Upper New Place Hut
The place
Upper New Place Hut in Alpine National Park, Dargo/Mount Skene sector (Victoria Alps, Australia), at 460 m elevation, bushland plateau. Continuous Alpine VIC cluster (batches 220-352). Historic cattlemen's hut ("New Place" toponym from a squatter homestead, 1830s-1940s, Dargo High Plains, historic grazing area closed under the NP Act 1974), area of Eucalyptus regnans mountain ash, the world's tallest flowering plant at 100 m + Eucalyptus delegatensis alpine ash + snowgrass, heritage of the Gunaikurnai (Aboriginal people of East Gippsland: Ganai + Braiakaulung + Brayakaulung + Tatungalung confederated clans, First Nations Treaty Victoria 2020, Australia's first such treaty).
The setting
Alpine NP Dargo/Mount Skene VIC AU 460 m bushland plateau, continuous cluster batches 220-352, cattlemen's New Place squatter homestead 1830s-1940s Dargo grazing closed under NP Act 1974, Eucalyptus regnans 100 m + delegatensis + snowgrass, Gunaikurnai East Gippsland Ganai/Braiakaulung/Brayakaulung/Tatungalung First Nations Treaty VIC 2020 1st in AU.
