HOMESTEAD, 90 HANDFORD LANE, OFFICER

The site was purchased by James Murray sometime in the 1860s. An 1859 map denotes the areas as being the location of ‘Murray Homestead’. 

The site comprises a series of large open paddocks. In the west of the property approximately 225m from Cardinia Creek there is a low rise with several exotic trees, overlooking a man-made dam. Present extant historical features include a beehive doomed well, the concrete base of the former piggery, a dilapidated brick trough and scattered artefacts, including fragments of glass, ceramics and handmade brick. The beehive domed well is noted as being made from fired brick and coarse cement and is currently not in use. The concrete foundation of the former piggery comprises a central walkway with twelve square enclosures.