Bogong Creek Huts (2 huts), Alpine Huts 1994 sheet 10 6
Victorian Alpine Huts survey, for Parks Victoria April, May 1994.
These huts are located on Grazing Block 25 which was held by HB Duane around 1900 followed by FA & PH Howman of Eskdale in the 1920s who were joined by JK Kelly{ 1092/121}. L Prichard of Mitta Mitta had it in the 1930s when the lease boundaries were disputed with adjoining leaseholder, Maddison. Maddison & Neilson took the block in 1934-5 but Prichard & Hodgkin won it back in the following year. Hodgkin & Yea of Eskdale took it in the early 1940s but by then the Soil Conservation Board was undertaking its investigation into erosion in the alps. In 1946 the Bogong High Plains Advisory Committee recommended that all leases be cancelled in the area and reissued with new conditions limiting stock numbers. The limit on this block was suggested at 350 cattle or horses (no sheep allowed) and the tenure was strictly 25 November to 30 April{ ibid. departmental note 9.10.46}. the area was also reduced from 8700 acres to 8100, along with a general redrawing of grazing block boundaries. The Soil Conservation Authority requested GB 24,25 be terminated at the end of 1956-7, allowing a years grace if fencing was carried out on the Eskdale Spur to exclude the Kiewa Scheme catchment. Grazing Block 25 was cancelled October 1957. Between 1939 and 1955 the SEC established some 30 work sites and accommodation centres in the Upper Kiewa River valley and on the Bogong High Plains, including group accommodation for men on wages. These huts appear to be of that type. Many of these huts were dismantled after the c1951 recession or the completion of the scheme{ Lawrence, 1989 and typescript, 1989: 20}. The surmised date of c1952 appears to refer to the relocation rather than construction date which could from the late 1930s to 1950s. Two of these huts were described in 1983 as old SEC huts in fair condition used and maintained by Bogong School and the Bogong Youth Group, with some use by cattlemen and walkers but with no formal license{ NPS (1983): 45 (supported by 1994 inspection}. They were sited beside the East Kiewa Fire Track at the head of the Bogong Creek water race, about 910m elevation{ Boadle (1983): 5}. One hut was used as the bunk room (2.8x3.7m) and the other the kitchen (2.8x7.3m). Both huts were described as clad with weatherboards with c.g.i roofs, timber floors and part or total Masonite internal lining. The kitchen hut had tables, benches, wood heater, shelves, storage and one set of bunks; the bunk room had four bunks. The environs consisted of an exotic grassed clearing with broad leaf peppermint and mountain gum forest nearby. There were no yards{ ibid.}.
Bogong Creek Huts (2 huts), Alpine Huts 1994 sheet 10 6
Victorian Alpine Huts survey, for Parks Victoria April, May 1994.
These huts are located on Grazing Block 25 which was held by HB Duane around 1900 followed by FA & PH Howman of Eskdale in the 1920s who were joined by JK Kelly{ 1092/121}. L Prichard of Mitta Mitta had it in the 1930s when the lease boundaries were disputed with adjoining leaseholder, Maddison. Maddison & Neilson took the block in 1934-5 but Prichard & Hodgkin won it back in the following year. Hodgkin & Yea of Eskdale took it in the early 1940s but by then the Soil Conservation Board was undertaking its investigation into erosion in the alps. In 1946 the Bogong High Plains Advisory Committee recommended that all leases be cancelled in the area and reissued with new conditions limiting stock numbers. The limit on this block was suggested at 350 cattle or horses (no sheep allowed) and the tenure was strictly 25 November to 30 April{ ibid. departmental note 9.10.46}. the area was also reduced from 8700 acres to 8100, along with a general redrawing of grazing block boundaries. The Soil Conservation Authority requested GB 24,25 be terminated at the end of 1956-7, allowing a years grace if fencing was carried out on the Eskdale Spur to exclude the Kiewa Scheme catchment. Grazing Block 25 was cancelled October 1957. Between 1939 and 1955 the SEC established some 30 work sites and accommodation centres in the Upper Kiewa River valley and on the Bogong High Plains, including group accommodation for men on wages. These huts appear to be of that type. Many of these huts were dismantled after the c1951 recession or the completion of the scheme{ Lawrence, 1989 and typescript, 1989: 20}. The surmised date of c1952 appears to refer to the relocation rather than construction date which could from the late 1930s to 1950s. Two of these huts were described in 1983 as old SEC huts in fair condition used and maintained by Bogong School and the Bogong Youth Group, with some use by cattlemen and walkers but with no formal license{ NPS (1983): 45 (supported by 1994 inspection}. They were sited beside the East Kiewa Fire Track at the head of the Bogong Creek water race, about 910m elevation{ Boadle (1983): 5}. One hut was used as the bunk room (2.8x3.7m) and the other the kitchen (2.8x7.3m). Both huts were described as clad with weatherboards with c.g.i roofs, timber floors and part or total Masonite internal lining. The kitchen hut had tables, benches, wood heater, shelves, storage and one set of bunks; the bunk room had four bunks. The environs consisted of an exotic grassed clearing with broad leaf peppermint and mountain gum forest nearby. There were no yards{ ibid.}.