Mount Wellington (Victoria) Explained

Mount Wellington
Elevation:1634m (5,361feet)
Elevation Ref:[1]
Range:Great Dividing Range
Location:Victoria, Australia
Map:Australia Victoria
Map Size:250
Label Position:right
Coordinates:-37.5081°N 146.8464°W

Mount Wellington is a mountain located to the north-east of Licola in Victoria, Australia.[2] It is on the border of the Alpine National Park and Avon Wilderness Park.[3] The Avon River rises on its south-eastern slopes.[3]

The mountain is accessible via a seasonally-open four-wheel drive track that traverses the ridge line. Features along the track include Millers Hut (originally built in 1916[4]), Taylors Lookout, The Sentinels, and Gable End. To the near west lies Lake Tali Karng.[3]

Mount Wellington was named by Angus McMillan, who was also the first European to ascend the mountain.[5] In November 1854, Victorian Government Botanist Ferdinand von Mueller climbed the mountain on the third of his three expeditions to the Victorian Alps, collecting many plants, including Alpine Wattle, Dwarf Buttercup and Lilac Berry.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Map No.T8222-1-4-1 Topographic Map. Vicmap.
  2. Web site: Place Names Search: Mount Wellington. Geoscience Australia. https://archive.today/20121127031010/http://www.ga.gov.au/place-name/PlaceDetails.jsp?fctext=MT&fctext=MT&fctext=MT&fctext=MT&fctext=MT&submit1=VIC29097&fctext=MT. dead. 27 November 2012. 21 January 2012.
  3. Web site: Alpine National Park. 21 January 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120331075654/http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/313166/Park-note-Alpine-NP-Heyfield%2C-Licola%2C-Dargo.pdf. 31 March 2012. dmy-all.
  4. Web site: Millers Hut. Kosciuszko Huts Association . 21 January 2011.
  5. Book: Mueller, Ferdinand. Definitions of Rare or Hitherto Undescribed Australian Plants; Chiefly Collected Within the Boundaries of the Colony of Victoria. 22.
  6. Book: Slattery, Deirdre. The Australian Alps: Kosciuszko, Alpine and Namadgi National Parks . University of New South Wales Press. Sydney . 1998. 107. 0-86840-319-9.