Mount Feathertop.

Scarce c.19th hand coloured engraving of Mount Feathertop, Victoria.

The name Mount Feathertop dates from the first period of European pastoral exploration of Victoria’s north-eastern alpine country. In 1851, following the Black Thursday bushfires, stockmen James (Jim) Brown and John (Jack) Wells, employed by pastoralist George Gray at Cobungra, drove cattle into the Bogong High Plains in search of new summer grazing. They explored much of the high country and gave names to many of its prominent geographical features, including Mount Feathertop, the Razorback, Mount Fainter, Rocky Valley, Pretty Valley and Mount Jim.

References:

Ferguson, J. A. Bibliography of Australia Volumes 1-8, Canberra 1976 9829g.
Hughes-d’Aeth, T. Paper Nation : The Story of the Picturesque Atlas of Australia. Melbourne 2001.

Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 1654251
National Gallery Australia: LEGACY ID 34588
Royal Collection Trust UK: RCIN 1046852
Getty Museum Los Angeles: Object name: 1218593
State Library New South Wales: RECORD IDENTIFIER 74VvDRQZXzWd
State Library Victoria: CCF 919.4 G19