Higgins Hut
Photograph by Gary Duncan © November 2003.
Known as Mt Tamboritha Hut or Higgins Hut
Located at Mt Tamboritha, Bennison Plains. An anonymous person has indicated that we should record that this hut is on "private land’ - but not whether that is a lease or freehold.
History
This is the fourth hut at this site. The original hut was called the Mt Tamboritha hut built by Michael Higgins Snr about 1894. It was a log cabin with a bark roof. It was accidentally burnt down in 1923.
Rex Miller built the second hut, but returning home one evening in 1933, found it burnt to the ground also.
Jack and Mick Higgins built the third and current hut that year, out of iron and logs and it stands today.
Construction
Iron walls and gable roof.
References
Stephenson Pp 326, 327 and 329
Anon