Item Number: 10197
Abstract: The serenity of Victoria’s Bogong High Plains will be shattered today by what promises to be the largest rally of mountain cattlemen and their supporters, protesting about the plight of 11 families whose grazing leases will be terminated next year in the name of conservation. But the fight goes deeper than land rights and management preferences. As reporter PAUL DALEY and photographer TOM HUTCHISON found, it is a battle of cultures.