 It is part of the 2560 acres granted to Charles Horatio Matcham, a nephew of Lord Nelson.The first settlers to buy land on the Matcham Estate in the Holgate area were Captain and Mrs Heyne, who came here on their honeymoon in February 1908, when Captain Heyne was on furlough from the Indian Army.They returned in 1921 to take up permanent residence and had a long association with the area.