CSIRO Hut

{{Short description|Mountain hut in Mount Kosciuszko, Australia}}

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|country = Australia

|state = NSW

|national_park = Kosciuszko National Park

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|built = 1963

|built_by = CSIRO

|built_for = Rabbit studies

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|maintained_by = Kosciusko Huts Association

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CSIRO Hut, also known as the Rabbiters Hut, is an Australian alpine hut in the Kosciuszko National Park.

The hut was built by the CSIRO in 1963 as a base camp for researchers investigating methods of controlling rabbits in Australia. It was located in the north-eastern region of Snowy Plain, where the region's rabbit population was high. Further rabbit research programs were conducted in the area from 1966 to 1971, and from 1995.{{cite web | title =CSIRO Research Hut | publisher =Kosciuszko Huts Association | date =2015 | url =http://www.khuts.org/index.php/the-huts/nsw-huts/kosciuszko-national-park/779-csiro-hut | accessdate =12 December 2015 | archive-date =22 December 2015 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20151222125819/http://www.khuts.org/index.php/the-huts/nsw-huts/kosciuszko-national-park/779-csiro-hut | url-status =dead }}

The CSIRO ceased to operate the hut in 2000 following government cutbacks in rabbit research.{{cite news | last =Adams | first =Prue | title =Rabbit control program at risk | work =Landline | publisher =Australian Broadcasting Corporation | date =3 December 2000 | url =http://www.abc.net.au/landline/stories/s218676.htm | accessdate =12 December 2015 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20121104035538/http://www.abc.net.au/landline/stories/s218676.htm | archive-date =4 November 2012 | url-status =dead }} Since then it has been available as a shelter for hikers in Kosciuszko National Park.

The CSIRO Hut is a single room with basic kitchen facilities. Construction materials include timber walls and floor, asbestos cement cladding and a corrugated iron roof.{{cite web| title =Kozciuszko National Park Huts Conservation Strategy| publisher =Godden Mackay Logan | date =October 2005 | url =https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/resources/parks/050404KNPHutsConservationStrategyFinal.pdf | accessdate =12 December 2015 }}