Mount Kosciuszko the highest mountain in Australia

Pro

18 Aug 2008 / #1

Do you know that the highest mountain in Australia has name of Polish - American hero Kościuszko?

snowymountains.com.au/Mount_Kosciuszko.html

The mountain recieved its present name in 1840 when Polish geologist and explorer Count Paul de Strzelecki named it in honour of General Tadeusz Kosciuszko, a Polish patriot and freedom fighter. Strzelecki said the name occurred to him because he was "amongst a free people who appreciate freedom".

polishgirltx

18 Aug 2008 / #2

Do you know that the highest mountain in Australia has name of Polish - American hero Kościuszko?

yes...

u kno who

18 Aug 2008 / #3

Polish - American

hmmm.. you got it right later.. just Polish.

OP Pro

18 Aug 2008 / #4

yes..

good :)

trueblue

20 Aug 2008 / #5

and like all great polish names it has been completed bastardised by pronouncing it KOZ-EE-OS-KO

gosc

5 Jan 2009 / #6

There is a lot of information about Kosciuszko on the website of the Kosciuszko Festival held every year in Jindabyne - ww.kozziefest.com

Kazikowski 17 | 101

5 Jan 2009 / #7

I can't stand it how they pronounce him Stre-le-kuy.

loco polaco 3 | 352

5 Jan 2009 / #8

hmmm.. you got it right later.. just Polish.

yes polish but he was a polish-american hero none the less.

it is the highest mtn. in oz but not the highest mountian of that "continent" is Puncak Jaya, New Guinea: 16,535 feet / 5040 meters

Prince 15 | 590

5 Jan 2009 / #9

Kościuszko fought for American and Polish independence.

So he is hero for both nations.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Military_Academy

West Point was first occupied by the Continental Army on 27 Jan 1778,[19] making it the longest continually occupied post in the United States. Between 1778-1780, Polish engineer and military hero Tadeusz Kościuszko oversaw the construction of the garrison defenses. The high ground and a narrow "S" curve in the Hudson River enabled the Continental Army to prevent British ships from sailing up river and dividing the Colonies. The Great Chain was strung across the Hudson River in order to obstruct British ships from attempting to navigate the river

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tadeusz_Kościuszko

Prior to leading the 1794 Uprising, he had fought in the American Revolutionary War as a Colonel in the Continental Army. In 1783, in recognition of his dedicated service, he had been brevetted by the Continental Congress to the rank of Brigadier General, and that same year he had become a naturalized citizen of the United States.

He led the Kościuszko Uprising (1794) against Imperial Russia.

There was another hero fighting for both. Poland and America.

Statue of Kazimierz Pułaski at Freedom Plaza in Washington, DC.

Wahldo

5 Jan 2009 / #10

There was another hero fighting for both. Poland and America.

Yes we owe both Pulaski and Kościuszko quite a bit. In my home state of Indiana they both have counties (not far from Chicago) named after them.

magpie 6 | 133

15 Mar 2009 / #11

it is the highest mtn. in oz but not the highest mountian of that "continent" is Puncak Jaya, New Guinea: 16,535 feet / 5040 meters

An odd comment, to say the least isn't it?

Last time they were attached was at least 50,000 years ago, so it's pretty safe to not include Papuan geography in Australian statistics No?