Victorian High Country Wall Art
The huts came first. Cattlemen built them across the Victorian alps as shelter on long rides, and they have outlasted the industry that put them there. Twenty eight prints covering the huts, the snow gums and the Omeo and Benambra valleys below them.
A landscape defined by small buildings
Alpine country photographs as sameness. Ridge after ridge of snow gum, and very little to give a sense of where you are standing. The huts solve that. A single iron roof in a clearing tells you the scale of the country and that someone has been here before, which is why they appear so often in this collection.
The named huts
Craig's Hut, Alpine National Park, VIC and Broad Horizons Craig's Hut, VIC treat the best known of them, sitting high on Mount Stirling. Wallace Hut, Falls Creek, VIC and Wallace Hut, VIC cover another. Fry's Hut, VIC, Kennedys Hut, VIC, Moroka Hut, VIC and Dogmans Hut Alpine NP fill out the group, and Snowy River Country Hut, VIC and Alpine Hut, VIC, Australia place a hut in wider country.
Horses and the muster
The stockman tradition is still live in this country and there is a working group of images to match. Brumby Dawn, Benambra, VIC and High Country Muster carry horses. The Man from Snowy River takes its title from the poem the region is best known for.
The valleys
Below the treeline the country softens. Omeo Valley, VIC, Valley Mist, Omeo, VIC, Country Living, Benambra, VIC and Sunset over Paddocks, Mansfield, VIC are farmland rather than alpine, with morning fog sitting in the folds.
Who buys these
This collection sells to a different person to the rest of the catalogue. The huts carry rural and family associations that a coastline does not, and they are frequently bought by people with a direct connection to the country rather than by people choosing an image to suit a room.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which hut is Craig's Hut?
The one on Mount Stirling, and the most recognised alpine hut in Victoria. Craig's Hut, Alpine National Park, VIC is the direct treatment and Broad Horizons Craig's Hut, VIC shows it with more of the surrounding range.
Why does the same hut appear more than once?
Because weather changes it completely. The alpine huts sit in snow, cloud and clear summer light across the year, and a hut under snow and the same hut in dry grass are two different pictures of the same four walls. Each listing is its own photograph with its own page, size ladder and price, so open them side by side and choose on the light rather than the subject.
Is there a connection to The Man from Snowy River?
The region is the country the poem describes, and one image in the collection carries that title.
Do these suit a rural or heritage interior?
Particularly well. The palette is muted greens, weathered timber and corrugated iron rather than saturated colour, so they sit comfortably in older homes, homesteads and rooms with a lot of natural material.