Bark hut

I've always wondered about how the early settlers built their bush huts out of bark in pioneer times. Aborigines of course built shelters out of bark but not semi permanent structures like the one in the photo below ( usually constructed before they could build something more substantial)
Well we have some very big gum trees around the school (refer to the photo below) that have shed enormous slabs of bark that would be ideal for a pioneer style bush hut. (refer to the photos below)