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Mount Elizabeth (Victoria)
Mount Elizabeth is a mountain to the east of Tambo Crossing in East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. It lies within the Mount Elizabeth Nature Conservation Reserve managed by Parks Victoria. The reserve, which covers 5,234 hectares (12,934 acres), was established in 1984. The reserve is the only known location where the endangered plant species leafy nematolepis ('' Nematolepis frondosa'') occurs. Other rare or vulnerable plant species found in the reserve include Tullach Ard grevillea ('' Grevillea polychroma''), outcrop guinea-flower ( ''Hibbertia hermanniifolia'' subsp. ''recondita''), Mount Elizabeth hovea ('' Hovea magnibractea''), monkey mint-bush (''Prostanthera walteri'') and leafless pink-bells ('' Tetratheca subaphylla''). Fauna species of note include the lace monitor, yellow-tailed black cockatoo and gang-gang cockatoo. A sawmill was established by the Collins Brothers which was reported to be at full capacity in 1937. The harvested timbers included messmate (''E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Dividing Range
The Great Dividing Range, also known as the East Australian Cordillera or the Eastern Highlands, is a cordillera system in eastern Australia consisting of an expansive collection of mountain ranges, plateaus and rolling hills. It runs roughly parallel to the east coast of Australia and forms the fifth-longest land-based mountain chain in the world, and the longest entirely within a single country. It is mainland Australia's most substantial topographic feature and serves as the definitive watershed for the river systems in eastern Australia, hence the name. The Great Dividing Range stretches more than from Dauan Island in the Torres Strait off the northern tip of Cape York Peninsula, running the entire length of the eastern coastline through Queensland and New South Wales, then turning west across Victoria before finally fading into the Wimmera plains as rolling hills west of the Grampians region. The width of the Range varies from about to over .Shaw, John H., ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
