Editing Mount Kosciuszko (section)

==In popular culture==
The 1863 picture by [[Eugene von Guerard]] hanging in the [[National Gallery of Australia]] titled ''Northeast view from the northern top of Mount Kosciusko'' is actually from [[Mount Townsend (Snowy Mountains)|Mount Townsend]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nga.gov.au/OutandAbout/Texts/48469.htm |title=Eugene von Guérard: North-east view from the northern top of Mount Kosciusko 1863 |publisher=National Gallery of Australia |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081104100231/http://www.nga.gov.au/OutandAbout/Texts/48469.htm |archive-date=4 November 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=John Boyd |last=Macdonald |title=Home » Jokar projects » Ten-Mile Stare |url=http://www.jokar.com.au/projects/Ten-Mile%20Stare/slides/Mt_Townsend_Panorama1.html |publisher=Jokar Photography |quote=Mt. Townsend, 19 November 1862. Eugene Von Guérard's painting |access-date=8 July 2019 |archive-date=7 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507181527/http://jokar.com.au/projects/Ten-Mile%20Stare/slides/Mt_Townsend_Panorama1.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://mtkosciuszko.org.au/english/strzelecki-kosciuszko.htm|title=Strzelecki's Kosciusko by E. Axford|website=mtkosciuszko.org.au|access-date=23 October 2017|archive-date=5 October 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241005163111/https://mtkosciuszko.org.au/english/strzelecki-kosciuszko.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

In the well known poem by [[Banjo Paterson]], [[The Man from Snowy River (poem)|The Man From Snowy River]] is said to hail from “up by Kosciusko’s side”.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://allpoetry.com/The-Man-from-Snowy-River|title=The Man from Snowy River|access-date=19 October 2023|archive-date=9 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230309005044/https://allpoetry.com/The-Man-from-Snowy-River|url-status=live}}</ref>

Australian rock band [[Midnight Oil]] recorded a song called "Kosciusko" on its 1984 album ''[[Red Sails in the Sunset (album)|Red Sails in the Sunset]]'', referring to the mountain. The spelling was updated to "Kosciuszko" for the group's 1997 [[compilation album]], ''[[20,000 Watt R.S.L.]]''

A species of lizard, ''[[Eulamprus|Eulamprus kosciuskoi]]'', is named after Mount Kosciuszko.<ref>[[species:Bo Beolens|Beolens, Bo]]; [[species:Michael Watkins|Watkins, Michael]]; [[species:Michael Grayson|Grayson, Michael]] (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. ("Kosciusko {{sic}}", p. 145).</ref>

The mountain top was the finish line on the [[The Amazing Race Australia 5|fifth season]] of ''[[The Amazing Race Australia]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7175079/canberra-and-mount-kosciuszko-to-feature-in-amazing-race-finale/|title=Amazing Race finale to feature Canberra - and Mount Kosciuszko|work=[[The Canberra Times]]|date=20 March 2021|access-date=27 March 2021|archive-date=19 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319205624/https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7175079/canberra-and-mount-kosciuszko-to-feature-in-amazing-race-finale/|url-status=live}}</ref>