The Broadmeadows area, home to the Wurundjeri Aboriginal nation prior to European settlement, was settled by pastoralists in the 1840s.

Shire loyalties clung to the old township until new civic offices were built near the railway station in 1928.

Broadmeadows was the site of the main camp for the reception and training of recruits for the AIF from Victoria early in the First World War.

The camp was established in August 1914 at "Mornington Park", a property loaned to the government by Mr R.G.

These facilities, combined with wet weather and poor drainage resulted in a rapid increase in sickness among recruits in autumn 1915.

Public concern, fuelled by sensationalist press coverage, resulted in a decision in May 1915 to re-establish the main Victorian training camp at Seymour, approximately 100 kilometres north of Melbourne.

[7] Hume City FC play soccer in the National Premier Leagues Victoria, with their home ground located at John Ilhan Memorial Reserve, in neighbouring Westmeadows.

Victoria's Rugby League Centre of Excellence is located at Seabrook Reserve in Broadmeadows.

After EPA Victoria inspected the area, it was found that a leak was coming from Fresh Cheese Co (Aust) Pty Ltd, a dairy manufacturing company.