however, the strzelecki ranges are named after the polish explorer, paweł edmund strzelecki (also known as paul edmund de strzelecki). in 1840, after climbing and naming australia's highest mountain, mount kosciusko, he journeyed further south into gippsland. heading towards port phillip bay, his party entered the north-eastern end of the strzelecki ranges and struggled through the rugged and thick forest for 22 days, before finally emerging starved and exhausted at corinella on western port bay.