MOUNT NOORAT

Other Resources

 

Mount Noorat Management Plan

A Natural and Social History of Mount Noorat by Kerry Vickers

Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Place Register for Ngoorat

 

Indigenous History

Scars in the Landscape, Ian D Clarke 1995

Murdering Gully item by Camperdown & District Historical Society, July 2021

Item by The Guardian: Murdering Gully - settlers killed 35 in Aboriginal camp, and threw bodies into the water. Published March 2019.

Frederick Taylor (Wikipedia article)

Murdering Gully massacre (Wikipedia article)

Item by The Age: A people torn apart by bloody dispossession and disease. Published October 2021.

Item by The Age: We must walk with Victoria's First Peoples on the land they made beautiful. Published October 2021.

Geology and Landscape

The Deforestation and Reforestation of Victoria Volcanoes. Ben Wilkie. 

European History

Alan Marshall (Wikipedia article)

Eugene von Guerard Sketchbook (Digitised). State Library of NSW.

 

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Flora & Fauna

Mount Noorat is home to Blackwoods and Manna Gums, which provide habitat for two resident Wedge-Tailed Eagles.

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Geology

Mount Noorat is a dormant scoria cone volcano. It is estimated that Mount Noorat erupted around 20-25,000 years ago.

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Walks and Trails

There is a long history of people climbing Mount Noorat. Popular walks are to the viewing platform and the summit.

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