Title

Plate 2: The valley of the Ovens River. [by Eugene von Guérard].

Author

Author not identified

Source

[Not applicable]

Publication date

1868

Type

About the work

Language

English

Country of context

Australia

Full text

Plate 2: The valley of the Ovens River.

The natural Amphitheatre, pourtrayed in the Illustration, lies between Morse's Creek and Harrietville, about two hundred miles north-west of Melbourne. Nothing can be more striking than the contrast between the amenity of the Scenery in the foreground and the austere grandeur of the lofty ranges by which it is enclosed. The mountains which, for the most part, assume a pyramidal form, are of slate formation, and their sides are clothed with forests of great density. The serrated ridge which dominates the group is the summit of Mount Feathertop, the loftiest mountain in Victoria. It is 7,000 feet above the level of the sea, and wears a dazzling crown of snow. Far away to the left the snow-clad peaks of the Bogong Ranges arrest the eye. The district is rich in Mineral Treasures; as, besides Gold and Tin, Diamonds, Sapphires, Rubies and Topazes, and other Precious Stones have been discovered in the creeks by which it is intersected.

Accompanying text, 1868.