Bongong Moth
 
For thousands of years prior to the arrival of European settlers, Aboriginal groups inhabited and used the Kiewa Valley as a trade route appreciating the cool, clear waters of the river, which was given the Aboriginal name Kiewa – “Sweet Water”. 

They knew its flora, fauna, geography and seasonal changes intimately, held ceremonies and visited the Alps in summer to gather the nutritious Bogong moths that shelter there.

Victoria’s highest mountain, Mount Bogong, situated at the head of the Kiewa Valley and took its name from an Aboriginal word meaning “Big Fella”. 

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