Australian Alps

American  

plural noun

1. a mountain range in SE Australia. Highest peak, Mt. Kosciusko, 7,328 feet (2,234 meters).

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Australian Alps British  

plural noun

1. a mountain range in SE Australia, in E Victoria and SE New South Wales. Highest peak: Mount Kosciuszko, 2195 m (7316 ft)

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Australian Alps

Nestled at the base of densely wooded mountains in the Australian Alps, it is home to about 1,000 people and beloved for its wineries, bushwalking and peaceful atmosphere – something which has now been shattered.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2025

Peatlands in the Australian Alps are a type of mossy wetland characterised by carbon-rich peat soil, formed from plants that have partially decomposed in wet, swampy conditions.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2023

They are everywhere, from the desert to the snowy Australian Alps, often heard but not seen.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 22, 2022

The horses, an invasive species whose populations are booming, must be removed because they are trampling ancient ecosystems in the Australian Alps already hurt by climate change, they say.

From New York Times ● Jun. 28, 2020

The chain of mountains at some distance from the coast, known by the name of the Australian Alps, separates New South Wales from the interior of the Australian continent.

From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century by N. D'Anvers