Aggetts Hut
Photo courtesy of Craig Doubleday © 24 Sept 2005.
Known as Glendella Homestead, Aggetts Hut or Quinns No.1 Hut
Location - Yarrangobilly. Take the Lob’s Hole Ravine turnoff from Snowy Mountains Highway, north of Yarrangobilly Caves. Follow around 1.8km past the rustic log gates to the heritage walk’s carpark. It’s a 200m walk to the Old Jounama Homestead site, dating from the late 1800s. Continue about one km through an open grassy plain to reach Glendella Homestead site (Aggetts).
On the Yarrangobilly map at 295518.
History
This was the home of Alfred and Latatia Aggett from about 1920 to 1932, then Gladstone and Elsie Quinn from 1933 to 1946. Details of their lives are shown in Harry Hill's Book. Ted and Ivy Quinn also lived here and ran cattle plus harvesting eucalyptus oil.
In it’s heyday, Glendella was the 3-bedroom home of Alf Agett, the mailman for the area between Yarrangobilly Caves and Ravine. Further along the Jounama Heritage walk is Faraway Homestead site, a further 500m along the track after crossing Dip Creek which was abandoned in the 1950’s.
As shown, it is now a ruin.
Construction
A three bedroom slab house with an iron roof. There were originally several additional outbuildings.
References
Hill, Harry - “Best Bushwalks in Kosciusko National Park”
KHA Reference Number is 0801, (not 0804 as previously listed).