[1] The area was first settled by Europeans in 1846, when George Shaw and Horatio Ellerman applied for 130,000 acres (530 km2) for sheep grazing.

[4] The building was condemned by the Shire of Dimboola in 1909 on health grounds due to overcrowding.

[5] The school was rebuilt, and continued operating until it was closed at the end of 1981 due to falling enrolments.

[10] The steel "ASCOM" silos were built in the late 1950s and the grain bunker area was constructed in the early 1980s.

Social infrastructure reflected the larger population in the early years, which included a hall built in 1904, a Methodist church and sports facilities including an oval and tennis courts at a recreation reserve across the river.

A downsized town remains with a few houses, the grain silos adjoining the railway line, the hall and the bridge with tennis courts across the other side.