This land in Greensborough was owned by Jonah Britnell and then William Poulter however the orchardists Robert and Emmett Whatmough leased the land for many years and lived on the property for a while hence the name.
The Partington family took possession of the property in about 1946 and replaced an existing building with a brick house which is now the sports pavilion.
Source: With the permission of Noel Withers and extracted from “Banyule City Council Spring Outdoors Programme 2008: Greensborough & the Plenty River Pioneer Trail With Dennis Ward & Noel Withers. A ramble from the lower part of town and along the river bank learning about historic sites and the pioneering families that settled there from 1840 onward.”
