Old hut and ruins
The place
Old hut and ruins in the Alexandra district, Marysville/Buxton sector (Yarra Ranges NP Central Highlands, Victoria, Australia), at 998 m elevation, on the plateau of the Victorian Central Highlands. Continuous cluster Australia Victoria Central Highlands (batches 200-386). Ruins of a former pastoral/miner's cabin (19th-century settler surname, Alpine Grazing 1830s-1958 + Yarra Ranges NP 2500 km² 1995 + Marysville Black Saturday 7 February 2009 bushfire 173 dead, Marysville 90% destroyed, iconic Australian climate disaster + heritage of the Taungurung (Aboriginal people of the Kulin Nation, thagunwurrung language, Central Alpine 5000 clans + Djadja Wurrung/Wurundjeri/Taungurung recognised in the Victoria Treaty 2020, first Australian state Voice + Bunjil eagle creation mythology of the Kulin ancestors).
The setting
Alexandra Marysville/Buxton Yarra Ranges NP Central Highlands VIC AU 998 m Victorian Central Highlands plateau, continuous cluster batches 200-386, ruins of pastoral/miner's cabin 19th-c. settler, Alpine Grazing 1830s-1958 + Yarra Ranges NP 2500 km² 1995 + Marysville Black Saturday 7 Feb 2009 bushfire 173 dead 90% destroyed climate disaster, Taungurung Kulin thagunwurrung Central Alpine 5000 clans + Djadja Wurrung/Wurundjeri/Taungurung VIC Treaty 2020 first state Voice + Bunjil eagle creation mythology of the Kulin.
