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Australian Alps

noun

A range of mountains in Australia that forms the southern end of the Great Dividing Range.

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... received the name of the Australian Alps, the explorers, after wandering for eight days across its many spurs, came upon a fine, flowing river, which Hume named after his father, the Hume. This river was destined to be re-named the Murray, when its course was eventually followed to ...

— The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work • Ernest Favenc

... French retreat. The story of Alten's march is a marvellous record of soldierly endurance. His men pressed on with speed for nineteen consecutive hours, and covered forty miles of mountain tracks, wilder than the Otway Ranges, or the paths of the Australian Alps between Bright and Omeo. The weather was close; many men fell and died, convulsed and frothing at the mouth. Still, their officers leading, the regiment kept up its quick step, till, as evening fell, the head of the column reached the edge of the precipice ...

— Deeds that Won the Empire - Historic Battle Scenes • W. H. Fitchett

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