NATIONAL WILDERNESS RED INDEX

Published by the Colong Foundation for Wilderness Ltd. 30/09/94
Level 2, 332 Pitt Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000.
Ph (02) 9261 2400; Fax (02) 9261 2144.

Name:

COOAGGALAH-GENOA

Nominated by:

Not recorded

Location:

Not recorded

Size

41000 ha (nominated)
27500 ha (identified)

TENURE

National Park[1] 41000 ha
Nature Reserve 0 ha
State Forest 0 ha
Vacant Crown Land 0 ha
Leasehold Land 0 ha
Freehold Land 0 ha
Aboriginal Land 0 ha

Wilderness Declared[2]

19400 ha

Wilderness Not Declared

21600 ha

DESCRIPTION

STATE FORESTS

ENDANGERED SPECIES

LAND USE HISTORY

1839
The first grazing licence in far East Gippsland was issued to John Stevenson for
the Wangarabell.

Since this time the river floats at Wangarabell, together with other areas of
early European settlement at Genoa and along the Nungatta Creek and Cann River
valleys, have remained the centres of intensive use with cattle being grazed to
the present day. [3]


Little is known of early Aboriginal activity within the block and very few
archaeological sites are recorded.


Some gold mining occurred along the Genoa River and a former goldfield lies near
Mount Merragunegin. [4]

CONSERVATION HISTORY

THREATS

CONTACTS

No contacts are recorded from that area.
ENDNOTES
1
The entire area is within the Alpine National Park.

2
Land Conservation Council, 1991, "Wilderness Special Investigation Final
Recommendations" identifies two areas of wilderness quality within the area.
Genoa (19,400 ha) was declared wilderness, Mt Kaye (8,100 ha) was excluded from
the wilderness and called an Other Area with Remote and Natural Attributes
because its inclusion would have required the closure of the WB Line - a minor
two-wheel drive road.

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