Title: Kosciuszko National Park - Wikipedia
Headings: Kosciuszko National Park
Kosciuszko National Park
Contents
History
Heritage listings
Climate
Glaciation
Ecology
Fauna
Flora
Recreational uses
Winter
Summer
The Snowy Mountains Hydroelectric Scheme
See also
References
External links

Content: Contents
1 History
2 Heritage listings
3 Climate
4 Glaciation
5 Ecology
5.1 Fauna
5.2 Flora
6 Recreational uses
6.1 Winter
6.2 Summer
7 The Snowy Mountains Hydroelectric Scheme
8 See also
9 References
10 External links
History
Kiandra Snow Shoe Carnival 1900
Cabramurra, Australia's highest town, was built during construction of the Snowy Mountains Scheme. The Australian Alps Bioregion was initially discovered by two First People Aboriginal groups. The Walgalu people occupied the northern part of what is today named the Kosciuszko National Park, while the Ngarigo people lived in the region around the highlands. Multiple Aboriginal groups in the southern part of NSW gathered in the Australian Alps Bioregion in the summer on an annual pilgrimage to the Bogong and Snowy Mountains. Here, the men participated in a feast of bogong moths (Agrotis infusa) that were found on the rocky outcrops of the mountains. After possibly 20,000 years of occupation, the traditional lifestyles of the First Australians were disrupted by the European invaders, including disease. The area was explored by Europeans in 1835, and in 1840, Edmund Strzelecki ascended Mount Kosciuszko and re-named it after a Polish patriot and military leader Tadeusz Kościuszko. High-country stockmen followed, using the Snowy Mountains for grazing during the summer months. Banjo Paterson 's famous poem The Man From Snowy River recalls this era. The cattle graziers have left a legacy of mountain huts scattered across the area.