EAST KIRUP

	Grid Reference	-33.708591, 116.005069
	Department	DEC
	Work Centre	?
	District	Blackwood
	Grading	?
	Elevation (ASL)	320m
	Height	37m
	Construction	Timber
	Cabin size	?
	Public access to site	?
	In use since	1935 - 1980

Photo kindly supplied by DEC - WA

The tower was demolished in 1980 using explosives.

Please click on thumbnails for enlargements

2 Screenshots of old maps, supplied by MLC in late 2019. MLC also reported:
Only the original concrete supporting blocks remain (tower felled using explosives)

There was a very interesting article in the West Australian, dated 26th Nov. 1935, re the new development in tower construction. Please click here to go the the web-page on the National Library of Australia website.
For a PDF transcript, please click here.

The State Library of WA holds a few photos of the tower and Miss Maureen McCune, known as "The girl in the fire-tower". Please click here to go the the web-page on the State Library of WA website.

There was an article in The Western Mail, Women's Magazine Supplement from April 18th 1946 about "The girl in the tower. Please click here to go the the web-page on the National Library of Australia website.

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