[2][3] Biggenden was founded in 1889 as a service centre to the short-lived goldrush towns of Paradise and Shamrock; and for coach passengers travelling west from Maryborough.

[13] In October 1928, the Biggenden branch's building was officially opened by J.C. Robertson, chairman of the Degilbo Shire Council.

[14] The Mt Biggenden mine provided employment to the local community for over a hundred years, before its magnetite iron ore operation closed in 1999.

[citation needed] In November 2005, the Queensland Government opened the Paradise Dam, about 30 minutes north-west of Biggenden, on the Burnett River.

The 300,000ML dam, which submerges the former gold mining town of the same name, is touted as securing the future of the nearby Bundaberg and Childers region, although no water will be available for residents of the Biggenden area.

However, more than 400 jobs were created during its construction and the dam site is proving to be one of the shire's largest tourist attraction.

[27] The Biggenden branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association meets at the CWA Hall at 32 Edward Street.