
