Rogers Hut
The place
Rogers Hut in Snowy Mountains Council, Jindabyne/Perisher area (Kosciuszko National Park Main Range, New South Wales, Australia), at 1340 m elevation, on the Main Range plateau of the Australian Alps. Continuous Australia NSW Kosciuszko cluster (batches 200-380). Historic pastoral/hiking hut in Kosciuszko (named after Rogers, a 1830s settler of the Alpine Grazing era in the Snowy Mountains + Kosciuszko NP 6900 km² established 1944 + Mount Kosciuszko 2228 m, Australia's highest named peak, named after Strzelecki in 1840 by the Polish explorer + Snowy Hydro Scheme 1949-1974, 16 dams, 145 km of tunnels, the largest engineering project in the southern hemisphere until Three Gorges + Perisher Blue, Australia's largest ski resort with 12 lifts + heritage of the Ngarigo (Aboriginal people of the Southern Highlands, Ngarigu language, Alpine Country) + bogong moth Agrotis infusa migration Nov-Feb, 5000 million moths over 2000 km from Queensland to the Alps + 2019 crash: 99.5% biomass collapse, a climate-driven biodiversity event).
The setting
Snowy Mountains Jindabyne/Perisher Kosciuszko NP Main Range NSW AU 1340 m Main Range plateau, Australian Alps, continuous cluster batches 200-380, pastoral/hiking hut Rogers 1830s settler Alpine Grazing era + Kosciuszko NP 6900 km² established 1944 + Mount Kosciuszko 2228 m named after Strzelecki 1840 + Snowy Hydro 1949-1974 16 dams 145 km tunnels largest in southern hemisphere until Three Gorges + Perisher Blue Australia's largest ski resort 12 lifts, Ngarigo Southern Highlands Ngarigu Alpine people + bogong moth Agrotis infusa Nov-Feb 5000 million over 2000 km QLD-Alps + 2019 crash 99.5% biomass collapse.
