Wonnangatta Station (Guys) Hut
The place
Wonnangatta Station (Guys) Hut in Alpine National Park, Dargo/Grant area (Victorian Alps, Australia), at 479 m elevation, in the Wonnangatta River valley. Continuous Alpine VIC cluster (batches 220-359). Historic Wonnangatta Station hut (an isolated cattle station founded 1861 by the Bryce family + the 1917 murders of James Barclay/John Bamford, 2 dead, an investigation that remained open for over 100 years, one of Australia's last unsolved murders and part of Victorian Alps folklore), in a zone of Eucalyptus regnans (mountain ash), up to 100 m tall + Eucalyptus delegatensis (alpine ash) + Poa costiniana snowgrass, Gunaikurnai heritage (Aboriginal people of East Gippsland, Ganai First Nations, Victoria Treaty 2020, Australia's first negotiated treaty, 40,000 years of Indigenous occupation).
The setting
Alpine NP Dargo/Grant VIC AU 479 m Wonnangatta River valley, continuous cluster batches 220-359, Wonnangatta Station 1861 Bryce family + 1917 murders Barclay/Bamford 2 dead investigation open 100+ years one of AU's last unsolved cases Alps folklore, Eucalyptus regnans up to 100 m/delegatensis + Poa costiniana, Gunaikurnai East Gippsland Ganai First Nations Treaty VIC 2020 AU's first negotiated treaty 40,000 years.
