Kiandra Ghost Town Walkabout. Snowy Mountains gold rush town of 1860s. Ruins, graves and brumbies.

Kiandra in the Snowy Mountains Region of New South Wales, at an altitude of 1400 metres above sea level, attracted a Gold Rush in 1860 when an estimated 10,000 people flocked to the area.
The rush lasted less than 12 months but a small population remained to endure the freezing winter temperatures for over 100 years.
Today, only ruins remain.
This short slideshow concludes with a mob of wild brumbies .
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0:00 Start
0:34 Coach in the Snow
0:55 Town View 1900s
1:04 Mailman on Skis
1:14 Chalet
1:27 Rest House, Sawyers Hill (since rebuilt)
1:34 Chalet Hotel
1:45 Court House
1:55 Pollocks Creek Transition
2:24 New Chum Hill Gold Workings
2:54 Church of the Ascension
3:06 Cabramurra Road
3:16 Snow Plough
3:26 Three Mile Dam
3:35 Eucumbene River
3:45 Fisherman 1900s
3:56 School Children on Skis
4:06 Toboggan Run
4:16 Ice Tunnel Entrance to the Hotel
4:28 Town Remnant 2006
5:07 Chimney Remains (Rebuilt 2022).
5:30 Racecourse
5:40 Cemetery
6:11 Alpine Hotel Site
6:21 An Idle Bridge
6:30 Three Mile Dam
7:20 Brumbies - Wild Horses

Music:
0.15 ‘Where the Wind Blows’ by Frankie Laine.
   • Where the Wind Blows  

2.48 ‘Greenfields’ by Billy Vaughn.
   • Greenfields  

5.32 ‘They Call the Wind Maria’ by The John Cacavas Singers.
   • They Call the Wind Maria  

All colour photos and videos are © Luke Steenhuis 1996-2022.

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