Demandering Hut
Known as Demandering Hut, Curtis Hut or Mt Clear Hut.
Location
Demandering Hut or is located a few kilometres down the fire trail from the Mt Clear homestead site, in the Naas Valley. Grid Reference 853 318 on the Colinton Map.
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Brief History
Demandering hut was burnt down in the 2020 bushfires and is slated for a re-build, but not on the same footprint (for reasons un-known). Negotiations continue with Namadgi NP officers.
Curtis was built about 1945 by Bill Cotter and Jack Simpson, and named after the Cotter family property, Demandering. After the sale of land in 1956, it became and outstation hut to the Mt Clear Station, owned by the Curtis family.
Since becoming part of the National Park, it has become better known as Curtis Hut, but the Curtis's called it the Mt Clear Hut.
Construction
Curtis Hut is small and built from sawn timber, clad in corrugated iron. The attached water tank is often a welcome site on a summers day. The hut is well off the ground, and the base is clad with stone, making it more than durable.
Caretakers - National Parks Association
References
KHA Reference 2103 (1997).
Mathew Higgins
Photo Courtesy of KHA Archives.