page_title: Victorian Alps
hierarchical_section_title: Victorian Alps
caption_attribution_description: Mount Feathertop and Razorback
context_page_description: The Victorian Alps are the Southern part of an extensive mountain range that forms the Australian Alps. Located in the Australian state of Victoria they are part of the Great Dividing Range. An Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia sub-bioregion of approximately 519,866 hectares. An administrative sub-region bordering the Gippsland and Hume regions.Tourism within the region centres around Snow-sports in winter and various outdoor activities during the summer months. The promise of gold in the mid-1800s, during the Victorian Gold rush led to the European settlement of the area. The regions rich agricultural resources brought a second wave of settlers; the foothills around the Victorian Alps today has a large agrarian sector, with significant cattle stations being sold recently for over thirty million dollars. The Victorian Alps is also the source of many of Victoria's water ways, including Murray and Yarra Rivers and the Gippsland Lakes. The valleys beneath the high plains are surrounded by wineries and orchards because of this abundance water. The region is also home to Victoria's largest national park the Alpine National park, which covers over 646,000 hectares.
context_section_description: The Victorian Alps are the Southern part of an extensive mountain range that forms the Australian Alps. Located in the Australian state of Victoria they are part of the Great Dividing Range.  An Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) sub-bioregion of approximately 519,866 hectares (1,284,620 acres). An administrative sub-region bordering the Gippsland and Hume regions.Tourism within the region centres around Snow-sports in winter and various outdoor activities during the summer months. The promise of gold in the mid-1800s, during the Victorian Gold rush led to the European settlement of the area. The regions rich agricultural resources brought a second wave of settlers; the foothills around the Victorian Alps today has a large agrarian sector, with significant cattle stations being sold recently for over thirty million dollars. The Victorian Alps is also the source of many of Victoria's water ways, including Murray and Yarra Rivers and the Gippsland Lakes. The valleys beneath the high plains are surrounded by wineries and orchards because of this abundance water. The region is also home to Victoria's largest national park the Alpine National park, which covers over 646,000 hectares. The establishment of the Alpine National Park, has meant that economic activities such as mining, logging and agriculture are limited, in order to preserve the natural ecosystem for visitors
caption: Mount Hotham and Mount Razorback
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