how Australia’s highest peak came to be named for a freedom fighter against Russian aggression
- Written by Darius von Guttner Sporzynski, Historian, Australian Catholic University
Eugene von Guérard, Mount Kosciusko, seen from the Victorian border (Mount Hope Ranges) 1866
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Purchased, 1870 Photo: National Gallery of Victoria, MelbourneMost Australians could name this country’s tallest mountain, Mount Kosciuszko. But how many could tell you where it got its name?
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