Delaneys Hut in Kosciuszko National Park was among historic buildings destroyed in the Black Summer bushfires, but a descendant of the original builder, who shares the same name, is helping to resurrect the shelter.
abc.net.au/news/delaneys-hut-rebuilt-after-kosicuszko-national-park-bushfire/102031824More than 100 years after a small timber hut in the NSW Snowy Mountains was built, a descendant of its original owner is working to resurrect the historic shelter.Paul Delaney, a descendant of the original builder, is helping to rebuild the historic shelterDelaneys Hut sits in a clearing of bushland just east of Eucumbene River in Kosciuszko National Park.
"I was curious about the name Delaney so I went and asked my uncle who was born in Adaminaby, along with my father and the rest of his family. He told me it was my grandfather's cousin who built it."That conversation started a life-long connection to the two-room hut, first built in 1910 by James Delaney who had an 810-hectare grazing lease in the Snowy Mountains.New Year's Eve in 2019 he completed his annual maintenance check as fire took a hold of nearby countryside.
Ulladulla resident Colin Jones, who likes to fish nearby in the Eucumbene River, is also a return helper.
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