Hume and Hovell Track Stories – The Story of Bowna Village
White settlement began in the Border District in 1835, and the small Bowna Station was…
Hume and Hovell Track Stories – Mungabareena
The Hume and Hovell Walking Track is in Wiradjuri Country, and one of the areas…
Hume and Hovell Track Stories – Budginigi
The Esler family have farmed in the Table Top area for three generations. Joe Esler…
Hume and Hovell Track Stories – Mitchell Heritage
The Mitchell family association with this area began in 1842 when matriarch Elizabeth Mitchell moved with…
Hume and Hovell Track Stories – Hume’s Monument
The monument to Hamilton Hume – now located in the Albury Botanic Gardens – was…
Hume and Hovell Track Stories – Accounts of the Journey
Hume and Hovell’s expedition from Yass to Port Phillip in 1824 was accomplished by eight…
Hume and Hovell Track Stories – Waterworks RSL Camp
Mungabareena RSL Settlement was opened in September 1946 to alleviate a severe local housing shortage…
Hume and Hovell Track Stories – Building the Hume Dam
Work started on the Hume Dam in 1919 just as the Burrinjuck and Eildon dams…
Hume and Hovell Track Stories – The Hovell Tree
Reaching the Hume River on 16 November 1824, both Hume and Hovell carved their names…
Hume and Hovell Track Stories – St. John’s Orphanage
St Johns Orphanage has been a part of the regional community since 1892, with it’s…
