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Barmah State Park (7,900 ha) and Barmah State Forest (21,600 ha) are on the Murray River flood plain between Echuca and Tocumwal, about 225 km north of Melbourne. Together they make up the largest River Red Gum forest in Victoria. Equally, the area could be called a wetland as much of it is frequently flooded. Brumbies have been present in the Barmah Forest since the beginning of the last century. The Barmah Forest for many years was a State Forest and used for logging its spectacular Redgums as well as grazing both cattle and Horses. Many of the original horses… Continue reading

University of Melbourne Masters Thesis: GRAZING OF THE HIGH COUNTRY VICTORIA. AN HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY OF HIGH COUNTRY GRAZING IN VICTORIA, 1835 TO 1935. Peter Cabena, 1990. Thesis submitted for the degree of Master of Arts Department of Geography University of Melbourne, 1980. This thesis considers aspects of the historical and political geography of high country grazing in Victoria, and includes how original settler horse breeding links directly to the Bogong High Plains and Eastern Alps Brumby populations today. Continue reading

Mountain Cattlemen are angry with the Government’s announcement to exterminate every Brumby from the Bogong High Plains. “The Bogong High Plains are vast and iconic.  The small mob of Brumbies that run on the Plains (estimated less than 100) cause minimal impact to that vast area but are a significant part of the heritage that makes the Plains so special to visitors”, Graeme Stoney, President of the Mountain Cattlemen’s Association of Victoria (MCAV) said today. Continue reading