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Thomas William (Bill) Ah Chow was a Chinese-Australian soldier, farmer, fire lookout and legendary bushman of East Gippsland in Victoria. Bill's father, Thomas Ah Chow, was born in Hong Kong in 1834, educated in England, worked initially as a sea-cook and then as a ship's steward.
The East Gippsland Regional Forest Agreement (RFA) was signed by Commonwealth and Victorian governments on 3 February 1997, and is Australia's first RFA. [4] It covers a region similar, but not identical to the East Gippsland Shire. It sets aside 5,811 km 2 (2,244 sq mi) from logging, an increase of 1.3% over pre-RFA reserves. [5]
Gippsland is divided by the Strzelecki Ranges and tributaries of the Gippsland Lakes into West Gippsland, South Gippsland, Latrobe Valley, Central Gippsland and East Gippsland. At the 2016 Australian census , Gippsland had a population of 271,266, with the principal centres Traralgon , Warragul , Drouin , Bairnsdale , Moe , Sale , Morwell ...
The Catchment Management Authorities (CMAs) were established in Victoria under the Catchment and Land Protection Act 1994.Originally known as Catchment and Land Protection Boards, the CMAs were changed to their present name in 1997.
The Aboriginal name for the Sale area is Wayput. [4] Two famous Gippsland explorers, Paul Strzelecki and Angus McMillan, passed through the immediate area around 1840.The first white settler was Archibald McIntosh who arrived in 1844 and established his 'Flooding Creek' property on the flood plain country which was duly inundated soon after his arrival.
Angus McMillan was born in Glen Brittle, Isle of Skye, Scotland, [5] the fourth son of Ewan McMillan, a sheep farmer. After an early life of hardship and deprivation, both in Glen Brittle and subsequently at Kilbride Farm, South Uist, he migrated to Australia in 1838. [6]
The Shire of East Gippsland is a local government area in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, located in the eastern part of the state. It covers an area of 20,940 square kilometres (8,080 sq mi) and as of the 2021 census had a population of 48,715.
Eagle Point is a town in Victoria, Australia, in the Shire of East Gippsland, by Lake King. [2] The area encompasses the red limestone cliffs by the Mitchell River and Mitchell River silt jetties . It is a popular tourist destination.