Indigenous history The
Indigenous Australian Ngarigo people first inhabited this area.
European history In the 1830s, Europeans began summer alpine grazing of sheep and cattle. In the 1850s, gold was discovered on the Thredbo River, although finds were not extensive. Early in the 1900s,
Eucalyptus delegatensis (alpine ash) trees were logged in this area, the logs brought to a steam-powered mill on the western side of the river by
bullock teams.
Trout were introduced into the streams in the early 1900s for
sport fishing and this remains a popular pastime and tourist activity for the area.
Dr Howard Bullock In the 1930s, Howard Bullock, a
medical doctor from Sydney, bought a small parcel of flat land in the Thredbo Valley at the confluence of the Thredbo River and the
Little Thredbo River. At that time, Bullock and his family took two days to travel by car to this summer getaway where they enjoyed camping, fishing, bushwalking, and horse riding. In 1934, Charles Conway was contracted to build the one-room cottage. It features built-in bunk beds on either side of the main room that has a central fireplace opposite the one door and two small shuttered windows. A separate kitchen building was added in 1938, and the garage and stables in 1947. The cottage area is maintained by the
National Parks & Wildlife Service. ==Lake Crackenback Resort==