Grampians, mountain range extending southwest from the Great Dividing Range, southwest central Victoria, Australia. Put yourself in the shoes of the weary Chinese miners, travelling from South Australia to the Central Goldfields in 1857, who made the chance discovery of a rich shallow alluvial goldfield that eventually became Ararat. Revisit the gold rush from a different perspective in Ararat, distinctive for being the only town in Australia to be founded by Chinese miners. This introduction appears to suggest that Wyness defines the Grampians as being the range of mountains running from immediately south of Aberdeen westward to Beinn Dearg in the Forest of Atholl. The result of this partnership gives the visitor a greater appreciation of what the Grampians has to offer while ensuring that such an experience is there for years to come. Aberdeenshire; City of Aberdeen; Moray; The region had five districts: . The other major mountain ranges in Scotland are the Northwest Highlands and the Southern Uplands. History in the making: a Roman map… and an 18th-century hoax. Get a taste of local history with a tour through the historic wineries of the Grampians wine region, regarded as the birthplace of Australia's sparkling wine industry. Visited in 1836 by Maj. Sir Thomas Mitchell, surveyor general of New South Wales, the range was named after The Grampians of Scotland. In effect, Wyness' and Watson's definition of the Grampians is as a synonym for the Mounth.However Robert Gordon, writing in the 1650s, used the term Grampians to refer to hills on either side of the River Dee, and thus explicitly included the Cairngorms within the range. [8], Coordinates: 37°14′35.6″S 142°16′31″E / 37.243222°S 142.27528°E / -37.243222; 142.27528, http://www.theweeklyadvertiser.com.au/2011/04/27/winemakers-set-for-20th-auction/, http://www.araratadvertiser.com.au/story/2284326/grape-stomp-a-premier-event/, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Grampians_(wine)&oldid=972154437, Use Australian English from September 2014, All Wikipedia articles written in Australian English, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 10 August 2020, at 13:37. All Photos. The Grampians National Park commonly referred to as The Grampians, is a national park located in the Grampians region of Victoria, Australia.It lies within the region known as Gariwerd by Aboriginal Victorians of the area; Gariwerd extends across a wider area than the national park. The spelling Graupius comes from the Codex Aesinas, a mediaeval copy of Tacitus's Germania believed to be from the mid-9th century. Archaeologists have dated charcoal from ancient campsites and estimate that Indigenous Australians have lived in the Grampians region for over 10,000 years. The Society now works closely with Grampians National Parks staff, to identify, preserve and interpret a wide variety of historic sites in the Grampians. Hall – whose name was given to Halls Gap – arrived to establish pastoral runs and wheat farming. The Grampians is an Australian wine region located in the state of Victoria, west of Melbourne. [7] Up to a tonne of grapes are donated to the Festival each year by local vineyards and picked by school students for a traditional grape stomping competition. [3] Great Western is the wine and food village of the Grampians, with five cellar doors open to the public. Official site for Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Brambuk – The National Park and Cultural Centre. Victoria is separated from New South Wales to the north by the Murray River for a length of about 1,065 miles (1,715 km) and by an additional boundary of some 110 miles (180 km) linking Cape Howe and…, Less than a month after becoming Australia’s first woman prime minister, Julia Gillard of the centre-left Australian Labor Party (ALP) called an election for August 21, eight months earlier than was constitutionally required, hoping to capitalize on a surge in support for the ALP following her rise…. Encouraged by positive reports of the district, settlers such as Lieutenant Robert Briggs and C.B. The harvest period is typically mid March to mid May. "Philology on Tacitus's Graupian Hill and Trucculan Harbour", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Grampian_Mountains&oldid=984821586, Mountains and hills of Highland (council area), Articles with unsourced statements from April 2018, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat-VIAF identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 22 October 2020, at 09:07. Wherever you go, be enchanted and inspired by the striking landscapes of the Grampians spread out before you. Archaeologists have dated charcoal from ancient campsites and estimate that Indigenous Australians have lived in the Grampians region for over 10,000 years.
