Foreman Cottage

James Foreman and his family migrated from England in 1866.

Two years later he acquired 16 hectares (40 acres) of Tom Petrie's "Whiteside" run and established the farm on the land which is now known as North Pine Country Park.

He built the cottage in 1876 to replace the original slab hut he had erected as the family dwelling.

The cottage was located close to the (now) large fig trees.

In 1917 the Hyde family moved the cottage to the top of the nearby ridge and added a new section on the front - thus Foreman Cottage became the kitchen of Hyde Homestead. The Hyde brothers used to say they were the Shire's first conservationists as they relocated their cottage rather than chop down the expanding fig trees.

The cottage was rebuilt close to its original location after the homestead was destroyed by fire in 1984.

Foreman Cottage was the residence of the Park caretaker.