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Mar 8, 2021

The Hairy Canary (In The Coal Mine): Bogong Moths In The Victorian Alpine Country

Great Bush Tucker, Great reason to gather the tribes each year along the Mighty Mitta for thousands of years. Not to mention a Mountain...

Mar 3, 2021

How Did The Miners & Squatters Find Their Way To The Alpine Area, Where Moths & 4 Rivers Gather?

Look to the paths the first people made, and you'll find the road map of today. The article's language may be dated, but it's fascinating...

Feb 2, 2021

Careful with our Heritage...

You may just walk over these without knowing, or sit and hear the river speak... be careful, the Mitta has well-hidden ancient sites all...

Feb 1, 2021

Omeo Region Human History: Aboriginal & European

Extracted from a paper called "1998 Floods in the Tambo Valley, some very interesting background to the area

Jan 26, 2021

LaTrobe Uni Outdoor Ed students year 3 2018 Environmental Interpretive submissions

Some great stuff here to download:

Jan 26, 2021

Aboriginal Food Storage

How did they store food before fridges?

Jan 26, 2021

Aboriginal History in NorthEast Victoria and the Alps/Mitta Mitta region

Scientific paper on local Aboriginal history

Jan 26, 2021

The Jaitmantang, Aboriginal people of the Mitta and Alpine District of Victoria

Jan 26, 2021

Canoeing the Snowy... in 1898, using Aboriginal canoes!

From Ranger Phil Mcguinn: Canoe Trips down the Snowy River. I am on the hunt for more details of the first Canoe trip by non aborigines...

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Friends Of The Mitta
c/o Jeffe Aronson
124 Callaghans Rd
Anglers Rest, Victoria 3898

03 5159 7252

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