The Lost Towns of the Old Hume Highway
Australia surely has no road with a more colourful past than the Old Hume Highway. Explorers, pioneers, highwaymen, bushrangers, convicts and the law have all played their part in establishing the route of this major inter-capital road. Our journey today, is to follow this most historic of Australian routes and rediscover its story and the lost towns of the Old Hume Highway.
DELIVERY MODE
- Face-to-Face / Online
SUGGESTED READING
- The Old Hume Highway: History begins with a Road – RTA publications
- Bypass: The Story of a Road – Michael McGirr, Picador, 2007.
- Journey to Kosciuzko – Frank Clune, Angus & Robertson, 1964
- Hamilton Hume: our greatest explorer – Robert Macklin, 2016
COURSE OUTLINE
- The early explorers
- Hume and Hovell’s historic journey
- Towns and villages now bypassed
- Ned Kelly’s area
- Dad and Dave at Snake Gully
- Bonegilla – Migrant Experience
- Hume & Hovell memorials
- Hume Highway history
LEARNING OUTCOMES
By the end of this course, students should be able to:
- Have a greater appreciation for a journey along the Old Hume Highway and have a good background to its history.
<p>Australia surely has no road with a more colourful past than the Old Hume Highway. Explorers, pioneers, highwaymen, bushrangers, convicts and the law have all played their part in establishing the
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<p>Australia surely has no road with a more colourful past than the Old Hume Highway. Explorers, pioneers, highwaymen, bushrangers, convicts and the law have all played their part in establishing the
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