MOONLIGHT HEAD LAPTHORNE FARM

35 PARKERS ACCESS TRACK WATTLE HILL, CORANGAMITE SHIRE

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    MOONLIGHT HEAD LAPTHORNE FARM - History

    Land leased from Crown in 1898 by ALfred Lapthorne.  Improvements listed as fencing, hut, outbuildings, yards and gardens.  In 1905 lease was renewed.  Improvements listed as "frame house" with "split pales and iron roof" (24x12x9ft), barn and sheds made of stringybark, hut, milking shed.  Lapthorne died in 1938.

    Interpretation of Site

    MOONLIGHT HEAD LAPTHORNE FARM - Interpretation of Site

    Site of former farmhouse and outbuildings.

    Heritage Inventory Description

    MOONLIGHT HEAD LAPTHORNE FARM - Heritage Inventory Description

    Levelled area with planting of 13 mature cypress trees along NW side.  There are traces of stone and concrete footings.  Two mature pear trees.

    Local significance as it illustrates land settlement and rural development in the area./nInformants: Public Records Office, Land file 1033/42

    Recorded by: V Clark  Date Recorded: 06/03/2002

    Stone and concrete footings/foundations, mature trees (cypress and pear).

    Cypress trees, stone alignments, concrete foundations(?), and pear tree.

    Physical Conditions: Little remains of the structures.

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