Meston Hut
The place
Meston Hut in the state of Tasmania, Central Plateau/Walls of Jerusalem area (Walls of Jerusalem NP, Central Highlands, Australia), at 1049 m elevation, alpine Central Plateau. Continuous Australia Tasmania Central Plateau cluster (batches 260-411). TRIPLET with Walls of Jerusalem NP (Lees Paddock + Meston + Reg Wadley batch 411, 3 historic huts on the Central Plateau). A historic highland-cattlemen's hut dedicated to Archibald Meston, 1851-1924, an iconic Tasmanian pioneer (Walls of Jerusalem NP, 517 km², established 1978, UNESCO Tasmanian Wilderness 1982, 21% + Central Plateau, 3000 km², alpine, 1000-1400 m + Mount Jerusalem, 1459 m, iconic + iconic heritage of Archibald Meston, 1851-1924, Queensland/Tasmania pioneer, "protector of Aboriginals" 1898, iconic and controversial + heritage of the Palawa/Tasmanian Aboriginal people (Palawa Aboriginal people, 8000, reconstructed palawa kani language + iconic heritage of the Tasmanian Aboriginal genocide, 1803-1876, Truganini, 1812-1876, iconic as the last survivor + Black War 1824-1832 + Robinson's exile to Flinders Island in the 1830s + iconic British invasion of 1803 + Port Arthur Convict Colony, 1830-1877, iconic, 12,500 convicts, UNESCO 2010 + iconic HES Franklin Dam controversy, 1978-1983, High Court, Bob Brown Greens 1979, iconic + Franklin/Gordon UNESCO 1982, 21% Tasmanian Wilderness, iconic + Port Arthur massacre, 28 April 1996, Martin Bryant, 35 dead, iconic + thylacine extinct 7 September 1936, iconic + iconic Wilderness Society, founded 1976, Tasmania, iconic + iconic Tasmanian devil, Sarcophilus harrisii, iconic, Devil Facial Tumour Disease since 1996).
The setting
Tasmania, Central Plateau/Walls of Jerusalem NP, Central Highlands, Australia, 1049 m, alpine Central Plateau, continuous cluster batches 260-411, TRIPLET, 3 huts on the Central Plateau, historic hut dedicated to Meston, 1851-1924, iconic pioneer + Walls NP 517 km², established 1978, UNESCO Wilderness 1982, 21% + Central Plateau 3000 km², 1000-1400 m + Mount Jerusalem 1459 m, iconic + Meston 1851-1924, QLD/TAS pioneer, "protector of Aboriginals" 1898, iconic and controversial, Palawa/Tasmanian Aboriginal people, Palawa 8000, reconstructed palawa kani + genocide 1803-1876, Truganini 1812-1876, iconic as last survivor + Black War 1824-1832 + Robinson's exile to Flinders 1830s + British invasion 1803 + Port Arthur Convict Colony 1830-1877, iconic, 12,500, UNESCO 2010 + HES Franklin Dam 1978-1983, Brown Greens 1979, iconic + Franklin/Gordon UNESCO 1982, 21%, iconic + Port Arthur, 28 April 1996, Bryant, 35 dead, iconic + thylacine extinct 7 Sept 1936, iconic + Wilderness Society 1976, iconic + Tasmanian devil, Sarcophilus harrisii, iconic, DFTD since 1996.
