Mount Selma
{{Short description|Mountain in Victoria, Australia}}
{{Use Australian English|date=June 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
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| range = Great Dividing Range
| location = Victoria, Australia
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Mount Selma is a mountain located to the north-east of Aberfeldy in Victoria, Australia.{{cite map |publisher=Ausway Publishing |title=Melway Greater Melbourne Street Directory |edition=33 |year=2006 |page= 628}}{{cite web|title=Place Names Search: MOUNT SELMA|publisher=Geoscience Australia|url=http://www.ga.gov.au/place-name/PlaceDetails.jsp?fctext=MT&submit1=VIC25445|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121126232906/http://www.ga.gov.au/place-name/PlaceDetails.jsp?fctext=MT&submit1=VIC25445|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 November 2012|access-date=29 January 2012}} Its peak is 1463 metres above sea level.{{cite map |publisher=Spatial Vision |title=Mansfield - Baw Baw Four-Wheel-Drive Map |edition=1 |scale=1:100,000}} The headwaters of the Aberfeldy River rise on its southerly slopes.{{cite web|title=Upper Thomson River System|work=Protecting critical aquatic ecosystems|url=http://www.nrm.gov.au/resources/publications/bp-2012-13/pubs/sig-hevae-upper-thomson-vic.pdf|access-date=29 January 2011}}
Access
The unsealed Mount Selma Road passes to the north of the summit and divides the Toombon State Forest (to the south) from Licola State Forest (to the north).{{cite web|title=Central Area -0 Baw Baw|work=Draft Fire Management Zones|date=30 June 2011|url=http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/120231/BAWBAW-Draft-FMZ-August-2011-.pdf|access-date=29 January 2011}} The summit of the mountain has a trigonometrical station and is accessible by four-wheel drive vehicles via Mount Selma Track. The Australian Alps Walking Track follows the alignment of Mount Selma Road.{{cite web|title=Alpine Area Special Investigation|publisher=Land Conservation Council (Victoria)|url=http://www.veac.vic.gov.au/reports/378-AlpineAreaSpecialInvestigation.pdf|access-date=29 January 2012}}{{cite map|title=Map 2 Thomson Valley Road - Mt. Shillinglaw 50 km|publisher=Australian Alps Walking Map|url=http://www.australianalps.environment.gov.au/walktrack/pubs/map-02.pdf|access-date=29 January 2012}}
Bushfires
In the summer of 2006–2007, the area was burned during the Eastern Victoria Great Divide bushfires.{{cite map|title=Eastern Victoria Great Divide Fires - Contained as at 0700hr 7/2/2007|url=http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0013/100921/east_vic_mediamap_non_standard_map_20070207_0900.pdf|access-date=29 January 2012}} Before the fire reached the mountain, the army was called in to provide heavy machinery to clear a firebreak along Mount Selma Track to protect the Thomson Reservoir catchment.{{cite news|author=Sheppard, Martine|title=Army called to protect dam|work=Latrobe Valley Express|date=14 December 2006|url=http://www.latrobevalleyexpress.com.au/news/local/news/general/army-called-to-protect-dam/276487.aspx?storypage=0|access-date=29 January 2012}}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Christians Hut, a mountain hut near Mount Selma, was destroyed by the bushfires.{{cite journal|title=Echo from the Mountains|publisher=Victorian High Country Huts Association|volume=5|issue=1|date=March 2007|issn=1448-3769|url=http://www.hutsvictoria.org.au/_pdfs/VHCHA_News_Vol5_No_1_Mar07.pdf|access-date=29 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318112732/http://www.hutsvictoria.org.au/_pdfs/VHCHA_News_Vol5_No_1_Mar07.pdf|archive-date=18 March 2012|url-status=dead}}
Flora
The Selma Saddle Grevillea (Grevillea miqueliana subsp. cincta) is endemic to a small area near Mount Selma. Road works, logging and controlled burning are potential threats to the population The subspecies is listed as "endangered" on the Advisory List of Rare Or Threatened Plants In Victoria - 2014.{{cite web|title=Advisory List of Rare Or Threatened Plants In Victoria - 2014 |publisher=Department of Environment and Primary Industries (Victoria)|url=http://www.depi.vic.gov.au/environment-and-wildlife/threatened-species-and-communities/threatened-species-advisory-lists|access-date=22 December 2014}}
See also
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- Alpine National Park
- {{section link|List of mountains in Australia|Victoria}}