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About Officer
Welcome to Officer
Situated in the South East of Melbourne in Victoria,
Australia.
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Officer is an outer suburb to the southeast of Melbourne.
The suburb is named after the Officer family, who were early settlers in the
area. A timber industry was established, and by 1870 timber was being transported
from the railways sidings named Officer's Wood Siding. This was shortened to
Officer's and later, Officer. A brickmaking industry began in the 1880s, but
died away after the collapse of the land boom.
Officer is home to the R.O.C football club (Rythdale, Officer, Cardina.). They
last won the premiership in 2002
Despite now being considered a suburb and having its own railway station, most
of the land around Officer is undeveloped, much of which is used for farming.
This is likely to change in the future, when construction of a 4,000 lot housing
estate [1] is to begin at Officer.
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