Many of the rough-hewn shelter huts scattered across the Australian Alps represent the legacy of the now-banished mountain cattlemen, the losers in a battle between urban conservationists and an older, agrarian Australia.
Have cattle grazing on the high summer pastures really degraded ecological values? And how should we value a century of cultural heritage?
Many of the rough-hewn shelter huts scattered across the Australian Alps represent the legacy of the now-banished mountain cattlemen, the losers in a battle between urban conservationists and an older, agrarian Australia.
