Morning Glory Hut
The place
Morning Glory Hut in the state of Victoria, in the Gippsland/Walhalla area (Baw Baw National Park region of the Australian Alps, Australia), at 152 m elevation, in a temperate eucalyptus valley. Continuous Australia/Victoria cluster (batches 260-404). A historic cabin from the Walhalla gold rush at Baw Baw (Walhalla, now a ghost town of 20 people, was an iconic gold-rush boomtown of 5,000 in the 1860s; plus Baw Baw National Park, 133 km², established 1979; plus the Australian Alps, rising to 1,567 m at Mount Baw Baw; plus the iconic 655 km Australian Alps Walking Track across VIC-NSW-ACT; plus the heritage of the Gunai/Kurnai — the Gunai, an Aboriginal people numbering some 3,000, whose Gunai language is now extinct as a first language among modern speakers, and the Kurnai, five coastal clans of East Gippsland; plus the iconic British invasion of 1770, Cook at Botany Bay; the Convict Colony from 1788, the First Fleet with 736 convicts; the iconic genocide of Tasmanian Aboriginal people 1803-1876, Truganini the last of an estimated pre-invasion population of 4,000; the iconic separation of Victoria from NSW in 1851; the Gold Rush of 1851 at Ballarat/Bendigo/Walhalla, 20 million ounces over 40 years; the iconic Federation of the Commonwealth of Australia on 1 January 1901; the White Australia Policy of 1901-1973 restricting immigration; the iconic WWI ANZAC landing at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915, 8,000 Australian dead, now an iconic national day of remembrance; the iconic 1965 Freedom Ride for Aboriginal rights led by Charles Perkins; the iconic Mabo v Queensland High Court ruling of 3 June 1992 rejecting the doctrine of terra nullius and recognizing native title; the 1998 National Sorry Day reconciliation; and Kevin Rudd's iconic apology to the Stolen Generations on 13 February 2008).
The setting
Victoria, Gippsland/Walhalla, Baw Baw NP, Australian Alps region, Australia, 152 m, temperate eucalyptus valley, continuous cluster batches 260-404, historic gold-rush cabin at Walhalla + Walhalla now 20 residents, ghost town, iconic 1860s boomtown of 5,000 + Baw Baw NP 133 km² established 1979 + Australian Alps 1,567 m Mt Baw Baw + AAWT 655 km VIC-NSW-ACT iconic, Gunai/Kurnai — Gunai ~3,000 language now extinct among modern speakers + Kurnai 5 clans East Gippsland + British invasion 1770 Cook Botany Bay + Convict Colony 1788 First Fleet 736 convicts + iconic Tasmanian genocide 1803-1876 Truganini last of an estimated pre-invasion 4,000 + Victoria separated from NSW 1851 + Gold Rush 1851 Ballarat/Bendigo/Walhalla 20 million ounces over 40 years + Federation 1 Jan 1901 Commonwealth + White Australia Policy 1901-1973 + iconic WWI ANZAC Gallipoli 25 April 1915 8,000 Australian dead iconic national day + 1965 Freedom Ride led by Perkins + Mabo ruling 3 June 1992 rejecting terra nullius, recognizing native title, iconic + 1998 Sorry Day + Rudd's iconic apology to the Stolen Generations 13 Feb 2008.
