[1] Buckrabanyule is an Australian Aboriginal name meaning "last of the hills" or "last of the ranges",[2] which is a rather appropriate description, since geographically, Mount Buckrabanyule (which lies just north of the locality) is at the very end of the north-eastern extension of the Great Dividing Range.

It was renamed Hallam in 1884 when an office named Buckrabanyule R.S (for Railway Station) was opened some distance away.

[4][5] The remains of a Community Hall,[6] Fire Station, Post Office and grain silos beside the railway line are all that is left.

[7] On 2 August 2009, the community celebrated 100 years of the Buckrabanyule Hall, which was built in 1909 and officially opened on 31 July 1909.

The hall is still regularly used by locals for meetings, community get-togethers and the annual Christmas tree.