MT. LITTLE DICK

	Grid Reference	EU 724315
	Department	DEPI
	Work Depot	Bruthen
	Region	Gippsland
	Grading	Secondary
	Elevation (ASL)	300m
	Height	17.5m
	Construction	Timber
	Cabin size	?
	Public access to site	Yes
	In use since	1940
	CFA Region	? - Eastern

THIS TOWER IS NO LONGER USED!
Photo supplied by Ray Lucas
In the Forest Commission's Annual Report from 1928-29 is the following entry:
Negotiations are in hand for the establishment of a lookout station, viz: Mt. Little Dick.
This station will serve in conjunction with the already established tower on Mt. Nowa Nowa for the detection and location of outbreaks of fires in the Nowa Nowa and Bruthen Forest District.

The tower is constructed using large hand-hewn spliced legs, with timber bracing, steel re-enforced joints and steel bolts. Cecil Cross and Charlie Wain, well known Forest commission identities, built this tower using Ironbark (Eucalyptus Sideroxylon) and Yellow Stringybark (Eucalyptus Muelleriana), obtained and squared on site.
The Mt. Little Dick fire tower is historically significant as a rare artefact associated with the evolution of the State's fire detection system.

Information supplied by the Historical Section of the NRE from a rapport by David Bannear.

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Close-up of tower and cabin supplied by Historical Section of the NRE	View from Mt. Little Dick supplied by Historical Section of the NRE	Tower in 2009 supplied by Richard Webb	Close-up of cabin in 2009 supplied by Richard Webb


Close-up of structure supplied by Ray Lucas (2001?)	Close-up of structure supplied by Ray Lucas (2001?)	Footings supplied by Ray Lucas (2001?)

The above photos were taken and supplied by Geoff and Jan Graham in late April 2022. Geoff is the FLO of the West of England fire tower in NW Victoria.

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