Scotts Hut
The place
Scotts Hut in the Snowy Mountains Council area, Bombala/Delegate area (southeastern Kosciuszko National Park, New South Wales, Australia), at 13 m altitude, in the southeastern Kosciuszko foothills. Continuous Australia NSW Kosciuszko cluster (batches 200-393). A historic pastoral cabin of the Snowy Mountains (surname Scott, a Scottish settler from the 1830s Alpine grazing era, plus Kosciuszko National Park, 6,900 km², established 1944; Mount Kosciuszko, 2,228 m, Australia's highest peak, named after Strzelecki, the Polish explorer, in 1840; the Snowy Hydro Scheme, 1949-1974, 16 dams and 145 km of tunnels, the largest such scheme in the Southern Hemisphere until Three Gorges) plus the heritage of the Ngarigo (an Aboriginal people of the Southern Highlands, speaking the Ngarigu language, Alpine Country; the bogong moth, Agrotis infusa, migrating November-February, an estimated 5,000 million individuals over 2,000 km from Queensland to the Alps; the 2019 population crash of 99.5% of biomass attributed to climate change; and the 2019-2020 Black Summer bushfires, 34 deaths, an estimated 3 billion animals killed, an iconic climate event).
The setting
Snowy Mountains, Bombala/Delegate, southeastern Kosciuszko NP, NSW, AU, 13 m, southeastern Kosciuszko foothills, continuous cluster batches 200-393, pastoral cabin, Scott, Scottish, 1830s Alpine grazing, plus Kosciuszko NP 6,900 km² 1944, plus Mount Kosciuszko 2,228 m, Strzelecki 1840, plus Snowy Hydro 1949-1974, 16 dams, 145 km, Ngarigo, Southern Highlands, Ngarigu, Alpine, plus bogong Agrotis infusa Nov-Feb 5,000 million 2,000 km QLD-Alps, plus 2019 crash 99.5%, plus Black Summer 2019-2020, 34 deaths, 3 billion animals killed, iconic climate event.
