Delany's Hut
Photograph by Olaf Moon
This hut was burnt again, in the 2020 bushfires.
Known as Delaneys Hut, as noted by K Hueneke, but the family name is confirmed, spelt Delany.
Location
On the side of the Snowy Highway between Adaminaby and Tumut. It is at Grid Reference 409248 and is readily accessible by car, but the turnoff after Sawyers Hill is not so evident.
GPS Location:
Brief History
Delanys was built in 1910 by James (Jim) Thomas Delany for grazing his cattle from Buckenderra Station. James Thomas was the son of James Delany of Buckenderry Station (its earlier name). Headstones for the two men are in the Old Adaminaby cemetary and are shown below.
Tom Bolton, the Kiandra mailman, often left his horse here, and went on to Kiandra over snow, using snowshoes.
The hut was burnt down in the January 2003 fires, and the NPWS removed the materials and chimney "for safety reasons". The Hut Conservation Report of May 2005 recommended the hut be re-built under the new Burra Charter guidelines, and this will be undertaken by KHA in 2005-7.
Construction
Delanys consists of two rooms. The walls are both weatherboards and slabs, as is the floor (part dirt). The chimney is iron clad slabs.
References
Heuneke Pp205
KHA reference is 1405.
KNP POM is L54.
KHA History notes exist.
Vincent Delany - pers comm, grand nephew of JTDelany.