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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
how Australia’s highest peak came to be named for a freedom fighter against Russian aggressionEugene 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, Melbourne

Most 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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