Article in Trust News. In 1988 Nunawading City Council purchased 2.5 hectares of an historic property which has been owned and occupied by the Matheson Family since 1914. It is one of the last working orchards in Nunawading. A Management Plan includes an environmental living program which aims at providing an overnight experience for children, giving both an experience how the property was operated as an orchard in the 1920s and 1930s. There will also be a public information display from oral histories taken from orchardists.orchards, matheson, charles, gilfedder, francine, mcconville, chris (dr), butler, graeme, bicentennial orchard, strathdon community