RV TRAVEL
But in 1956, the town was due to be flooded for the Snowy scheme so 102 buildings were moved to higher ground and several churches were meticulously dismantled and rebuilt.
The Kosciuszko goldfields were discovered 40km north-west of Adaminaby at Kiandra. Now a ghost town where only a few relics, chimneys and the cemetery remain, this was a bustling town with nearly 10,000 people in the area. The rush was on to find gold, buildings were quickly erected and many of the miners endured harsh living conditions, living in tents often only covered with calico. But it was short-lived. Two years later, the population reduced drastically, yet during those two years they built a bank, installed a telephone service, shops and two court houses( one was for setting charges and the other was used by police for the lock-up), mostly made from locally sourced granite.
Mount Kosciuszko rock formations.
These days, you can wander the history trail, reading the plaques, looking at what is left and gazing across the plains, just trying to imagine how harsh it would have been back in the day.
One story goes that back in 1891 there were nearly 60 children attending the government-funded school, which had cracks in the walls and only hessian covering the windows, allowing snow and ice to be blown inside and to gather on the roof.
Thredbo River.
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