 Unk White's 1960s sketches of Tyrrell's Vineyard in the Hunter Valley include a slab hut dating from 1858.The 'backblocks' humour of Australian cartoonists of the "Smith's Weekly" school such as Alex Gurney, Percy Leason, Stan Cross and Eric Jolliffe often included slab huts as a backdrop to their gags.Jolliffe also published detailed sketches of slab structures still standing, to preserve Australian heritage.