Huts lost in the 2006 fires

During the 2006 fires there were a number of reported losses of huts in the Victorian high country, including the highest profile hut in Australia, Craig’s hut at Mt Stirling, built for the iconic movie The Man from Snowy River as depicted in the Banjo Paterson poem of the same name, and we lament the loss of all cultural and heritage icons of our past, both European and Indigenous.

During the 2003 fires some 65 huts were lost, and the Association worked very hard in the intervening four years to preserve the rich history of Victoria associated with the remaining 200 high country huts - cattleman’s huts, miner’s huts and cottages, homesteads, ski huts, bush-walker’s huts, and refuge huts of every shape and description, as well as some unique huts such as the Flying Swagman in the Corryong area and the Underground hut at Yackandandah.

Although the fires of 2006-07 were more extensive than 2003 it would appear our huts have faired much better.