Pikes Flat
Photo copyright Olaf Moon © 1991
Known as Pikes Flat Hut
Located at Upper Howqua, Bindareee Road, Pikes Flat. Grid Reference 566848 Wonnangatta Moroka Unit. Hueneke indicates that this hut has now been removed, but it was present in the 1990s.
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Brief History
This hut was built by Terry Murphy to support grazing. He and Ian Stapleton once had the idea of building a genuine slab hut here, but realised that the high useage would make that risky.
First recorded by Marge Allen in 1922 while on a horseback trip to the Wonnangatta. The hut build date is unknown, but is presumed to be built in the late 1970s or early 1980s for grazing.
Construction
Concrete floors, prefab shed plus corrugated iron.
References
Hueneke Pp69, 242
Butler 1996 Pp247 to 249.
Ron Dickson - pers comm 12.03